Patent ID: 8328608

Claim:
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: a blower including a driving source, and first and second fans driven and rotated by the driving source; and a case defining a first air introduction portion and a second air introduction portion from which at least one of inside air inside a vehicle compartment and outside air outside the vehicle compartment is introduced into the case, wherein the first fan and the second fan are arranged on a single common axis defining an axial direction, the first air introduction portion and the second air introduction portion are arranged at the same side of the first and second fans, the case has therein a first air inlet passage extending from the first air introduction portion to the first fan, and a second air inlet passage extending from the second air introduction portion to the second fan, and the first air inlet passage and the second air inlet passage are provided to be independent from each other, the air conditioner further comprising: a first casing defining an air outlet passage through which air blown by the first fan passes; and a second casing defining an air outlet passage through which air blown by the second fan passes, wherein the first casing is provided with a first suction port from which air is drawn to the first fan, the second casing is provided with a second suction port from which air is drawn to the second fan, the first and second casings are arranged with an open clearance therebetween, the second suction port is open toward the first casing; and the first suction port and the second suction port are both open in a direction toward the same side that the first and second air introduction portions are arranged.