Patent ID: 7036576

Claim:
An automotive air conditioner, comprising: an air conditioning unit disposed inside an instrument panel of a car substantially in the widthwise center of the car; an air blowing unit disposed next to the air conditioning unit and toward a passenger's seat, an intermediate duct through which air from the air blowing unit is sent to the air conditioning unit, wherein the air is introduced to a lower portion of the air conditioning unit through the intermediate duct to pass through a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger juxtaposed one above the other in the air conditioning unit, thereby providing conditioned air; a temperature control damper for controlling the temperature of the conditioned air by changing the rate of the air passing through the heating heat exchanger to the introduced air; a discharge direction switching damper for switching the discharge direction of conditioned air, a first driving mechanism and a first actuator for driving the temperature control damper; and a second driving mechanism and a second actuator for driving the discharge direction switching damper provided on a wall part of the air conditioning unit facing the air blowing unit; and a discharge outlet for the conditioned air formed in an upper portion of the air conditioning unit, the discharge outlet is connected to an integrated duct which integrates with the wall part of the air conditioning unit on the driver's seat side and extends to the lower portion of the wall part, and wherein the conditioned air is guided to the foot of the driver's seat through the duct.