Patent ID: 8267757

Claim:
A vehicular air conditioning apparatus comprising: a casing mounted in a vehicle and having a plurality of passages in the interior thereof through which air flows; a heat exchanger disposed in the interior of the casing for carrying out heat exchange on the air; an internal/external air switching damper disposed in the interior of the casing for performing switching of an external air introducing port for taking in air from an exterior portion of the vehicle, an internal air introducing port for taking in air from an interior portion of the vehicle, and performing switching of internal and external air; an adjustment damper disposed upstream from the external air introducing port, for adjusting a supply amount of air introduced into the casing through a communication hole by closing, partially opening, or opening the communication hole; and a duct disposed upstream of the adjustment damper for taking in air that is introduced to the interior of the casing, wherein the adjustment damper is formed as a plate, an axis of rotation being disposed at one end thereof, and another end thereof on an opposite side from the one end being arranged so as to confront the air that is introduced through the duct; and a flat surface of the adjustment damper is arranged substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the duct when the adjustment damper closes the communication hole and stops the airflow through the communication hole, and said another end of the adjustment damper moves away from the communication hole when the adjustment damper opens the communication hole.