Patent ID: 8663351

Claim:
A suction unit for an air conditioning system of a vehicle, the unit comprising: an air flow canal ( 16 ), which has a suction opening ( 18 ) for fresh air, a fan housing ( 28 ), which possesses an air inlet ( 29 ) and an air outlet ( 31 ), while the air flow canal ( 16 ) runs from the suction opening ( 18 ) to the air inlet ( 29 ), a water separation chamber ( 42 ), in which water drops are collected that form due to moist air flowing through the water separation chamber ( 42 ), wherein the water separation chamber ( 42 ) is limited on one side by a canal wall ( 38 ) having canal wall segments ( 40 ) at which condensation of the water drops is collected, and at the same time, open on another side opposite the one side with an air outlet ( 33 ) upstream from the fan housing ( 28 ), and an air filter ( 34 ) disposed adjacent to the air outlet ( 33 ) such that no barrier extends into the air flow between the air outlet ( 33 ) and the air filter ( 34 ).