Patent ID: 7963315

Claim:
A vehicle with an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger of the air conditioner disposed between a vehicle dash panel and an instrument panel of the vehicle; an instrument panel member supporting a steering member of the vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle width direction; and a reinforcement member, having an upper end and a lower end, provided behind the heat exchanger in a vehicle longitudinal direction so as to extend vertically, the upper end of which is fixed to the instrument panel member and the lower end of which is fixed to a lower vehicle structure, wherein the heat exchanger has a rear end and a front end and is disposed obliquely such that a maximum-area face thereof has a specified crossing angle relative to a vertical face extending in a vehicle vertical direction, the front end of the heat exchanger is supported at the dash panel via a support member, and the rear end of the heat exchanger is supported at the reinforcement member via a support hinged bracket which is located below the level of the support member, whereby the heat exchanger is rotatable around the rear end with the front end thereof moving upward in a vehicle frontal crash between the vehicle dash panel being moved rearward and said reinforcement member such that the distance between the front end and the rear end of the heat exchanger becomes shorter in the vehicle longitudinal direction.