Patent ID: 8267155

Claim:
A vehicular air conditioning apparatus including a casing having a plurality of passages through which air flows, cooling means disposed inside the casing for cooling air and supplying cooled air, heating means disposed inside the casing for heating air and supplying heated air, a damper mechanism for switching a flow state of the air in the passages, and a first blower and a second blower connected to the casing for supplying air to the inside of the casing, wherein the casing comprises: a first passage to which air from the first blower is supplied; a second passage to which air from the second blower is supplied; and sealing means that projects perpendicularly from an inner surface of the casing and abuts against a side surface of the cooling means and/or the heating means, the side surface is substantially parallel to an air-blowing direction of the air flowing through the first and second passages, the sealing means comprises a first sealing portion facing toward the cooling means and/or the heating means disposed inside the casing and blocking communication between the first passage and the second passage, and which is substantially parallel to an air-blowing direction of the air flowing through the first and second passages, wherein air supplied from the first blower through the first passage is supplied to a front seat side within the vehicle, and air supplied from the second blower through the second passage is supplied to a rear seat side within the vehicle, wherein the sealing means further comprises: a second sealing portion substantially perpendicular to the air-blowing direction.