Patent ID: 7824477

Claim:
An ionizer mounting structure for a vehicle air conditioning system, the air conditioning system including an air conditioning case having an internal passageway and an ionizer for generating negative ions and positive ions within the internal passageway, the air conditioning case having a discharge electrode insertion hole, the ionizer having a plurality of discharge electrodes extending into the internal passageway through the discharge electrode insertion hole, wherein the ionizer mounting structure comprises a mounting and demounting means for allowing the ionizer to be mounted to the air conditioning case through sliding movement from a demounting position (Y) on a passenger room side (A) to a mounting position (X) above the air conditioning case and for allowing the ionizer to be demounted from the air conditioning case through sliding movement from the mounting position (X) to the demounting position (Y), wherein the mounting and demounting means comprises a guide means for guiding the ionizer as the ionizer is slidingly moved between the demounting position (Y) and the mounting position (X) and a fixing means for fixing the ionizer to the air conditioning case in the mounting position (X), and wherein the guide means comprises a plurality of guide ribs formed on an upper surface of the air conditioning case for guiding the sliding movement of the ionizer.