Patent ID: 7191825

Claim:
A vehicle air conditioning unit for a vehicle including a passenger compartment, the vehicle air conditioning unit comprising: an air duct, through which air is blown into the passenger compartment; a partition board which partitions the air duct in its inside into a first air passage and a second air passage, the partition board defining a first portion, a second portion and a stepped portion disposed between the first and second portions, the first portion being generally parallel to the second portion; a first air outlet formed in the first air passage; a second air outlet formed in the second air passage; an air outlet switching door which simultaneously controls openings of the first air outlet and the second air outlet; and drive means for driving the air outlet switching door, wherein temperature of air in the first air passage and temperature of air in the second air passage can be separately controlled; the air duct has a recess on its one side; an air conditioning device is disposed in the recess, wherein the air conditioning device is the drive means; and the stepped portion of the partition board is deformed in a manner similar to the recess in the air duct so that a cross-sectional area of the first air passage and a cross-sectional area of the second air passage remain approximately equal.