Patent ID: 8662158

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, which are connected to the casing for supplying the air to the inside of the casing, wherein the casing comprises: a first passage to which the air from the first blower is supplied; a second passage to which the air from the second blower is supplied; a first heat exchanging section disposed in the cooling means and/or the heating means, which faces toward the first passage and performs cooling and/or heating of the air that flows through the first passage; a second heat exchanging section disposed in the cooling means and/or the heating means, which faces toward the second passage and performs cooling and/or heating of the air that flows through the second passage; separating means disposed between the first heat exchanging section and the second heat exchanging section in the cooling means and/or the heating means, for blocking flow of the air that has passed through the interior of the cooling means and/or the heating means; and dividing walls that divide into the first passage and the second passage on an upstream side and a downstream side of the cooling means and/or the heating means and the dividing walls abut on the cooling means and/or the heating means, wherein the separating means projects from both of an upstream surface and a downstream surface of the cooling means and/or the heating means, and abuts on the dividing walls on the upstream side and the downstream side of the cooling means and/or the heating means, wherein ends of the separating means are inserted into recesses formed in ends of the dividing walls, wherein the separating means abuts on the dividing walls such that a direction of a separating surface of the separating means overlaps with dividing surfaces of the dividing walls, and wherein the separating means abuts on the dividing walls such that the dividing walls cover the separating means.