Patent ID: 7748441

Claim:
A heating and/or air conditioning system for a motor vehicle, said heating and/or air conditioning system comprising: a housing which comprises a plurality of housing segments, wherein at least one of the housing segments is an insertion part which comprises at least one functional unit, with at least one means for air conduction, a warm air feed, a cold air feed, at least one mixer valve, or any combination thereof, wherein the insertion part can be inserted into a recessed receiving space in a remainder of the housing of the heating and/or air conditioning system such that a first plurality of external wall portions of the insertion part abut internal wall portions of the receiving space and such that a second plurality of external wall portions of the insertion part immediately adjacent to and bordering with portions of an external wall of the remainder of the housing will form an exterior surface of the housing along with the immediately adjacent and bordering portions of the external wall of the remainder of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to be installed on or about an obstacle that runs through the receiving space between the insertion part and the remainder of the housing.