Heat exchange – With vehicle feature – Heating and cooling
Patent
1997-10-09
1999-04-13
Ford, John K.
Heat exchange
With vehicle feature
Heating and cooling
165 43, 165103, 454 69, 237 123A, 251175, 251901, 137872, F25B 2900, B60H 100
Patent
active
058934073
ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention, in an air conditioner for a vehicle, when the cool air passage is opened, the sliding door slides so as to incline with respect to the flowing direction of the cool air in such a manner that an end portion of the sliding door at a side of said cool air passage is located at the most air downstream side. That is, when the sliding door is controlled to fully open the cool air passage (i.e., the warm air passage is fully closed), for example, in the maximum cool mode, the sliding door slides while inclining with respect to the flowing cool air. In this operation, the air is blocked from flowing into the warm air passage, and such air is smoothly guided into the cool air by the sliding door, because the sliding door inclines with respect to the flowing direction of cool air, thus increasing the amount of cool air into the passenger compartment.
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Okamoto Akira
Yamaguchi Hiroyuki
Ford John K.
Nippondenso Co. Ltd.
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