DAMPER OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM FOR VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE
Provided is a damper opening and closing mechanism for a vehicle air-conditioning device which is capable of enlarging the operation space when servicing the damper opening and closing mechanism and improving the service maintainability or making the air-conditioning device more compact. This damper opening and closing mechanism for the vehicle air-conditioning device is provided with: a link plate in which a cam groove is provided along an arc-shaped outer peripheral region, a center portion of which is rotatably supported on the lateral surface of a case; and an actuator which is fixedly disposed on the outer surface side of the link plate and which drives the link plate to rotate. A center region of the link plate rotatably supported on the lateral surface of the case is shifted toward a side distant from the actuator by a predetermined dimension S with respect to the outer peripheral region where the cam groove is provided, and one surface of the actuator is accommodated and disposed in the shifted center region.
1 . A damper opening and closing mechanism for a vehicle air-conditioning device, the mechanism comprising:
a link plate including an arc-shaped outer peripheral region and a center portion, the outer peripheral region including a cam groove, the center portion being rotatably supported on a lateral surface of a case of an HVAC unit; and
an actuator fixedly disposed on the lateral surface of the case on an outer surface side of the link plate, the actuator being configured to drive the link plate to rotate;
the damper opening and closing mechanism being capable of opening and closing a damper via a turning lever, the turning lever including a pin fitted into the cam groove of the link plate;
a center region of the link plate rotatably supported on the lateral surface of the case being shifted toward a side distant from the actuator by a predetermined dimension with respect to the outer peripheral region including the cam groove; and
one surface of the actuator being accommodated and disposed in the shifted center region.
2 . The damper opening and closing mechanism for the vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the center region is defined, by a circular arc-shaped stepped portion corresponding to the offset dimension, as a region in which the actuator does not come into contact with the outer peripheral region when the link plate is rotated.
3 . The damper opening and closing mechanism for the vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the actuator is fixedly disposed on the outer surface side of the link plate via a mounting boss passing through a circular arc-shaped long hole provided in the link plate; and
the center region includes the whole circular arc-shaped long hole.
4 . The damper opening and closing mechanism for the vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein
the actuator is fixedly disposed on the outer surface side of the link plate via a mounting boss passing through a circular arc-shaped long hole provided in the link plate; and
the center region includes the whole circular arc-shaped long hole.