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Granted Patent B2
US 11,254,187 · App. 16/837,952 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Vehicular air conditioner

Inventor: Kenichiro Maeda (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
B60H1/12B60H1/00471B60H2001/006
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Patent No.
US 11,254,187
App. No.
16/837,952
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular air conditioner includes a casing, a blower fan, and a heating heat exchanger. The air passage in the casing is divided into an outside air passage and an inside air passage. The heating heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the blower fan in the casing. The blower fan is disposed to extend over a first outside air space, a second outside air space, a first inside air space, and a second inside air space in the air passage. The rotational direction of the blower fan is set so that each of the plurality of blades of the blower fan passes through the first outside air space, the first inside air space, the second inside air space, and the second outside air space in this order when the plurality of blade are rotating.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicular air conditioner that conditions air in a vehicle cabin, the conditioner comprising:

a casing that defines an air passage through which an air flows;

a blower fan that includes a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction about a fan axis, the blower fan configured to generate an airflow in the air passage to be supplied to the vehicle cabin by rotating the plurality of blades about the fan axis in a rotational direction; and

a heating heat exchanger that is disposed in the casing to heat the air flowing through the air passage, wherein

the air passage is divided into an outside air passage through which an outside air from an outside of the vehicle cabin flows and an inside air passage through which an inside air in the vehicle cabin circulates,

the heating heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the blower fan in the casing,

the outside air passage includes a first outside air space through which the outside air is guided to a driver seat in the vehicle cabin and a second outside air space through which the outside air is guided to a passenger seat in the vehicle cabin,

the inside air passage includes a first inside air space through which the inside air is guided to the driver's seat in the vehicle cabin and a second inside air space through which the inside air is guided to the passenger's seat in the vehicle cabin,

the blower fan is disposed to extend over the first outside air space, the second outside air space, the first inside air space, and the second inside air space, and

the rotational direction of the blower fan is set so that each of the plurality of blades of the blower fan passes through the first outside air space, the first inside air space, the second inside air space, and the second outside air space in this order when the plurality of blades are rotating.

2. The vehicular air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising

an airflow adjuster that is disposed downstream of the blower fan in the casing, wherein

the airflow adjuster is configured to adjust a flow of the air blown from the blower fan so that a velocity component of the air in the rotational direction of the blower fan is reduced.

3. The vehicular air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein

the outside air passage includes, at a position downstream of the blower fan, an outside air heating passage through which the air blown from the blower fan flows toward the heating heat exchanger and an outside air bypass passage through which the air blown from the blower fan bypasses the heating heat exchanger,

the inside air passage includes, at a position downstream of the blower fan, an inside air heating passage through which the air blown from the blower fan flows toward the heating heat exchanger and an inside air bypass passage through which the air blown from the blower fan bypasses the heating heat exchanger, and

the airflow adjuster is configured to adjust at least a flow of an air flowing through the outside air bypass passage and a flow of an air flowing through the inside air bypass passage.

4. The vehicular air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein

the airflow adjuster is disposed between the blower fan and the heating heat exchanger.

5. The vehicular air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein

the heating heat exchanger includes a heating medium circulation portion through which a heating medium for heating the air flows and a heat transfer promoting portion that promotes heat exchange between the air and the heating medium,

the heating medium circulation portion and the heat transfer promoting portion define a plurality of heat exchange channels therebetween, and

the flow of the air blown from the blower fan is adjusted when the air flows through the plurality of heat exchange channels so that a velocity component of the air in the rotational direction of the blower fan is reduced.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: MAEDA, KENICHIRO
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052289/0947 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-203686 · Oct 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018035984 · Sep 27, 2018
Related Publication 20200223289A1 · Jul 16, 2020
Cited By (1)
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