Claims
- 1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
- three chambers in series communication, a first chamber having an air inlet and a heat exchanger, a second chamber communicating with a downstream portion of said first chamber and having at least one mid-level directed ventilation diffuser, and a third chamber communicating with a downstream portion of said second chamber and having at least one downwardly directed heater diffuser and at least one upwardly directed defroster diffuser;
- said first and third chambers being disposed adjacent to each other on opposite sides of a shared first common wall;
- said second chamber being disposed adjacent to said first and third chambers such that said first common wall abuts a second common wall, a first portion of said second common wall being common to said first chamber and said second chamber and a remaining second portion of said second common wall being common to said third chamber and said second chamber, said first and second portions of said second common wall lying in a common plane;
- said downstream portion of said first chamber communicating with said second chamber through a first opening in said second common wall;
- said first chamber including therein a passage for directing air through said heat exchanger and a bypass for bypassing said heat exchanger to direct air from said inlet to said first opening, an air mix damper being located upstream of said heat exchanger for selectively controlling the relative amounts of air flowing through said passage and bypass of said first chamber;
- said downstream portion of said second chamber communicating with said third chamber through a second opening in said second common wall, a switching damper being located within said second opening for selectively controlling communication between said second and third chambers.
- 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein said at least one ventilation diffuser of said second chamber comprises a central ventilation duct and left and right side ventilation ducts, and switching dampers are provided at said ducts.
- 3. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein switching dampers are provided at said heater and defroster diffusers of said third chamber.
- 4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein said at least one ventilation duct is displaced toward said third chamber.
- 5. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a damper for opening and closing said at least one ventilation duct also serves as the switching damper for opening and closing the second opening between said second chamber and said third chamber.
- 6. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein said central ventilation duct is displaced toward said third chamber.
- 7. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the damper for opening and closing said central ventilation duct also operates as the switching damper for opening and closing the second opening between said second chamber and said third chamber.
- 8. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the damper for opening and closing said central ventilation duct also operates as the switching damper for opening and closing the second opening between said second chamber and said third chamber.
- 9. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein said first common wall is a unitary member.
- 10. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein said second common wall is a unitary member.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 761,664 filed Aug. 1, 1985 now abandoned which in turn is a continuation of Ser. No. 557,924, Dec. 5, 1983 now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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