Claims
- 1. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus provided in a vehicle where plural rows of seats are arrayed in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle and an air conditioning unit is provided for air conditioning of a rear portion of the vehicle inside area, the apparatus comprising:said air conditioning unit being arranged outside of and near a hollow of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area in a vehicle width direction and in a space formed between a lower end of a pillar located in the rear most part of a vehicle body and a wheel housing of the rear wheel, and said hollow being provided in a floor panel of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area and housing a rear seat when a seat back of said rear seat is folded down on a seat bottom of the rear seat and the entire seat is pushed back to the rear direction; and a cooler duct to guide cool air from a cooler unit of an air conditioning unit to a portion above and between a first rear seat positioned on a second row of seats from a vehicle front and a second rear seat positioned behind the first rear seat, the first rear seat being a separated seat in which left seat and right seat portions are divided by a space, wherein a first outlet to eject cool air to the first rear seat side and a second outlet to eject cool air to the second rear seat side are formed on the cooler duct, and the first outlet is arranged in a position away from the left and right seat portions of the first rear seat and the cool air is ejected from the first outlet in the direction of the space.
- 2. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said space between the left and right seat portions and the first outlet are arranged in a central portion of the vehicle inside area in a vehicle width direction.
- 3. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second outlet to eject cool air to a front surface side of the second rear seat situated in a last row of seats in the vehicle is arranged in the central portion of the vehicle inside area in the vehicle width direction.
- 4. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a defroster outlet to eject cool air to a side window is formed on the cooler duct.
- 5. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the cooler duct comprises:a vertical duct extended upward from the cooler unit; a side duct extended forward to a front side of the vehicle from a top end of the vertical duct; and a roof duct extended in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the side duct; and wherein said first outlet is arranged in a central portion of the roof duct in the vehicle width direction, and the defroster duct is arranged in both ends of the roof duct in the vehicle width direction.
- 6. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioning unit is arranged between a lower portion of a pillar and a wheel housing of a rear wheel.
- 7. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the vertical duct is arranged along the pillar located in the rear of the wheel housing of the rear wheel.
- 8. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the air conditioning unit is provided in the rear of a slide-type rear door.
- 9. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioning unit further comprises a heater unit and a heater duct to guide heated air from the heater unit to a central portion in the vehicle width direction,the cooler unit and the heater unit are formed integrally, the air conditioning unit is arranged between a wheel housing located in the second rear seat side and a lower end of a pillar located in the rear of the wheel housing of the rear wheel and in the rear most part of the vehicle body, the cooler duct extends upward along a pillar located in the rear most part of the vehicle body from the cooler unit and guides cool air generated from the cooler unit to an upper position between the first rear seat and the second rear seat located in the rear of the first rear seat, and the heater duct extends forward and downward along the side wall of the vehicle body from the heater unit and guides heated air generated from the heater unit to a lower position between the first rear seat and the second rear seat located in the rear of the first rear seat.
- 10. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the heater duct is extended in the vehicle width direction, while passing under the rear seat situated in the rear most part of the vehicle inside area, and an outlet to eject heated air upward from a vehicle floor is provided to the heater duct.
- 11. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first outlet is arranged in a position corresponding to the space between the left and right seat portions.
- 12. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus provided in a vehicle where plural rows of seats are arrayed in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle and an air conditioning unit is provided for air conditioning of a rear portion of the vehicle inside area, the apparatus comprising;said air conditioning unit being arranged outside of and near a hollow of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area in a vehicle width direction and in a space formed between a lower end of a pillar located in the rear most part of a vehicle body and a wheel housing of the rear wheel, and said hollow being provided in a floor panel of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area and housing a rear seat when a seat back of said rear seat is folded down on a seat bottom of the rear seat and the entire seat is pushed back to the rear direction; and a cooler duct to guide cool air from a cooler unit of an air conditioning unit to a portion above and between a first rear seat positioned on a second row of seats from a vehicle front and a second rear seat positioned behind the first rear seat, wherein the air conditioning unit comprises a heater unit and a heater duct to guide heated air from the heater unit, wherein the cooler unit and the heater unit are formed integrally, the air conditioning unit is arranged between a wheel housing located in the second rear seat side and a lower end of a pillar located in the rear of the wheel housing of the rear wheel and in the rear most part of the vehicle body, the cooler duct extends upward along a pillar located in the rear most part of the vehicle body from the cooler unit and guides cool air generated from the cooler unit to an upper position between the first rear seat and the second rear seat located in the rear of the first rear seat, and the heater duct extends forward and downward along the side wall of the vehicle body from the heater unit and guides heated air generated from the heater unit to a lower position between the first rear seat and the second rear seat located in the rear of the first rear seat.
- 13. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 12, the heater duct is extended in the vehicle width direction, while passing under the rear seat situated in the rear most part of the vehicle inside area, and an outlet to eject heated air upward from a vehicle floor is provided to the heater duct.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/251,416, filed Feb. 17, 1999, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,120,370.
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Continuations (1)
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