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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682233 | Blower for air conditioner of automotive vehicles The present invention relates to a blower for air conditioner of automotive vehicles capable of striving to increase the blowing volume and reduce noise, and simplifying the structure of the blower by distributing the air come into the inside of an intake duct effec... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7434612 | Multiple zoned air conditioning system A multiple zoned air conditioning system for providing air conditioning to the interior of an automotive vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a main air conditioning module with a first heat exchanger for cooling and with a second heat exchanger for heating... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431638 | Air passageway opening/closing device An air passageway opening/closing device provided with a plurality of sheet members provided with openings and passageway blocking parts located at the two sides of these openings, wherein the lengths in a direction of door movement of the openings differ by predete... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422050 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a blower unit is arranged such that air is discharged in a substantially front and rear direction of the vehicle. An evaporator is opposed to an air discharge port of the blower unit and inclined at an angle equal to o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7377309 | Vehicle air conditioning apparatus In a unit case of a vehicle air conditioning apparatus, air mix chamber is not provided. Cooled air cooled by an evaporator and heated air heated by a heater core are directly introduced to a face opening and a foot opening of the case and then mixed in a face duct ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7334468 | Control logic for fluid flow control devices A system for controlling a fluid flow control device positioned on a surface of a vehicle. The system includes a fluid flow control device, a ground clearance sensor and a controller. The fluid flow control device has a body with at least one surface and an actuatio... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331851 | Motor vehicle air-conditioning system A motor vehicle air-conditioning system (1), including a plurality of air ducts (7′, 7″) having a flap for controlling the air flow therein. A single flap (6) is provided for controlling at least two air ducts (7′, 7″) which serve... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7281574 | Automotive air conditioning system A rear face inlet 25 and a foot inlet 28, and a rear face duct portion 26 and a foot duct portion 31 which are adapted to distribute air from the inlets, respectively, are disposed in alignment with each other in a transverse direction of... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275586 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7228895 | Air direction changing system for vehicular air ducts A vehicle air conditioning system secures an appropriate temperature difference in the air blown through vertically arranged air ducts when the system is in a bi-level mode. A hot air inlet is disposed above a cool air inlet. A face opening is disposed at an upper l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222667 | Vehicular air-conditioning apparatus A vehicular air-conditioning apparatus includes a hot-water heater and an electric heater provided downstream of the hot-water heater. The apparatus also includes a bypass passage for allowing air-conditioning air flowing past the hot-water heater to bypass the elec... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214130 | Air passage opening and closing device and air conditioner for vehicle use The blowing opening portions 20, 21, 22 and the communicating passage opening portion 27 are opened and closed by the first 25 and the second rotary door 26, the fork-shaped spring 41 is arranged close to an intermediate position b... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201220 | Air-conditioning unit without air-mix door An air conditioner for automotive vehicles is disclosed. The flow rates of air supplied to an evaporator (4) and a heater (5) are adjusted by rotationally displacing a scroll casing (2b) and thus changing an air flow from a blower (2 | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191825 | Separately air-conditionable vehicle air conditioning unit A vehicle air conditioning unit includes an air duct, through which air is blown into a passenger compartment, and a partition board, which partitions the air duct in its inside into a first air passage and a second air passage. Temperature of air in the first air p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7147039 | Air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning or heating system An air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning and/or heating system, comprising an air routing housing on which a blower is arranged, wherein the air routing device is formed separately from the air routing housing and can be pushed into the air routing... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137445 | HVAC center plate scoop for improved temperature distribution An HVAC assembly including an HVAC case disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle includes a heater core having an upstream side and a downstream side. The heater core accepts air from the upstream side and exhausts air to the downstream side. The exhausted... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7055591 | Air conditioner for vehicle The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle including a front seat air conditioning unit and a rear seat air conditioning unit. The rear seat air conditioning unit has a rear seat air conditioning casing provided with a rear seat evaporator dis... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051788 | Common air mix chamber An HVAC assembly includes an HVAC case having a first inlet adapted to accept air in a first configuration suitable for a right hand drive vehicle and a second inlet adapted to accept air in a second configuration suitable for a left hand drive vehicle. The HVAC cas... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048036 | Air conditioner for vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided. An internal air passage in a case of the air conditioner includes a first passage which guides a portion of the air from a blower unit to flow through an auxiliary cooling portion of the evaporator, a second passage, whi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017659 | Vehicle air-conditioning system A vehicle air-conditioning system adjusts the temperature at an outlet by a combined amount of air flowing through a first bypass passage adjusted by an air mixing door and air flowing through a second bypass passage adjusted by a cool air adjusting door independent... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994157 | Air conditioner An air conditioner for an occupant compartment of a vehicle having a forward vehicle space and a rearward vehicle space with right and left seat zones includes an air conditioning box, in which an evaporator and a heat exchanger are arranged, as well as a cold air s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991027 | Automotive air conditioner In an automotive air conditioner, there is provided an air guide arrangement for achieving an effective mixing between cooled air from an evaporator and warmed air from a heater under a bi-level mode. The air guide arrangement is placed in the vicinity of an outlet ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979259 | Air conditioner The air conditioning case (11) includes: a right and a left case body (112, 111) made of resin; and a partitioning plate (113) made of metal, and the partitioning plate (113) is a partitioning portion for partitioning the face blowout ope... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971440 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959754 | Air conditioning system for a vehicle The present invention has been made to solve the foregoing problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a two-layer flow air conditioning system in which a partition wall is installed on a path between an evaporator and a heater core to divide in... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959561 | Automotive air conditioner An automotive air conditioner comprises a housing having an air flow passage defined therein. The housing includes mutually opposed side walls between which a part of the air flow passage is defined. A fan is installed in an upstream part of the air flow passage to ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942564 | Passenger foot duct An HVAC assembly including an HVAC case disposed in a passenger compartment of a vehicle for delivering air at a passenger side foot well includes a duct coupled to an opening on the HVAC case. The duct is configured to deliver air from the HVAC case to the passenge... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926253 | Air passage changeover device having film screen An air passage in an air-conditioner such as an automotive air-conditioner is selectively opened or closed by moving a position of an opening formed on a film screen relative to the air passage. The film screen is coupled to a pair of rollers, forming a curved path ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920921 | Air conditioner for vehicles with right steering wheel and left steering wheel In a vehicle air conditioner, a case member of an inside/outside air switching portion is disposed at an approximate center in an interior unit in a vehicle width direction, to define an air passage extending in the vehicle width direction. An outside air suction po... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6899614 | Ventilation unit for a motor vehicle A ventilation unit for a motor vehicle is provided comprising a housing with air ducts for supplying air through panel openings into the interior of the vehicle. At least one draft tube is disposed in the housing adjacent said panel openings, where the at least on d... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6889761 | Mixing device for air conditioning system An air flow mixing system for a vehicle air conditioning system having a distribution door to force air from a first air flow to mix with a second air flow of different temperature proximate a merging region in the air conditioning system. In one embodiment, the dis... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886630 | Compact heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for automobiles A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system including a casing with a vent outlet, a blower chamber within the casing, a wall cooperating with the casing to form a descending air passage permitting a downward flow of air discharged from the blower chamber and... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880620 | Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning module having an improved heater core configuration The subject invention includes a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) assembly having a housing with an inlet and at least one outlet for directing a flow of air into a passenger compartment. An evaporator core is disposed within the housing downstream ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881140 | Apparatus for mixing air in a vehicle HVAC system An apparatus (10) for an HVAC system that provides air at a controllable temperature into a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a housing (20) defining a chamber (70). The chamber (70) has a first inlet (50) through which ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6874575 | Air conditioning housing for an air conditioner of an automobile Disclosed herewith is an air conditioner housing for automobiles and air conditioner using the same. The air conditioner housing includes a housing body having evaporator and heater core accommodating spaces. Upper and lower air passages are defined by partitioning ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6834709 | Automotive air conditioner An automotive air conditioner includes an offset blower for blowing an air, an evaporator is centrally disposed within a dashboard and receives the air from below, and a heater approximately horizontally disposed above the evaporator. The evaporator inclines downwar... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6814138 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle An air conditioning apparatus for an automotive vehicle includes a case having an opening which is formed at a side wall of the case. A heater core is installed in the case; and a mix door assembly detachably is installed in said case through the opening. The mix do... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814137 | Automotive air conditioner A downstream side air passage of a an automotive air conditioner unit is partitioned into at least two or more independent small air passages with a plurality of partition plates extending along an air flow direction. Doors are provided for the respective small air ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789607 | Dual zone vehicle air distribution apparatus An air distribution apparatus for a vehicle includes a partition disposed within a housing which separates a first longitudinal airstream from a blower and a cooling element into first and second airstreams, each separately directed through a heater element to form ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6789617 | Air mix damper device and vehicle air conditioner The invention provides an air mixing damper apparatus and an air conditioning apparatus for vehicles where the temperature of discharged air can be changed linearly with respect to the operation of an actuator lever. A rotation speed adjustment mechanism is disposed... | 09/14/2004 |
