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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434608 | Air-blowing unit An air-blowing unit includes a blower unit including an irreversible fan, a first blower-side duct connected to an inlet port of the blower unit, a second blower-side duct connected to an air discharge port of the blower unit, a first air opening-side duct including... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7252137 | Air conditioning unit and air conditioning system for a vehicle An air conditioning unit includes an air conditioning casing formed with an inlet and an outlet. The air conditioning casing allows air to flow in the air conditioning casing from the inlet to the outlet. The conditioning unit also includes an evaporator arranged in... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7069977 | Heat exchanger Heat transfer members (H4, H3, H2, H1) are sequentially disposed within an exhaust port (18), within a pre-catalytic device (34), and on the downstream of a main catalytic device (35); the exhaust port (18), th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6979258 | Point contact valve seats for film applications In a ventilation system of a motor vehicle, a film valve can selectively open and close an air path opening defined by a housing with a rib or projection that encircles such opening. The rib can define a point contact between the film valve and the housing when view... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6782944 | Air conditioner for vehicles An air conditioner for vehicles is disclosed. This air conditioner feeds recirculation and fresh air in a separate air feeding or a mixed air feeding using a single intake duct and a single intake control door, thus improving its heating and defrosting efficiency du... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6761210 | Airconditioner for a passenger cell of a vehicle An air-conditioning system for a passenger cell of a vehicle includes an evaporator, for cooling an air stream, arranged in succession with a heat exchanger for heating the air stream. The heat exchanger has a heating medium flowing through it permanently. At least ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758260 | Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning assembly for a vehicle A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) assembly having a housing defining first and second quadrants. An air mixing door is mounted to the housing downstream of an inlet and upstream of an outlet. The air mixing door has a first position directing subst... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6716265 | Air treatment apparatus with an interchangeable vent cover An air treatment apparatus has a housing and a vent cover. The housing has a treatment element, at least one entrance and a fan secured in the hollow housing and facing the entrance. The vent cover is detachably and replaceably attached to the housing. At least one ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6695691 | Door assembly for a vehicle HVAC system and method for making same A door assembly (30) for a vehicle HVAC system comprises a shaft (140) made of a first material and having an axis (144) of rotation. A first door (142) projects from the first shaft (140) and is made of the first material. The first door (142) is molded ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668909 | Air-conditioning device for motor vehicle An air-conditioning device for a vehicle comprising in a housing (13) a first conduit (20) for transmitting a cool air flow (F1) and a second conduit (22), wherein is installed a heat exchanger (24) for transmitting a warm air flow (F2). The conduits (20,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659167 | Door mechanism of automotive air conditioning device A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a p... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6622787 | Air conditioner for a vehicle A defroster/face cool air passage for introducing cooled air from an evaporator to a defroster opening portion and a face opening portion by bypassing a heater core, and a foot cool air passage for introducing cooled air from the evaporator to a foot open... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607029 | Heating and ventilating apparatus for a motor vehicle with selective control in different zones of the cabin A motor vehicle cabin has four seat positions and a heating and ventilating apparatus which includes means for producing hot and cold air streams, temperature control means, air distribution ducts having outlets at different points in the cabin at each se... | 08/19/2003 |
