JP6269432B2 - Air conditioner for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle air conditioner including a rotary door having functions of a mode door and an air mix door.

  In the vehicle air conditioner described in Patent Document 1, the mode door and the air mix door are configured separately by a rotary door, and each door is rotationally driven coaxially.

JP2013-23120A

  When the air volume is increased with the door structure described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to increase the opening area of the air outlet. Methods for increasing the opening area of the outlet include (1) increasing the axial size of the mode door, (2) increasing the diameter of the mode door, and (3) increasing the opening area of the mode door.

  However, in the methods (1) and (2), the outer shape of the vehicle air conditioner must be enlarged. If the opening area is increased as in (3), it is necessary to increase the operating angle of the mode door. In the structure described in Patent Document 1, since the movement trajectory of the mode door and the movement trajectory of the air mix door are partially close to each other, when the operating angle of the mode door is increased, the mode door and the air mix door May overlap. For example, when the mode door and the air mix door are close to each other in the differential (DEF) mode, they overlap each other, so that the number of flow paths through which air passes is reduced. As a result, there are problems that the air volume during DEF decreases and noise increases.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle air conditioner that can suppress a decrease in air volume while increasing an opening area of a mode door.

  The present invention employs the following technical means in order to achieve the aforementioned object.

  In the present invention, the rotation radius of the air mix door (22) is larger than the rotation radius of the mode door (21), and when the air mix door and the mode door overlap due to angular displacement, the air mix door and the mode door are A passage (40) through which air adjusted by an air mix door flows is formed between the opposed cylindrical surfaces.

According to the present invention, the air mix door and the mode door are angularly displaced about the same axis. The rotation radius of the air mix door is larger than that of the mode door. When the air mix door and the mode door overlap with each other due to angular displacement, the air mix door is located between the cylindrical surfaces facing the air mix door and the mode door. A passage through which the regulated air flows is formed. As a result, even if the air mix door and the mode door overlap, the passage is not blocked, so the air volume can be secured. Further, when the air mix door and the mode door overlap, it is possible to suppress the generation of noise. Therefore, by increasing the opening area of the opening, the air volume can be secured even if the operating angle of the mode door is increased. Therefore, it is possible to realize a vehicle air conditioner that can suppress a decrease in the air volume while increasing the opening area of the mode door.
Moreover, according to this invention, a temperature control adjustment rib and a connection part are provided. Thus, when the air mix door and the connecting portion overlap each other, a passage through which air adjusted by the air mix door flows is formed in a portion where the air mix door and the connecting portion face each other. Therefore, even when the air mix door and the connecting portion overlap, the passage is not blocked, so that air mix of hot air and cold air can be promoted.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the bracket | parenthesis of each above-mentioned means is an example which shows a corresponding relationship with the specific means as described in embodiment mentioned later.

It is sectional drawing of the vehicle air conditioner 10 of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the mode door 21 and the air mix door 22. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 10 in face mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 10 in bilevel mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 10 in foot mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 10 in foot differential mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 10 in a defroster mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 102 in the face mode of 2nd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 102 in foot differential mode. 2 is a perspective view showing an air mix door 22. FIG. FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the section line XI-XI in FIG. 9. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows it seeing from the cut surface line XII-XII of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the air mix door 22 of the 1st example of 3rd Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the air mix door 22 of the 2nd example in 3rd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 104 in the face mode of 4th Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 104 in bilevel mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 104 in foot mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 104 in foot differential mode. It is sectional drawing which shows the vehicle air conditioner 104 in a defroster mode.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In some embodiments, portions corresponding to the matters described in the preceding embodiments may be given the same reference numerals, or one letter may be added to the preceding reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions may be omitted. In addition, when a part of the configuration is described in each embodiment, the other parts of the configuration are the same as those of the embodiment described in advance. In addition to the combination of parts specifically described in each embodiment, the embodiments may be partially combined as long as the combination does not hinder the combination.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 indicate the direction in the vehicle mounted state. The vehicle left-right (width) direction is the normal direction of FIG.

  The vehicle air conditioner 10 is mounted at a substantially central portion in the vehicle left-right direction inside an instrument panel (instrument panel) located in the front part of the vehicle interior. A blower 11 is disposed on the vehicle front side of the vehicle air conditioner 10. The blower 11 has a blower fan 12 constituted by a centrifugal multiblade fan (sirocco fan), and the blower fan 12 is rotationally driven by an electric motor (not shown). An inside / outside air switching box (not shown) is connected to the suction side of the blower fan 12. The blower fan 12 sucks outside air or inside air introduced through the inside / outside air switching box and blows air toward the frontmost space in the air conditioning case 13.

  The air conditioning case 13 constitutes an air passage through which the blown air of the blower fan 12 flows. Inside the air conditioning case 13, an evaporator 14 serving as a cooling heat exchanger is disposed. The evaporator 14 is in a position where the entire amount of air blown from the blower fan 12 passes from the vehicle front side to the rear side.

  The evaporator 14 is a well-known structure in which flat tubes (not shown) forming a refrigerant passage and corrugated heat transfer fins (not shown) that increase the air-side heat transfer area are alternately stacked. It has the structure of a heat exchange core part. The low-pressure refrigerant decompressed by the decompression means (not shown) of the refrigeration cycle absorbs heat from the air passing through the evaporator 14 in the tube of the heat exchange core portion of the evaporator 14 and evaporates to cool the passing air. . In the air conditioning case 13, a filter 15 for removing foreign substances in the air is provided on the windward side of the evaporator 14.

  In the air conditioning case 13, a hot water heater core 16 that serves as a heat exchanger for heating is disposed on the leeward side (vehicle rear side) of the evaporator 14. The heater core 16 heats air using hot water from a vehicle engine (not shown) as a heat source. The heater core 16 is formed by laminating a number of flat tubes (not shown) forming a hot water passage and corrugated heat transfer fins (not shown) that increase the air-side heat transfer area in the vehicle left-right direction. It has the well-known heat exchange core part joined.

  Further, since the heater core 16 is significantly smaller in height than the evaporator 14, a cold air passage 17 is provided between the upper end portion of the heater core 16 and the upper surface portion of the air conditioning case 13 to bypass the heater core 16 and cool air flows. It is formed. A downstream portion of the cold air passage 17 serves as a cold air inflow portion 17 a through which the cold air flows into the mixing space 18.

  On the other hand, in the air conditioning case 13, a warm air passage 19 is formed on the downstream side of the air flow of the heater core 16 from the immediately after the heater core 16 toward the upper side. A downstream portion of the warm air passage 19 serves as a warm air inflow portion 19 a through which the warm air flows into the mixing space 18. In the downstream side of the cold air passage 17 and the hot air passage 19, the cold air from the cold air passage 17 and the hot air from the hot air passage 19 are merged from the crossing direction to mix the cold air and the hot air. A space 18 is formed.

  An air mix door 22 that adjusts the air volume ratio between the air passing through the heater core 16 (warm air) and the air passing through the cool air passage 17 (cold air) is disposed on the downstream side (upper side) of the heater core 16. The air mix door 22 is made of, for example, a resin material, and has a door plate portion formed in an arcuate surface shape that is a predetermined amount away from the rotation shaft (drive shaft) L. The air mix door 22 is a rotary door whose door plate portion rotates about the rotation axis L.

  Therefore, depending on the angular position of the air mix door 22, the mixing space 18 and the cold air inflow portion 17a communicate with each other and are in an open state. When the cold air inflow portion 17 a is in the open state, the cold air flows toward the mixing space 18. Similarly, for example, depending on the angular position of the mode door 21, the mixing space 18 and the hot air inflow portion 19a communicate with each other to be in an open state. When the warm air inflow portion 19a is in the open state, the warm air flows toward the inside of the mixing space 18 in the radial direction. At the position of the air mix door 22 shown in FIG. 1, the cold air passage 17 is closed and the hot air passage 19 is opened.

  A plurality of outlet passages 31 to 33 are formed in the air conditioning case 13. The plurality of outlet passages 31 to 33 are arranged in the circumferential direction on the outer downstream side of the mode door 21. Each of the outlet passages 31 to 33 is opened and closed by the displacement of the opening 21 a due to the angular displacement of the mode door 21.

  Each of the outlet passages 31 to 33 is connected to a plurality of outlets that open into the vehicle compartment. The plurality of air outlets (not shown) are portions for blowing air for air conditioning toward the vehicle interior. The blowout passages 31 to 33 are realized by the defroster blowout passage 31, the face blowout passage 32, and the foot blowout passage 33 in the present embodiment.

  On the upper surface of the air conditioning case 13, a defroster outlet passage 31 is opened at a front portion of the vehicle. The defroster outlet passage 31 is supplied with temperature-controlled air from the mixing space 18, and is connected to a defroster outlet (not shown), and air is blown from the outlet toward the inner surface of the vehicle front window glass. It comes to blow out.

  On the upper surface of the air-conditioning case 13, a face blowing passage 32 is opened at a position on the vehicle rear side with respect to the defroster blowing passage 31. The face blowout passage 32 also receives the temperature-controlled air from the mixing space 18. The face blowing passage 32 is connected to the face blowing outlet, and blows wind from the blowing outlet toward the passenger's head and chest in the passenger compartment.

  On the upper surface of the air-conditioning case 13, a foot outlet passage 33 is opened at a position on the vehicle rear side of the face outlet passage 32. The foot blowing passage 33 also receives the temperature-controlled air from the mixing space 18. The downstream side of the foot blowing passage 33 is connected to a foot blowing outlet, and wind is blown from the blowing outlet toward the feet of the occupant.

  A mode door 21 is disposed in the mixing space 18. The outlet passages 31 to 33 and the inflow portions 17 a and 19 a are arranged on the outer side in the radial direction of the mode door 21. The mode door 21 is supported in the air conditioning case 13 so as to be angularly displaceable. The mode door 21 is made of, for example, a resin material and includes a door plate portion that is an arcuate wall portion that is a predetermined amount away from the rotation shaft (drive shaft) L. The door plate portion of the mode door 21 is angularly displaced about the rotation axis L of the air mix door 22. The door plate portion has one opening 21a penetrating in the thickness direction. The opening 21a is a part for opening and closing each of the outlet passages 31 to 33. By the displacement of the opening 21a due to the angular displacement of the mode door 21, the passage area of the three outlet passages 31 to 33 is adjusted.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 are realized by rotary doors that are angularly displaced about the same axis L and are independently driven. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotation radius of the air mix door 22 is larger than the rotation radius of the mode door 21. In other words, the cylindrical surfaces of the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 are configured to operate coaxially, and the operation trajectories of the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 are concentric circles.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap with each other due to angular displacement, the air mix door 22 is interposed between the cylindrical surfaces facing the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21. A passage (hereinafter also referred to as “sub-passage”) 40 through which the conditioned air flows is formed. When the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap with each other, the space between the opposed cylindrical surfaces, that is, the space between the sub-passages 40 is set to a size necessary for the target flow rate, and the air from each inflow portion is reliably mixed. 18 is set to a size that flows into 18. The space | interval of the cylindrical surface which opposes is set to the half or more of the width | variety of each blowing channel | path 31-33, for example.

  The size of the mode door 21 is set so that, for example, when the hot air inflow portion 19 a is partially blocked, the opening area of the hot air inflow portion 19 a is equal to or larger than the entrance area of the foot outlet passage 33. Thus, even when the hot air inflow portion 19a is partially blocked, it is possible to lead to the foot outlet passage 33 while suppressing a decrease in the amount of warm air from the hot air inflow portion 19a.

  Further, a guide 23 is provided inside the radius of rotation of the mode door 21 as shown in FIGS. The guide 23 is provided extending in the radial direction of the mode door 21. The guide 23 is a member for guiding the air from each inflow part 17a, 19a to each blowing passage 31-33. The guide 23 is provided on the mode door 21 and rotates integrally with the mode door 21. The guide 23 and the mode door 21 are separate members in this embodiment. For example, the guide 23 is fixed to the mode door 21 by fitting. Further, the guide 23 and the mode door 21 may be formed by integral molding.

  Next, the operation of the mode door 21 will be described. 3-7 is a figure which shows the position of the mode door 21 in five blowing modes. In the vehicle air conditioner 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, for example, a face (FACE) mode, a bi-level (B / L) mode, a foot (FOOT) mode, a foot defroster ( F / D) mode and defroster (DEF) mode.

  First, the face mode will be described with reference to FIG. The face mode is a mode in which conditioned air (air for air conditioning) is blown mainly toward the passenger's upper body. In the face mode, the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the face blowing passage 32 is open, the foot blowing passage 33 is closed, and the defroster blowing passage 31 is closed. Moreover, the air mix door 22 is arrange | positioned in the position where the cold wind inflow part 17a is an open state and the warm air inflow part 19a is a closed state. Therefore, in the face mode, the air mix door 22 is disposed at the maximum cooling position where the hot air passage 19 passing through the heat exchange core portion of the heater core 16 is fully closed and the cold air passage 17 is fully opened. As a result, cold air is blown from the mixing space 18 through the face blowing passage 32 into the vehicle interior.

  In the face mode, the cold air inflow portion 17a is in an open state. Therefore, the guide 23 guides the cold air toward the face blowing passage 32. As a result, the cold air is directed to the face blowing passage 32 located at a position facing the cold air inflow portion 17a. Therefore, the resistance of cold air can be reduced by the guide 23.

  Next, the bilevel mode will be described with reference to FIG. The bi-level mode is a mode in which conditioned air is blown toward the passenger's upper body and the feet of the passenger. In the bi-level mode, the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the face blowing passage 32 and the foot blowing passage 33 are in an open state and the defroster blowing passage 31 is in a closed state. Moreover, the air mix door 22 is arrange | positioned in the position where the cold wind inflow part 17a and the warm air inflow part 19a will be in an open state. As a result, the conditioned air is blown from the mixing space 18 into the passenger compartment through the face blowing passage 32 and the foot blowing passage 33. Therefore, in the bi-level mode, the mode door 21 is arranged at a position where both the hot air passage 19 and the cold air passage 17 are opened.

  In the bi-level mode, the guide 23 is disposed at a position where the cool air from the cool air inflow portion 17a and the warm air from the warm air inflow portion 19a suppress mixing. As a result, the guide 23 guides the cool air flowing from the cool air inflow portion 17 a to the face blowing passage 32, and guides the warm air from the hot air inflow portion 19 a to the foot blowing passage 33.

  Next, the foot mode will be described with reference to FIG. The foot mode is a mode in which air conditioned air is blown mainly toward the passenger's feet. In the foot mode, the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the face blowing passage 32 and the defroster blowing passage 31 are closed and the foot blowing passage 33 is opened. Moreover, the air mix door 22 is arrange | positioned in the position where the cold air inflow part 17a is a closed state and the warm air inflow part 19a is an open state. Thus, warm air is blown from the mixing space 18 through the foot blowing passage 33 into the vehicle interior.

  Next, the foot defroster mode (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “foot differential mode”) will be described with reference to FIG. The foot differential mode is a mode in which conditioned air is blown toward the front window glass and the feet of the passenger. In the foot differential mode, the face door passage 32 is closed, and the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the foot outlet passage 33 and the defroster outlet passage 31 are open. Moreover, the air mix door 22 is arrange | positioned in the position where the cold air inflow part 17a is a closed state and the warm air inflow part 19a is an open state. As a result, warm air is blown from the mixing space 18 through the defroster outlet passage 31 and the foot outlet passage 33 into the vehicle interior.

  Next, the defroster mode will be described with reference to FIG. The defroster mode is a mode in which conditioned air is blown toward the front window glass. In the defroster mode, the face door passage 32 and the foot outlet passage 33 are closed, and the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the defroster outlet passage 31 is open. Further, the mode door 21 is arranged at a position where the cold air inflow portion 17a is in a closed state and the hot air inflow portion 19a is in an open state. Thus, in the defroster mode, the mode door 21 is disposed at the maximum heating position where the hot air passage 19 passing through the heat exchange core portion of the heater core 16 is fully opened and the cold air passage 17 is fully closed. Thus, warm air is blown from the mixing space 18 through the defroster outlet passage 31 into the vehicle interior.

  In the mode shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the air mix door 22 is disposed at a position where the hot air passage 19 is opened and the cold air passage 17 is closed. The mode door 21 is positioned so as to block the warm air that has passed through the warm air passage 19, and the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap each other. However, as described above, the sub-passage 40 through which the air adjusted by the air mix door 22 flows is formed between the cylindrical surfaces where the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 face each other. Thus, the warm air that has passed through the warm air passage 19 flows through the sub-passage 40 between the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 and flows into the mixing space 18.

  As described above, in the vehicle air conditioner 10 of the present embodiment, the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 are angularly displaced about the same axis L. The rotation radius of the air mix door 22 is larger than that of the mode door 21. When the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap with each other due to angular displacement, the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 face each other between the opposing cylindrical surfaces. A sub-passage 40 through which air flows is formed. Even if the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap with each other, the passage is not blocked, so that the air volume can be secured. Moreover, when the air mix door 22 and the mode door 21 overlap, it can suppress that a noise generate | occur | produces. Therefore, by increasing the opening area of the opening 21a, the air volume can be secured even if the operating angle of the mode door 21 is increased. Therefore, it is possible to realize the vehicle air conditioner 10 that can suppress the decrease in the air volume while increasing the opening area of the mode door 21.

  In the present embodiment, in the mode shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the air mix door 22 is disposed at a position where the hot air passage 19 is opened and the cold air passage 17 is closed. And the mode door 21 is arrange | positioned in the position which guides the warm air which passed the warm air channel | path 19 to the entrance of the blowing channel | path in an open state. Therefore, the mode door 21 also functions as a guiding means when in the arrangement of FIGS. Thus, even if the mode door 21 is disposed in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ventilation resistance can be reduced.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the defroster outlet passage 31 is in the open position, the mode door 21 is disposed at a position where the opening 21a opens the hot air passage 19 as shown in FIG. The As a result, the opening 21 a of the mode door 21 and the inlet of the defroster outlet passage 31 are arranged at substantially target positions on the rotation axis L. In other words, the opening 21a of the mode door 21 and the inlet of the defroster outlet passage 31 are opposed to each other. As a result, in the defroster mode, the warm air from the warm air passage 19 can be guided to the defroster outlet passage 31 by a route having a small ventilation resistance.

  In other words, by setting the sub-passage 40, the mode door 21 rotates and the flow path of the hot air can be secured even if the mode door 21 moves to the vicinity of the hot air inflow portion 19a. Thereby, the dimension of the opening 21a of the mode door 21 can be increased, that is, the operating angle of the mode door 21 can be increased. As a result, the air blowing performance can be improved without changing the size of the vehicle air conditioner 10. In addition, when the performance equivalent to that of the prior art is sufficient, the diameter of the mode door 21 can be set small. Furthermore, in the structure of this embodiment, the effect that the mode door 21 guides the warm air to the cold air passage 17 side is obtained. Therefore, there exists an advantage which can improve air mix property.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is characterized in that an air mix rib 50 is provided on the air mix door 22. Moreover, in this embodiment, the arrangement | positioning relationship between the evaporator 14 and the heater core 16 is right and left opposite to the vehicle air conditioner 10 of 1st Embodiment. 8 and 9, the flow of cold air is indicated by a solid line, and the flow of hot air is indicated by a broken line.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of air mix ribs 50 functioning as guide plates for guiding the air passing through the sub passage 40 along the sub passage 40 are provided inside the air mix door 22, five in this embodiment. Provided. The air mix ribs 50 extend along the sub-passage 40 with an interval in the rotation axis direction. As a result, a plurality of, in the present embodiment, six divided passages 51 are formed in the sub passage 40. The intervals of the air mix ribs 50 are equal, and the inner ends are curved so that they can move along the sub-passage 40.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the mode door 21 is provided with a temperature control adjusting rib 52 at a position facing the opening 21a. Four temperature control adjustment ribs 52 are arranged at intervals so as to be continuous with the four air mix ribs 50 except for the center of the five air mix ribs 50. A pair of temperature control adjusting ribs 52 adjacent on one side and the other side of the rotating shaft L are partially connected by a connecting portion 53 on the outside. Accordingly, the temperature control adjustment rib 52 partially forms a tunnel passage in cooperation with the air mix rib 50.

  As shown in FIG. 11, since there is a connecting portion 53 of the temperature control adjusting rib 52 on the heater core 16 side, the hot air from the hot air inflow portion 19a is sent from the sub passage 40 to the cold air inflow portion 17a side through the tunnel passage. be able to. Thereby, the air mix of warm air and cold air can be promoted.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in the face differential mode, the sub passage 40 is partitioned by the air mix rib 50 and the mode door 21. Thereby, the air flowing through the sub passage 40 can be rectified. This also can improve the air mix.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the cool air and the hot air can flow through the tunnel passage formed by the air mix rib 50 and the mode door 21 or the air mix rib 50 and the temperature control adjustment rib 52. As a result, the air mix can be improved.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is similar to the second embodiment, and is characterized in that the configuration of the air mix rib 50 is different from that of the second embodiment. In FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the flow of cold air is indicated by a solid line, and the flow of hot air is indicated by a broken line.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the air mix rib 50 of the present embodiment has a blockage that blocks air passing through the split passage 51 in a part of the split passages 51 among the plurality of split passages 51 partitioned by the air mix rib 50. A portion 54 is provided. In the present embodiment, a blocking portion 54 is provided in two of the six divided passages 51 in two divided passages 51. Further, the divided passage 51 provided with the closing portion 54 corresponds to the connecting portion 53 of the temperature control adjusting rib 52.

  Further, the closing portion 54 of the first example shown in FIG. 13 is provided so as to close the end portion of the air mix rib 50 on the warm air inflow portion 19a side. The closing part 54 of the second example shown in FIG. 14 is provided so as to close the end of the air mix rib 50 on the cold air inflow part 17a side.

  In the case of the closed portion 54 of the first example, in the case of the positional relationship shown in FIG. 11 in which the temperature control adjusting rib 52 and the air mix rib 50 cooperate, the flow of hot air from the hot air inflow portion 19a is blocked. Blocked by part 54. In other words, the cool air preferentially flows through the sub passage 40.

  In the case of the closed portion 54 of the second example, in the case of the positional relationship shown in FIG. 11 in which the temperature control adjusting rib 52 and the air mix rib 50 cooperate, the flow of cold air from the cold air inflow portion 17a is blocked. 54. In other words, warm air flows through the sub-passage 40 with priority.

  Thus, by appropriately adjusting the position of the blocking portion 54, the passage ratio of hot air and cold air can be set. Accordingly, the cold air inflow portion 17a and the hot air inflow portion 19a can be adjusted when the sizes of the cold air inflow portion 17a and the hot air inflow portion 19a are not the same as each other and the flow rate is different.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is characterized in that the configuration of the guide 234 is different from that of the first embodiment. 15 to 19, the flow of cold air is indicated by a solid line, and the flow of hot air is indicated by a broken line.

  If the opening 21a of the mode door 21 is widened and the operating angle is increased, both the foot outlet passage 33 and the warm air inflow portion 19a may be opened by the opening 21a. In such a case, the hot air flowing from the hot air inflow portion 19a in the mode door 21 is not air-mixed with the cold air flowing in from the cold air inflow portion 17a, and the temperature from the hot air inflow portion 19a directly enters the foot blowing passage 33. The wind is blown out. As a result, the temperature difference (up and down temperature difference) of the blown air from the defroster blowing passage 31 is increased.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, by providing the guide 234 inside the mode door 21, the opening 21a is partitioned by the hot air inflow portion 19a and the foot outlet passage 33 in the foot differential mode. Unlike the first embodiment, the guide 234 is disposed so as to extend outward from the rotation axis L along the radial direction. As shown in FIG. 18, the guide 234 can guide the hot air into the mode door 21 and mix air with the cold air. Therefore, in the foot differential mode, the temperature difference between the foot blowing passage 33 and the defroster blowing passage 31 can be reduced.

  Also in the four blowing modes other than the foot differential mode, the guide 234 has a function of guiding hot air or cold air to each blowing passage. The four blowing modes will be described using corresponding drawings.

  In the face mode, as shown in FIG. 15, the guide 234 also has a function of guiding the cold air from the cold air inflow portion 17 a to the face blowing passage 32.

  In the bi-level mode, as shown in FIG. 16, the guide 234 has a function of partitioning cold air from hot air. Therefore, the cool air from the cool air inflow portion 17 a is guided to the face blowing passage 32, and the warm air from the warm air inflow portion 19 a is guided to the foot blowing passage 33.

  In the foot mode, the guide 234 is located in the center of the foot outlet passage 33 as shown in FIG. Accordingly, it has a function of guiding the warm air from the warm air inflow portion 19 a to the foot blowing passage 33.

  In the defroster mode, as shown in FIG. 19, the guide 234 is located at the center of the hot air inflow portion 19a. Therefore, the guide 234 has a function of guiding the warm air to the defroster outlet passage 31.

  Thus, in this embodiment, since the guide 234 is provided, warm air or cold air can be suitably guided to the blowing passage corresponding to each blowing mode.

(Other embodiments)
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  The structure of the said embodiment is an illustration to the last, Comprising: The scope of the present invention is not limited to the range of these description. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the description of the scope of claims, and further includes meanings equivalent to the description of the scope of claims and all modifications within the scope.

  In the first embodiment described above, the vehicle air conditioner 10 is mounted in a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the vehicle, but is not limited to a substantially central portion. For example, the present invention can be applied to a semi-center type in which the blower 11 is offset in front of the passenger seat.

  In the first embodiment described above, the hot air inflow portion 19a is on the rear side with respect to the air mix door 22, but the arrangement of the cold air inflow portion 17a and the hot air inflow portion 19a may be reversed.

  In the first embodiment described above, the mode door 21 is provided with one opening 21a, but the number is not limited to one, and two or more openings may be provided.

  In the first embodiment described above, the guide 23 extends in the radial direction, but does not extend along the radial direction. Therefore, the guide 23 should just be a plate-shaped member arrange | positioned so that one end side may become closer to the rotating shaft L than the other end side. In other words, the guide 23 is not limited to a shape extending through the rotation axis L and a shape in which the direction in which the guide 23 extends passes through the rotation axis L.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle air conditioner 13 ... Air conditioning case 17 ... Cold wind passage 17a ... Cold wind inflow part 18 ... Mixed space 19 ... Hot air passage 19a ... Hot air inflow part 21 ... Mode door 21a ... Opening part 22 ... Air mix door 23,234 ... Guide 31 ... Defroster outlet passage 32 ... Face outlet passage 33 ... Foot outlet passage 40 ... Sub passage (passage)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 50 ... Air mix rib (guide plate) 51 ... Dividing passage 52 ... Temperature control adjustment rib 53 ... Connection part 54 ... Blocking part

Claims (5)

A vehicle air conditioner (10) that blows air for air conditioning from a plurality of air outlets that open into the vehicle interior toward the vehicle interior,
An air conditioning case (13) having a hot air passage (19) through which hot air passes and a cold air passage (17) through which cold air passes;
An air-mixed member that is supported so as to be angularly displaceable, and that adjusts the ratio of the amount of hot air passing through the hot air passage and the amount of cold air passing through the cold air passage by angular displacement. A door (22);
A mode door (21) which is an arc-shaped member provided downstream of the air mix door and supported in the air-conditioning case so as to be angularly displaceable and having an opening (21a) provided in the arc-shaped member. )When,
A plurality of outlet passages arranged in the circumferential direction on the outer downstream side of the mode door, which are opened and closed by displacement of the opening due to angular displacement of the mode door, and are connected to the plurality of outlets, respectively. A plurality of outlet passages (31-33);
Guides (23, 234) that extend in the radial direction of the mode door within the radius of rotation of the mode door and are provided in the mode door and guide air passing through the mode door toward the outlet passages,
A plurality of temperature control adjusting ribs that are provided at a position facing the opening of the mode door at intervals in the rotational axis direction of the mode door and guide the air that has passed through the air mix door to the center of the mode door. (53)
A connection portion (52) for partially connecting the temperature control adjustment rib adjacent in the rotational axis direction on the outer side in the radial direction ;
The air mix door and the mode door are angularly displaced about the same axis,
The rotation radius of the air mix door is larger than the rotation radius of the mode door, and when the air mix door and the mode door overlap with each other due to angular displacement, the cylindrical surface that the air mix door and the mode door face each other In between, a passage (40) through which air adjusted by the air mix door flows is formed ,
Wherein when overlaps the air mixing door and the connecting portion, in a portion with the air mixing door and the connecting portion is opposed, characterized in Rukoto the passageway air said adjusted by an air mix door flow is formed A vehicle air conditioner. When the air mix door is disposed at a position to open the hot air passage and to close the cold air passage,
2. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the mode door is disposed at a position for guiding the warm air that has passed through the warm air passage to an inlet of the blow-out passage in an open state. One of the plurality of air outlets is a defroster air outlet in which the mode door opens toward the inner surface of the vehicle front window glass,
The outlet passage connected to the defroster outlet is a defroster outlet passage (31),
The said mode door is arrange | positioned in the position which the said opening part makes the said warm air channel | path open when the said defroster blowing channel | path is in the position of an open state. Vehicle air conditioner.   The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a guide plate (50) for guiding the air passing through the passage along the passage is provided inside the air mix door. Air conditioner. A plurality of the guide plates are provided at intervals in the axial direction of the air mix door, the passage is divided into a plurality of divided passages (51),
5. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein a closed portion (54) that blocks air passing through the divided passage is provided in a part of the divided passages of the plurality of divided passages.

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