KR20100093648A - Door of air conditioning system for automotive vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A door of an air conditioner for a vehicle is provided to simultaneously manufacture a body and a folding member by a molding process by connecting the body and the folding member integrally. CONSTITUTION: A door(10) of an air conditioner for a vehicle comprise a body, a folding member(14), and a thin plate connecting member(30). While being folded to the body, the folding member opens and closes an air passage. The thin plate connecting member connects the body and the folding member integrally to be foldable. In order that the thin plate connecting member makes tight contact with the sealing surface of the air passage when the body and the folding member close the air passage through folding, a sealing member(40) is formed integrally with the thin plate connecting member.

Description

DOOR OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES}

The present invention relates to a folding type door of a vehicle air conditioning system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a folding type door, and more particularly, to be easy to manufacture, and to improve airtightness with the door sealing surface when the door is closed, thereby preventing air leakage. A door of a vehicle air conditioning system.

The car is equipped with an air conditioning system for cooling and heating the room. This air conditioning system generates warm air from the heater in winter and keeps the cabin warm. In summer, cool air is generated from the evaporator to keep the cabin cool.

On the other hand, such an air conditioning system is gradually downsized according to the consumer's demand for efficient use of the interior space, and according to this trend, miniaturizing and slimming the air conditioning unit has become an important problem.

As a method of miniaturizing and slimming the air conditioning unit, there is a technology to reduce unnecessary space by reducing the rotation radius of the door for adjusting the opening amount of the air passage.

In this technique, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the door 10 is configured as a folding type, and the folding type door 10 adjusts the opening amount of the air passages 20a and 20b. To be folded when rotated. Therefore, the radius of rotation of the door 10 is reduced to the maximum.

Since this technology is designed to reduce the radius of rotation of the door 10 to the maximum, it is possible to significantly reduce the space required for the rotation of the door. Therefore, each part can be arrange | positioned densely, and, thereby, the air conditioning unit can be miniaturized and slimmed.

By the way, such a conventional air conditioning system, since the door 10 should be configured as a folding type, the two door members 12 and 14 can be manufactured, and then the two door members 12 and 14 can be folded. The disadvantage is that it must be assembled.

That is, the conventional folding type door 10 is composed of a main body member 12 and a folding member 14 hinged to the main body member 12. Therefore, in order to manufacture the folding type door 10, the body member 12 and the folding member 14 are manufactured separately, and then the body member 12 and the folding member 14, which are manufactured separately, are hinged. There is a hassle to do.

In particular, since the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 must be manufactured separately, and the main body member 12 and the folding member 14, which are manufactured separately, must be hinged one by one, a large manufacturing cost is required, There is a disadvantage that the number is increased, because of this disadvantage, the manufacturing cost is high, the assembly time is delayed, there is a problem that the productivity is significantly reduced.

In addition, the folding type door 10 has a disadvantage in that a large number of gaps and gaps are generated in the hinge coupling part 16 because the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 are hinged to each other. There is a problem that the cold and warm air leaks into the gap and the gap of the portion 16.

In particular, the hinge coupling portion 16, when the body member 12 and the folding member 14 is folded, closes the air passage 20b while being in close contact with the door sealing surface 22a of the air conditioning case 22, At this time, the adhesion to the door sealing surface 22a is very low, there is a problem that the airtight performance is lowered. As a result, there is a drawback that the cooling and heating efficiency in the interior of the vehicle is significantly reduced.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a door of a vehicle air conditioning system that can be configured as a folding type without separately manufacturing the body member and the folding member. .

Another object of the present invention is to configure the folding member without separately manufacturing the body member and the folding member, thereby reducing the hassle of having to manufacture the body member and the folding member separately, and to assemble the two members manufactured one by one. To provide a door of the vehicle air conditioning system that can give.

Still another object of the present invention is to manufacture the body member and the folding member separately, and to reduce the hassle of having to assemble the two members produced separately, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost, shorten the assembly time In addition, the present invention provides a door of a vehicle air conditioning system that can improve productivity.

Another object of the present invention is to remove the gaps and gaps generated in the hinge coupling portion of the body member and the folding member, the vehicle air conditioning system that can prevent the leakage phenomenon of cold and hot air generated through the hinge coupling portion at the source To provide a door.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a door of a vehicle air conditioning system that can improve the airtight performance between the door sealing surface and the hinge coupling portion by increasing the adhesion of the hinge coupling portion to the door sealing surface as much as possible.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a door seated on the door sealing surface of the air passage to block the flow of air, the door is a body member, and a folding member for opening and closing the air passage while being folded to the body member In the vehicle air conditioning system having a, characterized in that it comprises a thin plate connecting member for integrally connecting the body member and the folding member foldable.

Preferably, when the main body member and the folding member is folded to close and close the air passage, the thin plate connecting member is integral with the thin plate connecting member so as to be in close contact with the door sealing surface of the air passage. Characterized in that it further comprises a sealing member formed with.

According to the door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention, since the main body member and the folding member is integrally connected, there is an effect that can be manufactured simultaneously in one molding without having to separately manufacture the main body member and the folding member.

In addition, since the body member and the folding member can be manufactured at the same time in one molding, there is an effect that can significantly reduce the manufacturing maneuver, reduce the manufacturing cost and significantly improve the productivity.

In addition, in the process of forming the body member and the folding member, since the connecting member of the thin plate connecting them is also integrally molded at the same time, it is possible to fold the body member and the folding member without a separate assembly process. Therefore, the assembly labor of the door can be greatly reduced, and as a result, high efficiency productivity can be expected.

In addition, when the air passage is closed while the main body member and the folding member are folded, the adhesion to the door sealing surface is high, so that the airtightness between the door and the door sealing surface can be improved when the door is closed. As a result, there is an effect that can improve the cooling, heating efficiency in the vehicle interior.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a door of a vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings (the same components will be described with the same reference numerals).

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a door of the air conditioning system according to the present invention in the air conditioning case It is sectional drawing which shows the installed state.

First, before looking at the door of the air conditioning system according to the present invention, a brief description of the folding type door with reference to FIGS.

The folding type door 10 is composed of a flat body member 12 and a flat folding member 14 which is foldably connected to an end of the body member 12.

The main body member 12 adjusts the opening amounts of the air passages 20a and 20b while rotating around the rotation shaft 12a.

The folding member 14 adjusts the opening amount of the air passages 20a and 20b while being folded or unfolded by the body member 12 as the body member 12 is rotated. In particular, it is configured to close and close one air passage 20a while fully extending from the main body member 12, and close and close the other air passage 20b while being completely folded in the main body member 12.

Here, guide protrusions 14a are integrally formed at both ends of the folding member 14. The guide protrusions 14a move along a guide slot 14b formed in the air conditioning case 22, and the guide protrusions 14a moving in this manner are formed by the folding member 14 with respect to the body member 12. Adjust the folding position.

And the folding type door 10 has a sealing member 10a which is installed along the circumference of the main body member 12 and the folding member 14.

The sealing member 10a is made of a rubber material, and when the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 are closed and the air passage 20a is closed, the sealing member 10a is burnt to the door sealing surface 22a of the air conditioning case 22. Sexually close Therefore, when the door 10 is closed, the door 10 and the door sealing surface 22a are hermetically sealed.

Such a sealing member 10a is usually injection-molded secondarily along the edges of the injection molded main body member 12 and the folding member 14.

Next, the door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

First, the door 10 of the present invention is provided with a thin plate connecting member 30 for connecting the body member 12 and the folding member 14.

The thin plate connecting member 30 is composed of a plurality of connecting pieces 32 connecting the body member 12 and the folding member 14.

The plurality of connecting pieces 32 are arranged at intervals to partially connect the body member 12 and the folding member 14, and the bending deformation is possible. Accordingly, the body member 12 and the folding member 14 are connected to each other in a foldable manner.

On the other hand, the connecting piece 32 is composed of the same material as the body member 12 and the folding member 14, the connecting piece 32 of such a material to the injection molding the body member 12 and the folding member 14 At the time, it is configured to be integrally molded.

In particular, since the body member 12 and the folding member 14 is integrally molded at the time of injection molding, the body member 12 and the folding member 14 can be molded into one body.

Therefore, the body member 12 and the folding member 14 can be manufactured simultaneously at the same time without the need to separately manufacture. As a result, the manufacturing labor can be drastically reduced, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the productivity can be remarkably improved.

Meanwhile, in the drawings and the detailed description of the present invention, the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 are foldably connected with a plurality of connection pieces 32 arranged at intervals, but in some cases, one connection piece 32 It may be possible to fold the body member 12 and the folding member 14 by a). In this case, one connecting piece 32 should be configured equal to the width of the body member 12 and the folding member 14.

3 to 5, the door 10 of the present invention includes a sealing member 40 installed on an outer surface of the thin plate connecting member 30.

The sealing member 40 is made of a rubber material and is installed along the upper and lower surfaces of the thin plate connecting member 30. In particular, it is molded so as to block the gap between the connecting pieces 32.

Since the sealing member 40 blocks the gaps between the connecting pieces 32 and prevents the leakage of air through the body member 12 and the folding member 14. Therefore, the reduction of cooling and heating efficiency due to air leakage is prevented in advance.

In addition, the sealing member 40, as shown in Figure 5, when the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 is folded to close the air passage 20b, the door of the air conditioning case 22 It is comprised so that it may elastically adhere to the sealing surface 22a.

Therefore, when the door 10 is closed, the door 10 and the door sealing surface 22a are hermetically sealed. As a result, the airtight performance between the door 10 and the door sealing surface 22a is improved when the door 10 is closed, thereby improving the cooling and heating efficiency in the vehicle interior.

On the other hand, such a sealing member 40, it is preferable that the injection molded in the second injection molded thin plate connecting member 30. In particular, it is preferable that the injection molding is performed together with the sealing member 10a which is injection molded along the circumference of the body member 12 and the folding member 14.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, since the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 are integrally connected, the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 can be formed in one molding without having to separately manufacture the main body member 12 and the folding member 14. It can be produced at the same time.

In addition, since the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 can be manufactured at the same time in one molding, the manufacturing labor can be drastically reduced, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the productivity can be remarkably improved.

Further, in the process of forming the body member 12 and the folding member 14, since the thin plate connecting member 30 connecting them is also integrally molded at the same time, the body member 12 and the folding member 14 without a separate assembly process. ) Can be connected in a foldable manner. Therefore, the assembly labor of the door 10 can be drastically reduced, and as a result, high efficiency productivity can be expected.

In addition, when the air passage 20b is closed while the main body member 12 and the folding member 14 are folded, since the adhesion to the door sealing surface 22b is high, the door 10 is closed when the door 10 is closed. ) And the airtight performance between the door sealing surface 22a can be improved, thereby improving the cooling and heating efficiency in the vehicle interior.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and may be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims.

1 is a view showing a door of a conventional vehicle air conditioning system,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a door of a conventional vehicle air conditioning system,

3 is a perspective view showing a door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a door of the vehicle air conditioning system according to the present invention,

5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a door of an air conditioning system according to the present invention is installed in an air conditioning case.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: door 12: body member

14: folding member 20a, 20b: air passage

22: air conditioning case 22a: door sealing surface

30: thin plate connecting member 32: connecting piece

40: sealing member

Claims (4)

A door 10 seated on the door sealing surfaces 22a of the air passages 20a and 20b to block the flow of air, the door 10 having a body member 12 and the body member 12. In the vehicle air conditioning system having a folding member 14 for opening and closing the air passage (20b) while being in, Door of the air conditioning system for a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a thin plate connecting member (30) for integrally connecting the body member (12) and the folding member (14). The method of claim 1, When the body member 12 and the folding member 14 are closed and closed by closing the air passage 20b, the thin plate connecting member 30 is connected to the door sealing surface 22a of the air passage 20b. The door of the vehicle air conditioning system, characterized in that it further comprises a sealing member (40) formed integrally with the thin plate connecting member (30) so as to be in close contact with the airtight. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The thin plate connecting member 30, Consists of a plurality of connecting pieces 32 for connecting the body member 12 and the folding member 14, The connection pieces (32), the door of the vehicle air conditioning system, characterized in that when injecting the main body member (12) and the folding member (14) are integrally connected to each other. The method of claim 3, wherein The sealing member 40, the door of the vehicle air conditioning system, characterized in that blocking by blocking the gap between the connecting pieces (32).

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