US 11,912,102 B2
Perforated member and air conditioner for vehicle having same
Dong Won Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jong Su Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jae Woo Ko, Daejeon (KR); Young Keun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Chang Soo Bae, Daejeon (KR); Jong Min Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Gyu Ik Han, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/595,566.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0119958 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0020004 (KR), filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0108692 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00528 (2013.01) [B60H 1/0005 (2013.01); B60H 3/024 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00128 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00135 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
an air-conditioning case including an air passageway;
a heating heat exchanger disposed inside the air-conditioning case and configured to exchange heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle;
a perforated member disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger relative to an air back-and-forth direction and having a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes; and
at least one partition wall disposed between the heating heat exchanger and the perforated member to divide the air passageway of the air-conditioning case into a plurality of air passageways;
wherein the perforated member is an electric heater, and the at least one partition wall extends through the electric heater in the air flow back-and-forth direction of the electric heater and is slidably connected with the electric heater.
 
10. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
an air-conditioning case including an air passageway;
a heating heat exchanger disposed inside the air-conditioning case and exchanging heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle;
an electric heater disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger and having a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes; and
a front partition wall formed on a front surface of the electric heater and a rear partition wall formed on a rear surface of the electric heater opposite the front surface;
wherein a bridge unit is disposed between fixing portions of the at least one partition wall and the electric heater, wherein the bridge unit includes a first support part having a first component overlying the front partition wall and a second component at a right angle relative to the first component, and a second support part having a first component overlying the rear partition wall and a second component at a right angle relative to the first component; and
a connection part connecting the first support part and the second support part with each other and inserted and joined into a fixing part of the electric heater.
 
20. The air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein indoor air and outdoor air are separately introduced into the air passageway of the air-conditioning case, and the air passageway is divided into an upper air passageway and a lower air passageway by a separation wall.