US 11,718,145 B2
HVAC system having air-conditioning channels for target seats
Dong Ho Kwon, Yongin-si (KR); Seung Hyeok Chang, Suwon-si (KR); Dae Ig Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Gee Young Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/745,036.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0111689 (KR), filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070132 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00285 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00007 (2013.01); B60H 1/00664 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00821 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60H 1/00835 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00185 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00961 (2019.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, comprising:
an air-conditioning unit including a blower, a heater unit, and a cooling unit, and a temperature adjustment door making conditioned-air pass through the heater unit or the cooling unit; and
an air-conditioning channel unit including:
a first air-conditioning channel unit having a plurality of first discharge channels through which conditioned-air is discharged to a first seat and returned from the first seat to be re-circulated,
a second air-conditioning channel unit having a plurality of second discharge channels through which conditioned-air is discharged to a second seat and returned from the second seat to be re-circulated, and
doors respectively disposed in the plurality of first and second discharge channels to control discharging and returning of the air-conditioned air from the first seat or from the second seat, respectively.