US 12,263,713 B2
Air conditioner for vehicle
Seung Ho Lee, Daejeon (KR); Seo-Jun Yoon, Daejeon (KR); Sang Ki Lee, Daejeon (KR); Yong Sik Kim, Daejeon (KR); Myung Hun Kang, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Eung Young Kim, Anyang-si (KR); and Jung Mo Kwak, Gunpo-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/609,327
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/005699
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/226346, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0054147 (KR), filed on May 9, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0054149 (KR), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314731 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00028 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00528 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00092 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner apparatus for a vehicle in which the air conditioner apparatus performs cooling or heating by supplying cold air or hot air into an interior of a vehicle room, the air conditioner apparatus comprising:
a first air conditioner portion mounted at an engine compartment with respect to a wall and including an intake unit configured to receive and blow indoor air and outdoor air to the interior of the vehicle room;
a second air conditioner portion mounted at the interior of the vehicle room with respect to the wall and including a duct discharging conditioned air to the interior of the vehicle room; and
an air guide connecting the first air conditioner portion and the second air conditioner portion to each other through a through-hole formed in the wall,
wherein the first air conditioner portion and the second air conditioner portion are provided with a first internal flow path and a second internal flow path, respectively,
wherein the air guide has a first side portion engaged with a circumferential portion around the first internal flow path of the first air conditioner portion and has a second side portion engaged with a circumferential portion around the second internal flow path of the second air conditioner portion, and a center portion thereof is provided with an air guide hole for communicating the first internal flow path of the first air conditioner portion with the second internal flow path of the second air conditioner portion, and
wherein a second side portion of the air guide is inserted into the second internal flow path of the second air conditioner portion by passing through the through-hole formed in the wall.