US 12,391,095 B2
Air conditioner for vehicle
Jae-Chun You, Daejeon (KR); Yo Chan Min, Daejeon (KR); and Tae Yong Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/908,322
Filed by Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/002767
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177788, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0028234 (KR), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147139 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00821 (2013.01) [B60H 1/3227 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3286 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
an air conditioning module for cooling and heating a vehicle interior; and
a cooling module including a radiator and a fan shroud that forms a flow of air passing through the radiator,
wherein the air conditioning module and the cooling module are integrally formed with each other and positioned in a vehicle engine room,
wherein the air conditioner comprises:
an outer case including a through an exterior air inlet for introducing the exterior air into the air conditioning module and the cooling module, a through interior air inlet for introducing the interior air into the air conditioning module, and an air delivery part for delivering air for cooling and heating the vehicle interior; and
an inner case partitioned from the outer case to position the air conditioning module therein, and allows the exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet to be divided into an air flow passing through the cooling module and an air flow passing through the air conditioning module,
wherein the exterior air inlet is positioned in a lower side of the air conditioner in a height direction and simultaneously in one side of the air conditioner in a length direction, and exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet passes through the cooling module to be discharged to the other side of the air conditioner in the length direction.