US 11,738,622 B2
HVAC apparatus for a vehicle
Jeong Woong Son, Seoul (KR); Seok Jun Oh, Gwacheon-si (KR); Dong Won Yeon, Daejeon (KR); and In Keun Kang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,550.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0032375 (KR), filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288996 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00692 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00714 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus for a vehicle, the HVAC apparatus comprising:
a case including a discharge flow path, which communicates with a duct;
an outside air inlet, which is located in the case and into which air is introduced from the outside of the vehicle;
an inside air inlet configured to communicate with an interior of the vehicle;
a filter unit located to be inclined in the case;
an inside/outside air switching door provided adjacent to the outside air inlet and the inside air inlet and configured to selectively open the outside air inlet and the inside air inlet; and
an auxiliary switching door including a depression located at a lower end of the filter unit and configured to selectively open an outdoor outlet, which is adjacent to the depression and is opened to the outside of the case.