Halla Visteon Climate Control Corporation

Hyungjoo Kim

Seongseok Han

Seonghyun Kim

Donggyun Kim

Dongmin Kam

The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle. The air conditioner for a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a plate member slidably operating inside an air-conditioning case to control the degree of opening of air outflow ports or air passageways inside the air-conditioning case; a gear shaft for operating the plate member, and separation preventing means formed on rail portions of the plate member interlocking with the gear shaft. According to the present invention, the gear portions of the gear shaft can be smoothly interlocked with the gear holes formed on the rail portions of the plate member and it is prevented that the gear portions of the gear shaft in interlock with the gear holes of the rail portions are separated from the gear holes or mislocated.

Air conditioner for vehicle

The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle that includes: a mode door having a thin. plate member, solidly operating inside an air-conditioning case to control the degree of opening of a defrost vent, a face vent and floor vents, and a gear shaft, engaged with the thin plate member for its operating; and constant discharging means disposed at a rail portion. of the thin plate member and at a guide part of an air-conditioning case overlapped with the rail portion, so that air of a fixed quantity is discharged to side vents of the face vent, thereby providing a simple structure and reducing manufacturing costs because the gear holes of the rail portion and the cut portions of the guide portion serve as the constant discharging means, without a need for additional structure to constantly discharge air toward the side vent.

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Daejeon-si, South Korea

Hyungjoo Kim