Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nihon Radiator Co., Ltd.

Yoshihiko Muto

Toshio Ohashi

Masaru Takasaki

Tsunenari Adachi

A heater unit comprises a casing through which air flows in one direction from an inlet to outlets. A heater core is disposed within the casing for heating air passing therethrough. An air mix door is also disposed within the casing and has a pivotal end about which it is swingable for controlling the amount of air heated by the heater core and the amount of unheated air bypassing the same. In the above arrangement, air is difficult to pass through the heater core at a place adjacently behind the pivotal end of the air mix door whith respect to the direction of air flow. A tank portion of the heater core is disposed in the place adjacently behind the pivotal end of the air mix door with respect to the direction of air flow.

Heater unit for vehicles

An auxiliary air conditioning device is mounted to a rear parcel shelf above a trunk room of a motor vehicle for assisting a major air conditioning device. The auxiliary air conditioning device has therein an air cleaner and at least one of an electric heater and an electric humidifier.

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Atsugi, Japan

Yoshihiko Muto