Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation

Yoshihiro Sekiya

Daisuke Araki

Toshio Tsubakida

Keisuke Hara

Yutaka Teruya

Hiroshi Tsuzuki

Noise occurring in an upright air-conditioning unit is greatly reduced. An upright air-conditioning unitis disposed under a steering member support part, a vent openingand a vent outlet portare made to communicate with each other via a vent duct, a defrost openingand a defrost outlet portare made to communicate with each other via a defrost duct. The vent openingassumes a position further frontward than the steering member support partalong the frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body whereas the defrost openingassumes a position further rearward than the steering member support partalong the frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body.

Air conditioner for vehicle

An object of the present invention is to prevent vibration of a sliding door within a guide groove through a fundamental review of the structures adopted in sliding door devices in the related art having a sliding door made to move along a direction intersecting an air flow path to control the flow rate or direction of air within the air flow path. The present invention is characterized in that a tension-applying means is disposed at a sliding unit of a sliding door, which is inserted at a guide groove formed on the inside of an air-conditioner case to apply tension between the sliding unit and the guide groove.

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Saitama, Japan

Yoshihiro Sekiya