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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1990
Toru Ichikawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Hideo Nishihata, Otsu, JP;
Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Nakamura, Moriyama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automobile air conditioner for use in an automobile which has a generally rectangular box casing curved along a curvature of the ceiling of automobile and having an air inlet and an air outlet defined at opposite sides thereof, a generally elongated evaporator accommodated in the casing adjacent to the air inlet, a cylindrical blade wheel connected with a motor with their axes in a alignment for generating air flow through the evaporator, a stabilizer extending under the fan unit toward the air outlet, an air flow deflector for controlling the direction of air flow between the fan unit and the air outlet, and a diffuser with a beam on its lower surface for controlling the air flow above the cylindrical blade wheel toward the air outlet. By this structure, a flat and compact type of air conditioner for use in an automobile is provided.