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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Hiroyuki Sato, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air-conditioning control switch for setting a direction in which conditioned air is to be blown from a vehicle air conditioner, which includes a defog mode switch section for defogging by at least blowing conditioned air to a vehicle window glass, a vent mode switch section for blowing conditioned air to the upper body of a person in the vehiche, and a foot mode switch section for blowing conditioned air to the lower body of a person in the vehicle. The defog mode switch section and the vent mode switch section are disposed substantially horizontally so as to be spaced apart, while the foot mode switch section is disposed downwardly of the defog mode switch section and the vent mode switch section. The vehicle air-conditioning control switch makes it possible to prevent improper operation thereof by arranging its switch sections for setting a direction in which conditioned air is to be blown in correspondence with the actual blowing locations, that is the blowing directions, forward, backward, upward, and downward.