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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Kazuki Niwa, Nishi-kasugai-gun, JP;
Ryosaku Akimoto, Nishi-kasugai-gun, JP;
Kenji Matsuda, Nagoya, JP;
Gregory A. Major, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Xin Zeng, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An air conditioner for a vehicle having an engine that serves as a drive source for a compressor arranged in a rear part of the vehicle. The air conditioner includes the compressor, and further includes an air intake unit having an inside air intake, an outside air intake, an inside air/outside air changeover damper, and a blower disposed on a downstream side of the inside air/outside air changeover damper. The air conditioner includes an air conditioning unit into which air is introduced from the air intake unit, provided along an introduced air distribution path with a cooling apparatus heat exchanger fluidly connected to the compressor and configured to exchange heat between the introduced air and air outside the cabin interior, where the cooling apparatus heat exchanger is located in the rear part of the vehicle. The air conditioning unit also include an engine heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the introduced air and an engine of the vehicle. The air conditioner further includes a duct configured to distribute air from the air conditioning unit to a front part of the vehicle, where the duct is provided with air outlets configured to discharge the air into the cabin interior.