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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Yukio Ozeki, Tochigi, JP;
Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner unit comprises a case having a plurality of air passages defined therein; two pivotal mode doors pivotally arranged in the case to provide various operation modes of the air conditioner unit when assuming given angular positions, each of the mode doors having a pivot shaft of which leading end is exposed to the outside from a wall of the case; and a mode door actuating mechanism attached to an outer surface of the wall of the case to actuate the two pivotal mode doors. The mode door actuating mechanism comprises a base structure adapted to be mounted to the outer surface of the wall; two operation levers pivotally held at respective hub portions thereof by the base structure, each operation lever having a cam opening and being coaxially connected to the leading end of the pivot shaft of corresponding one of the two mode doors; a slider member slidably held on the base structure; two engaging pins provided on the slider member and slidably engaged with the cam openings of the two operation levers respectively; and an actuator member for sliding the slider member relative to the base structure.