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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Didier Loup, Maurepas, FR;
Michel Auvity, Velizy, FR;
Jean-Yves Queinnec, Elancourt, FR;
Philippe Vincent, Epernon, FR;
Valeo Climatisation, S.A., La Verriere, FR;
Abstract
A motor-vehicle heating and/or air conditioning device has a cold-air duct ( ), a hot-air duct ( ) housing a heating radiator ( ), a mixing chamber ( ) communicating with respective air outlets ( ) of the ducts, and mixing means which comprise at least one flap ( ) configured in such a way that, when the flap passes from a “hot” position to a “cold” position, the shutter wall ( ) of the flap first of all clears a region of the outlet ( ) of the cold-air duct which is close to the outlet ( ) of the hot-air duct, so as to promote the mixing of a cold airflow (F ) and of a hot airflow (F ).