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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Nobuya Nakagawa, Nishi-kasugai-gun, JP;
Hajime Izumi, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Tominaga, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Toshihisa Kondo, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kazuo Ishii, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masanobu Futatsuki, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning system for a vehicle is disclosed. The air conditioning system includes a casing, an evaporator, a heater core at a rear side of the evaporator, and a mixing area for mixing a first air bypassing the heater core with a second air flowing through the heater core. The system further includes a partition plate for guiding the second air to the mixing area after the second air flows through the heater core, a foot passage, a defrosting passage, a vent outlet, and a defrosting outlet. The system still further includes a temperature controlling damper for controlling rates of the first air and the second air after the first and second airs flows through the evaporator so as to attain a predetermined final temperature of the air which is discharged into a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The system further includes a vent damper, a foot damper and a defrosting damper.