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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2002
Zexel Valeo Climate Control Corporation, Osato-gun, JP;
Abstract
In an air conditioning unit for an automotive vehicle, which is housed in a space defined by a vehicle panel separating an engine room and a vehicle compartment from each other, an Instrument panel arranged in the vehicle compartment, and a floor panel arranged on a floor of the vehicle compartment, bracket portions for supporting an audio unit are integrally formed with a rear portion of a unit casing in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the unit casing being located in a central portion of the vehicle in a left-right direction thereof. The bracket portions have upper end fixing plates thereof fixed to the Instrument panel and lower end fixing plates thereof fixed to the floor panel , by bolts or pins. Further, casing fixing plates are fixed to a bracket of a steering member by bolts.