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Individual air conditioning apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling the same

  • US 10,272,735 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2016
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An individual air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a driver'"'"'s seat air conditioning module configured to be provided with a driver'"'"'s seat air conditioning duct and have one side provided with a driver'"'"'s seat side inlet and another side provided with a driver'"'"'s seat side indoor outlet, the driver'"'"'s seat side inlet being sequentially provided with an evaporation core and a heater core;

    a passenger seat air conditioning module configured to be provided with a passenger seat air conditioning duct and have one side provided with a passenger seat side inlet and another side provided with a passenger seat side indoor outlet, the passenger seat side inlet being sequentially provided with the evaporation core and the heater core;

    a partition separating the driver'"'"'s seat air conditioning module and the passenger seat air conditioning module;

    a first channel configured to pass through the evaporation core to be connected to the indoor outlet;

    a second channel configured to pass through the evaporation core and the heater core to be connected to the indoor outlet;

    a first temperature control door configured to open or close the first channel; and

    a second temperature control door configured to open or close the second channel, wherein the first temperature control door and the second temperature control door pivot on a same rotational axis,wherein the driver'"'"'s seat side indoor outlet includes a defroster (DEF) outlet at a driver'"'"'s seat side, and the passenger seat side indoor outlet includes a defroster (DEF) outlet at a passenger seat side,wherein the partition between the DEF outlet at the driver'"'"'s seat side and the DEF outlet at the passenger seat side is open, such that air at the driver'"'"'s seat side flows to the passenger seat side, andwherein an air guide Is positioned at the DEF outlet at the driver'"'"'s seat side and extends in a direction in which a channel of the DEF outlet at the driver'"'"'s seat side is reduced to increase pressure of air discharged from the DEF outlet at the driver'"'"'s seat side.

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