VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a blower unit, the blower unit including;
a scroll casing including a first wall having an intake port;
a second wall facing the first wall; and
a peripheral wall connecting peripheral edge portions of the first wall and the second wall, andan impeller rotatably provided in the scroll casing;
a motor having a revolving shaft configured to rotate the impeller and to be mounted on the second wall;
a blow-out flow channel provided between a bending end portion of the scroll casing and a tongue portion of the scroll casing; and
a motor cooling air introduction chamber provided outside the tongue portion, whereinthe motor cooling air introduction chamber is in communication with the blow-out flow channel via an air intake port opening in a peripheral wall of the tongue portion facing the blow-out flow channel at a position more closer to the first wall side than an inner wall surface of the second wall,the blow-out flow channel is provided with at least one airflow regulating rib facing the peripheral wall provided with the air intake port, andthe airflow regulating rib projects from an inner wall surface of the second wall and having a top portion in the blow-out flow channel.
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Abstract
The invention provides a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising a blower unit including ; a scroll casing including a first wall having an intake port, a second wall opposing the first wall, and a peripheral wall; an impeller; a motor of the impeller; a blow-out flow channel; and a motor cooling air introduction chamber, wherein the motor cooling air introduction chamber is in communication with the blow-out flow channel via an air intake port opening in the peripheral wall of a tongue portion facing the blow-out flow channel at a position more closer to the first wall side than an inner wall surface of the second wall, and at least one airflow regulating rib facing the peripheral wall provided with the air intake port is provided, and the airflow regulating rib projects from the inner wall surface of the second wall and having a top portion in the blow-out flow channel.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
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a blower unit, the blower unit including; a scroll casing including a first wall having an intake port;
a second wall facing the first wall; and
a peripheral wall connecting peripheral edge portions of the first wall and the second wall, andan impeller rotatably provided in the scroll casing; a motor having a revolving shaft configured to rotate the impeller and to be mounted on the second wall; a blow-out flow channel provided between a bending end portion of the scroll casing and a tongue portion of the scroll casing; and a motor cooling air introduction chamber provided outside the tongue portion, wherein the motor cooling air introduction chamber is in communication with the blow-out flow channel via an air intake port opening in a peripheral wall of the tongue portion facing the blow-out flow channel at a position more closer to the first wall side than an inner wall surface of the second wall, the blow-out flow channel is provided with at least one airflow regulating rib facing the peripheral wall provided with the air intake port, and the airflow regulating rib projects from an inner wall surface of the second wall and having a top portion in the blow-out flow channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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