AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, for blowing air with ions into a vehicle interior, the air conditioner comprising:
- an air-conditioning case that defines therein an air flow passage through which air toward the vehicle interior flows, and has an outlet opening at an upper part of the air-conditioning case and through which the air toward the vehicle interior passes;
a heat exchanger disposed at a lower side of the outlet opening in the air-conditioning case, the heat exchanger being configured to exchange heat between air toward the vehicle interior and a heat-exchange medium; and
an ion generator that includes electrodes configured to generate ions, the ion generator being mounted on the air-conditioning case such that the electrodes are exposed in the air flowing through the air flow passage, whereinthe air-conditioning case has a collision-side wall surface with which an airflow having passed through the heat exchanger collides to be directed upward, and a lateral-side wall surface connected to and laterally adjacent to the collision-side wall surface, andthe ion generator is disposed at a predetermined position of the collision-side wall surface or the lateral-side wall surface.
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Abstract
An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: an air-conditioning case having therein an air flow passage through which air toward the vehicle interior flows, and an outlet opening formed at an upper part of the air-conditioning case and through which the air toward the vehicle interior passes; a heat exchanger disposed on a lower side of the outlet opening inside the air-conditioning case to exchange heat between air toward the vehicle interior and a heat-exchange medium; and an ion generator that includes electrodes to generate ions. The ion generator is mounted on the air-conditioning case such that the electrodes are exposed in air flowing through the air flow passage. The air-conditioning case has a collision-side wall surface with which the airflow having passed through the heat exchanger collides to be directed upward, and a lateral-side wall surface connected to and laterally adjacent to the collision-side wall surface. The ion generator is disposed at a predetermined position of the collision-side wall surface or the lateral-side wall surface.
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6 Claims
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1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, for blowing air with ions into a vehicle interior, the air conditioner comprising:
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an air-conditioning case that defines therein an air flow passage through which air toward the vehicle interior flows, and has an outlet opening at an upper part of the air-conditioning case and through which the air toward the vehicle interior passes; a heat exchanger disposed at a lower side of the outlet opening in the air-conditioning case, the heat exchanger being configured to exchange heat between air toward the vehicle interior and a heat-exchange medium; and an ion generator that includes electrodes configured to generate ions, the ion generator being mounted on the air-conditioning case such that the electrodes are exposed in the air flowing through the air flow passage, wherein the air-conditioning case has a collision-side wall surface with which an airflow having passed through the heat exchanger collides to be directed upward, and a lateral-side wall surface connected to and laterally adjacent to the collision-side wall surface, and the ion generator is disposed at a predetermined position of the collision-side wall surface or the lateral-side wall surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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