CN215321899U - Air conditioner for vehicle - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an air conditioner for a vehicle. The vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning unit disposed behind an instrument panel of a vehicle, and an air conditioning duct extending from the air conditioning unit to the instrument panel, and includes a telescopic tube connected to a front end portion of the air conditioning duct; a fixer connected with the front end of the extension tube and provided with an air outlet; and a retainer holding member which is disposed in the vehicle compartment and can hold the retainer in a state where the retainer is pulled into the vehicle compartment by extending the extension tube. With the structure of the present invention, the outlet can be easily changed to an appropriate position according to the seat layout.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle.
Background
A conventional vehicle air conditioner is generally configured such that an air conditioning unit that generates conditioned air (air whose temperature has been adjusted) is disposed behind an instrument panel, and an air conditioner having an outlet is provided in the instrument panel. The air conditioning unit is connected with the air conditioner regulator through an air conditioning pipe. The air-conditioned air generated by the air-conditioning unit is blown from the air outlet of the air-conditioning conditioner into the vehicle compartment via the air-conditioning duct. Specifically, the air conditioner is provided in a portion of the instrument panel facing the driver's seat and a portion facing the passenger's seat. Thus, the air-conditioned air can be blown from the air outlet to the driver in the driver's seat and the occupant in the passenger's seat via the air-conditioned duct.
However, in an autonomous vehicle that does not require a driver to drive, the seat layout is free. For example, the seat may be configured to face left or right in the vehicle width direction (i.e., an occupant seated on the seat faces left or right in the vehicle width direction) or to face rearward (i.e., an occupant seated on the seat faces rearward). In this case, there is a possibility that the air-conditioning wind blown out from the outlet port of the air-conditioning conditioner on the instrument panel cannot be blown to the occupant. Therefore, there is a demand for changing the position of the air outlet in accordance with the seat layout.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle air conditioner capable of changing the position of an air outlet.
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an air conditioner for a vehicle including an air conditioning unit disposed behind a dashboard of the vehicle and an air conditioning duct extending from the air conditioning unit to the dashboard, the air conditioner comprising: a telescopic tube connected to the front end of the air conditioning tube; a fixer connected with the front end of the extension tube and provided with an air outlet; and a retainer holding member which is disposed in the vehicle compartment and can hold the retainer in a state where the retainer is pulled into the vehicle compartment by extending the extension tube.
The air conditioner for a vehicle according to the present invention has an advantage in that the position of the outlet port can be easily changed. Specifically, when the position of the outlet needs to be changed, the rider can change the position of the outlet from the instrument panel to the arrangement position of the anchor holding member by pulling the extension tube to extend into the vehicle compartment and pulling the anchor into the vehicle compartment, and then holding the anchor by the anchor holding member in the vehicle compartment. Thus, for example, when the layout of the seat is changed in an automatically drivable vehicle, the air-conditioning wind can be blown to the occupant seated in the seat after the layout change by providing the anchor holding member in advance in accordance with the seat arrangement state after the layout change.
In the air conditioning device for a vehicle according to the present invention, it is preferable that a convex portion protruding outward is formed on an outer wall of the anchor; the anchor holding member has a tube portion into which the anchor is inserted, and a recess portion into which the convex portion of the anchor can be fitted is formed on an inner wall of the tube portion.
With this configuration, the retainer holding member can hold the retainer by inserting the retainer into the tube portion of the retainer holding member, and the retainer holding member can stably hold the retainer by fitting the convex portion of the retainer into the concave portion of the tube portion.
In the air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention, a distal end portion of the anchor may be tapered; the anchor holding member has a tube portion into which the front end portion of the anchor is inserted, and the inner shape of the tube portion is tapered to match the outer shape of the front end portion of the anchor.
With this configuration, the distal end portion of the anchor can be inserted into the tube portion of the anchor holding member, whereby the anchor can be held by the anchor holding member, and the anchor can be guided to a predetermined insertion position by the inner wall of the tube portion of the anchor holding member, and the operation of inserting the anchor can be facilitated.
In the air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention, the anchor holding member may be attached to at least one of a roof panel, a floor panel, a seat, and an inner wall of a vehicle compartment.
With the above configuration, when the anchor holding member is attached to the roof panel, the air-conditioning wind can be blown from above toward the occupant by causing the anchor holding member to hold the anchor; when the fixer holding component is installed on the floor panel, the fixer holding component holds the fixer, so that the air-conditioning wind can be blown to the feet of the passenger; when the anchor holding member is mounted on the seat, the air-conditioned air can be blown out from a portion close to the body of the occupant by causing the anchor holding member to hold the anchor; when the retainer holding member is attached to the inner wall of the vehicle compartment, the retainer holding member holds the retainer, thereby allowing the air-conditioning wind to blow toward the occupant from the side. In this way, the air-conditioned air can be sent to the occupant more efficiently than in the case where the air-conditioned air is blown out from the instrument panel, and the occupant can be made to feel more comfortable.
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Fig. 1 is a front view showing an instrument panel and its surroundings of a vehicle in which an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the telescopic tube is extended and the anchor holding member holds the anchor according to the embodiment of the present invention (corresponding to fig. 1).
Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of an air conditioner according to a modification.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view for explaining an operation of holding the anchor by the anchor holding member in the modification.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the configuration of the present invention is applied to an air conditioner for a vehicle that can be switched between two modes, i.e., driver driving and automatic driving, as an example.
Fig. 1 is a front view showing an instrument panel 2 and its surroundings of a vehicle to which an air conditioner of the present embodiment is mounted. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the air conditioner 1.
As shown in fig. 1, in the vehicle of the present embodiment, an instrument panel 2 is provided below a front window 28 in a front portion of a vehicle compartment. The center console 21, on which various switches are arranged, is connected to the middle portion (the middle portion in the vehicle width direction) of the dash panel 2. A steering wheel 22 is disposed on the left side portion of the dashboard 2. The steering wheel 22 is used for steering operation by the driver in a mode in which the vehicle is driven by the driver. In the mode in which the vehicle is automatically driven, the operation of the steering wheel 22 is disabled. Also, in the case of automatic driving, the steering wheel 22 may be housed behind the dashboard 2.
As shown in fig. 2, the air conditioner 1 includes an air conditioning unit 3, an air conditioning duct 4, a telescopic duct 5, a holder 6, and a holder 7 (see fig. 1).
The air conditioning unit 3 includes a fan, an evaporator, a heater core, and the like, which are not shown, and cools and dehumidifies air by the evaporator, and heats the air by the heater core to generate air-conditioned air. The generated air-conditioning air becomes air-conditioning air with the operation of the fan and is sent into the air-conditioning duct 4.
As shown in fig. 1, the instrument panel 2 is provided with a plurality of openings (23, 24, 25, 26). These openings (23, 24, 25, 26) are formed at four positions in total at both end portions in the left-right direction of the instrument panel 2 and at a middle portion continuous with the center console 21.
The air-conditioning duct 4 is a resin-made duct for sending air-conditioning air generated in the air-conditioning unit 3 to the extension duct 5 and the holder 6. The plurality of air-conditioning ducts 4 extend toward the plurality of openings (23, 24, 25, 26), respectively, of which only one air-conditioning duct 4 is shown in fig. 2.
A telescopic tube 5 is attached to a front end portion of each air conditioning duct 4, and a holder 6 is attached to a front end portion of the telescopic tube 5. Here, the air conditioning duct 4, the extension duct 5, and the anchor 6 provided for blowing air conditioning to the front passenger seat will be described as a representative example.
The bellows 5 is a corrugated tube made of resin or rubber. One end of the extension pipe 5 is connected to the front end (downstream end in the air conditioning air flow direction) of the air conditioning pipe 4, and the other end is connected to the base end (upstream end in the air conditioning air flow direction) of the anchor 6. As shown in fig. 3 (a sectional view taken along line III-III in fig. 1), in a normal state (a state where the air-conditioning wind is blown out from the instrument panel 2), the extension duct 5 is located at the rear of the instrument panel 2.
The holder 6 is formed of a cylindrical resin pipe member, and is a member for blowing the air-conditioning wind from the air-conditioning duct 4 and the extension duct 5 into the vehicle compartment. A projection 61 projecting outward in the radial direction is formed on the outer wall of the anchor 6. That is, the anchor 6 includes a large diameter portion 62 having an increased outer diameter by forming the convex portion 61, a 1 st small diameter portion 63 connected to the distal end of the telescopic tube 5 on the proximal end side of the large diameter portion 62, and a 2 nd small diameter portion 64 on the distal end side of the large diameter portion 62. The 2 nd small diameter portion 64 constitutes an air outlet 65. The 1 st small-diameter portion 63 has an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the opening 23. Therefore, as shown in fig. 3, in a state where the anchor 6 is attached to the instrument panel 2, the outer peripheral surface of the 1 st small diameter portion 63 of the anchor 6 is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the opening 23, and the anchor 6 is held in a state of being fitted in the opening 23.
As shown in fig. 1, the anchor holding members 7 are disposed near the upper ends of the left and right front pillars 27 below the roof panel 29. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the anchor holding member 7 includes a tube portion 71 and a support bracket 72. The pipe portion 71 is cylindrical, and has an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the 1 st and 2 nd small diameter portions 63 and 64 of the anchor 6. Further, a recess 73 is formed on the inner wall of the tube portion 71 so as to penetrate the entire circumference. The concave shape of the concave portion 73 matches the convex shape of the convex portion 61 of the holder 6.
The pipe portion 71 is fixed to the roof panel 29 by a support bracket 72. In a state where the pipe portion 71 is fixed to the roof panel 29 by the support bracket 72, the center line of the pipe portion 71 is slightly inclined toward the vehicle cabin inner side and the lower side.
Next, the use state of the air conditioner 1 will be described.
When the vehicle is in a mode in which the vehicle is driven by the driver, the driver seat faces the front of the vehicle, and the passenger seat also faces the front of the vehicle so that an occupant seated in the driver seat or the passenger seat faces the front of the vehicle (faces the instrument panel 2). Therefore, by blowing the air-conditioned air from the instrument panel 2, the air-conditioned air can be blown to the occupant seated in the driver seat or the passenger seat. In this case, as shown in fig. 3, the state in which the 1 st small diameter portion 63 of the anchor 6 is fitted in the opening 23 of the instrument panel 2 is maintained. Thus, the conditioned air generated in the air conditioning unit 3 can be blown from the instrument panel 2 (from the air outlet 65 in the instrument panel 2) to the occupant (as indicated by the arrow in fig. 3) via the air conditioning duct 4, the extension duct 5, and the retainer 6.
On the other hand, when the vehicle is in the automatic driving mode, the seat in the vehicle may be disposed so as to face the left or right side in the vehicle width direction (so that the occupant seated on the seat faces the left or right side of the vehicle) or so as to face the rear (so that the occupant seated on the seat faces the rear). In this case, if the air-conditioning wind is blown out from the instrument panel 2 (the state shown in fig. 3), there is a possibility that the air-conditioning wind cannot be blown toward the occupant. Therefore, it is preferable that the air-conditioned air is blown out toward the occupant from above the seat.
In the case where it is necessary to blow the air-conditioned air toward the occupant from above the seat, the occupant can stretch the bellows 5 to extend into the vehicle compartment while pulling the anchor 6 into the vehicle compartment, and then hold the anchor 6 by the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7 as shown in fig. 5.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in fig. 5. As shown in fig. 6, the anchor 6 is inserted into the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7 (the anchor 6 is slightly deformed inward so as to enter the tube portion 71), and the convex portion 61 of the anchor 6 is fitted into the concave portion 73 of the tube portion 71, whereby the anchor 6 is stably held by the anchor holding member 7. Since the center line of the anchor holding member 7 is slightly inclined toward the vehicle cabin inner side and the lower side, the air-conditioning wind blown out from the air outlet 65 of the anchor 6 can be blown toward the occupant seated on the seat from the upper side (see the arrow in fig. 6). In this way, when the seat is oriented to the left side, the right side, or the rear of the vehicle, the occupant can be made comfortable by blowing out the air-conditioned air from above the seat.
As described above, in the present embodiment, the position of the outlet port 65 can be changed from the instrument panel 2 to the arrangement position of the anchor holding member 7 by simply pulling the anchor 6 into the vehicle compartment and inserting the anchor into the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7, and therefore, the position of the outlet port 65 can be easily changed.
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Next, a modified example of the above embodiment will be explained. This modification differs from the above embodiment only in the structure of the anchor 6 and the anchor holding member 7. Hereinafter, only the differences from the above embodiments will be described.
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the air conditioner 1 according to the present modification. Fig. 8 is a sectional view for explaining an operation of holding the anchor 6 by the anchor holding member 7 in the present modification. In the present modification, as shown in fig. 7, the distal end portion of the anchor 6 is formed in a tapered shape, that is, the outer diameter decreases as the distal end approaches; meanwhile, as shown in fig. 8, the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7 is configured such that the inner shape matches the outer shape of the distal end portion of the anchor 6, that is, the inner diameter decreases toward the distal end.
In the present modification, the anchor holding member 7 is attached to the floor panel 8 of the vehicle. As shown in fig. 8, when the anchor holding member 7 holds the anchor 6, the distal end portion of the anchor 6 may be inserted into the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7. Since the distal end portion of the anchor 6 is configured such that the outer diameter decreases closer to the distal end and the inner diameter of the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7 decreases closer to the distal end, the anchor 6 can be guided to a predetermined fitting position by the inner wall of the tube portion 71 of the anchor holding member 7. Thus, the insertion operation of the anchor 6 can be easily performed.
In the present modification, since the anchor holding member 7 is attached to the floor panel 8, the air-conditioning wind from the anchor 6 can be blown to the legs of the occupant during the air-conditioning operation.
The present invention is not limited to the contents described in the above embodiment and modification examples, and can be modified as appropriate. For example, in the above embodiment, the air-conditioning wind is blown toward the occupant from above the seat by attaching the anchor holding member 7 to the roof panel 29; in the modification, the anchor holding member 7 is attached to the floor panel 8 to blow the air-conditioning wind to the feet of the occupant, but the position of the anchor holding member 7 is not limited to this, and the anchor holding member 7 may be disposed at any suitable position in the vehicle compartment (for example, on the seat, on the inner wall of the vehicle compartment, etc.) according to the seat arrangement state in the vehicle compartment.
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1. An air conditioning device for a vehicle, comprising an air conditioning unit disposed behind a dashboard of the vehicle, and an air conditioning duct extending from the air conditioning unit toward the dashboard, characterized in that: is provided with
A telescopic tube connected to the front end of the air conditioning tube;
a fixer connected with the front end of the extension tube and provided with an air outlet; and
and a retainer holding member which is disposed in the vehicle compartment and can hold the retainer in a state where the extension tube is extended to pull the retainer into the vehicle compartment.
2. An air conditioning device for a vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that:
a convex part protruding outwards is formed on the outer wall of the fixer;
the anchor holding member has a tube portion into which the anchor is inserted, and a recess portion into which the convex portion of the anchor can be fitted is formed on an inner wall of the tube portion.
3. An air conditioning device for a vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the front end of the fixer is in a taper shape;
the anchor holding member has a tube portion into which the front end portion of the anchor is inserted, and the inner shape of the tube portion is tapered to match the outer shape of the front end portion of the anchor.
4. The air conditioning device for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:
the anchor holding member is attached to at least one of a roof panel, a floor panel, a seat, and an inner wall of a vehicle compartment.
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