Patent classifications
B60H1/00692
Vehicle HVAC system with modular door design
A modular door for a vehicle HVAC system includes a door plate, a first shaft, and a second shaft. The door plate has a front surface extending between an upper edge surface and a lower edge surface. The upper edge surface defines a first array of keyed orifices. The lower edge surface defines a second array of keyed orifices. The first shaft has a first keyed protrusion that is disposed within a first keyed orifice of the first array of keyed orifices. The second shaft has a second keyed protrusion that is disposed within a first keyed orifice of the second array of keyed orifices. The first keyed orifice of the first array of keyed orifices and the first keyed orifice of the second array of keyed orifices form a pair of axially aligned keyed orifices.
HVAC TEMPERATURE STRATIFICATION DOOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS
An HVAC system includes an evaporator, a heater, a plurality of outlets, and a sliding control door downstream of the evaporator, which is configured to allow air to flow across one or both of a heated path across the heater and a bypass path bypassing the heater. A sliding stratification door is downstream of the temperature control door and positionable to, in an intermediate position, direct air flowing through the bypass path to be mixed with air that flowed across the heated path before flowing out of the plurality of outlets.
AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE
An air conditioner has: an air-conditioning case including an air passage; a plate-shaped door body that rotates about a rotation shaft; and an opposing wall provided in the air passage to define a gap between a tip portion of the door body and the opposing wall. A length of the opposing wall in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft is larger than a thickness dimension of the tip portion of the door body. The opposing wall includes a first door facing surface and a second door facing surface. The air-conditioning case has a connecting surface connecting the first door facing surface and the second door facing surface. The second door facing surface is located outward with respect to the rotation shaft in a radial direction than the first door facing surface is.
System for controlling movements of doors of a heating ventilation and air-conditioning module
A system for controlling movements of doors of an HVAC module includes an actuation gear and an intermediate cam. A main door includes a first portion and a second portion having a first guide. The first portion engages with actuation gear to enable linear movement of the main door. A slave door includes a second engagement element and moves between a blocking and unblocking position based on movement of main door. The intermediate cam moves angularly and includes a first engagement element and a second guide. The first engagement element interacts with the first guide, and the second guide interacts with second engagement element to facilitate angular movement of slave door in response to movement of the main door. The first guide includes a bend positioned to enable angular movement of the slave door after the main door moves a pre-determined distance.
Opening and closing device
An opening and closing device includes a casing that defines an air passage, a slide door that includes a door main body slidable to open or close the air passage, and a sliding gear that is disposed on one side of the door main body in its width direction and includes first teeth in a sliding direction, and a drive gear that is rotatable around its axis line extending in the width direction and that includes second teeth in a circumferential direction around the axis line such that the first teeth and the second teeth are arranged in engagement with each other. When the drive gear rotates, a driving force is transmitted from the drive gear to the slide door through the sliding gear to slide the slide door. The door main body is restricted from shifting in the width direction due to the rotation of the drive gear.
Door actuating device
A door actuating device includes a plurality of doors disposed in a flow channel for adjusting a degree of opening of the flow channel defined in an air conditioner case, the doors having respective door drive shafts, and a link unit actuating at least two of the doors. The link unit includes an actuator, a plate-like base member having two surfaces, a link mechanism having a plurality of levers mounted on at least either one of the two surfaces of the base member, and a rack member movably disposed on the base member and movable by a drive force transmitted from the actuator.
VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM WITH MODULAR DOOR DESIGN
A modular door for a vehicle HVAC system includes a door plate, a first shaft, and a second shaft. The door plate has a front surface extending between an upper edge surface and a lower edge surface. The upper edge surface defines a first array of keyed orifices. The lower edge surface defines a second array of keyed orifices. The first shaft has a first keyed protrusion that is disposed within a first keyed orifice of the first array of keyed orifices. The second shaft has a second keyed protrusion that is disposed within a first keyed orifice of the second array of keyed orifices. The first keyed orifice of the first array of keyed orifices and the first keyed orifice of the second array of keyed orifices form a pair of axially aligned keyed orifices.
VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM WITH MODULAR DOOR DESIGN
A modular door kit for a vehicle HVAC system includes first, second, and third subcomponents. The first subcomponent defines a receptacle and is configured to be standardized for first and second door configurations. The second subcomponent has a first protrusion and is configured to be standardized for the first door configuration but not the second door configuration. The first protrusion is configured to engage the receptacle to rigidly affix the position of the second subcomponent relative to the first subcomponent to form the first door configuration. The third subcomponent has a second protrusion and is configured to be standardized for the second door configuration but not the first door configuration. The second protrusion is configured to engage the receptacle to rigidly affix the position of the third subcomponent relative to the first subcomponent to form the second door configuration.
SHAFT BEARING BUSH ASSEMBLY FOR A VALVE ARRANGEMENT
A shaft-bearing bush assembly for a valve arrangement for an air-conditioning system is disclosed. The shaft-bearing bush assembly includes a shaft drive-connectable to a valve of the valve arrangement and a bearing bush, in which the shaft is rotatably received relative to the bearing bush between a first rotary position and a second rotary position about an axis of rotation extending along the axial direction. A bush projection is non-rotatably arranged on the bearing bush relative to the bearing bush and a shaft projection is non-rotatably arranged on the shaft relative to the shaft. The bush projection and the shaft projection are matched to one another such that the bush projection provides a rotary stop for the shaft projection for limiting the rotary movement of the shaft between the first rotary position and the second rotary position.
VENTILATION DEVICE
A ventilation device may include a housing, a fluid channel system, a heat exchanger, and a slider arrangement. The slider arrangement may include at least one first slider and at least one second slider arranged within the fluid channel system upstream of the heat exchanger and downstream of the heat exchanger respectively. The first and second slider may be guidable transversely with respect to at least one fluid flow. The first and second slider may each be actuatable. At least one of a volume flow and a mass flow of at least one fluid flow may be at least one of controllable and regulatable via actuation of the first slider. At least one of a predetermined fluid temperature and a predeterminable fluid temperature of a mixed fluid may be settable and at least two fluids may be mixable via actuation of the second slider.