JPH04123806U - Blow air guide device for automobile air conditioning - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When installing a guide plate that directs the blown air toward the auxiliary seat at an air outlet that opens toward the driver's seat and is equipped with a damper for adjusting the amount of blown air, To ensure that the desired amount of blown air is sufficiently supplied to the auxiliary seat. [Structure] A guide member 28 that guides a part of the air 22 from the air outlet 16 to the auxiliary seat is attached to the air outlet 1.
It is attached to the adjustment dampers 23 and 24 in 6.

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea]

0001

[Industrial application field]

This invention relates to a blowout air guide device for air conditioning of automobiles.

0002

[Conventional technology]

In automobile air conditioners, the air outlet of the air duct is usually located at the front of the vehicle. It opens from the instrument panel toward the passenger compartment, and air is blown into this air outlet. An air volume adjustment damper is provided (for example, Japanese Utility Model Application No. 61-57020) . On the other hand, a driver's seat and a passenger seat are usually placed side by side on the left and right in a vehicle interior, but recently, The part of the instrument panel that corresponds to the seat is shown in plan view when the driver is seated in the driver's seat. It has a circular arc shape with the driver almost at the center, and is a so-called round type or cock. What is called a pit type has come to be used. By the way, in this type, the instrument panel corresponding to the driver's seat is The air outlet in the flannel part opens toward the driver's seat for aesthetic reasons. Therefore, most of the air blown out from here is directed towards the driver's seat. Ru. Therefore, in order to supply some of the above-mentioned blown air to the passenger seat, conventionally, the above-mentioned blown air was The guide member that guides some of the air toward the passenger seat is installed upstream of the adjustment damper. There is something protruding from the inside of the air duct.

0003

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

By the way, according to the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the opening end of the air outlet on the passenger compartment side is connected from the guide member. There is an adjustment damper between the guide member and the open end. The length up to this point is longer due to the presence of the adjustment damper in the middle. For this reason, The flow of the blown air guided by the guide member reaches the adjustment damper and the opening end. The blowout air is not sufficiently supplied to the passenger seat side because it is blocked by the air duct up to the There is a problem that it cannot be done.

0004

[Purpose of invention]

This idea was made with attention to the above circumstances, and was designed to open toward the driver's seat. Supplement the blown air to the air outlet, which is equipped with a damper that adjusts the amount of blown air. When installing a guide plate pointing toward the passenger seat, make sure that the desired amount of blown air is sufficient for the passenger seat. The purpose is to ensure that the

[0005]

[Means to solve the problem]

The feature of this invention to achieve the above purpose is that it opens toward the driver's seat. The above-mentioned guide member guides a part of the air blown from the air outlet to the passenger seat side. It is located at the point attached to the adjustment damper inside the air outlet.

[0006]

[Effect]

The effects of the above configuration are as follows. A part of the blown air 22 from the intermediate air outlet (air outlet) 16 is directed to the auxiliary seat 6 side. The guide member 28 to be guided is connected to an adjustment damper in the intermediate air outlet (air outlet) 16. It is attached to 23 and 24. Therefore, the guide member 28 reaches the open end 18 of the air duct 9 on the passenger compartment 1 side. Until now, there were no adjustment dampers 23 and 24, and the guide member 28 was not equipped with the adjustment dampers 23 and 24. It is provided at the same place as the dampers 23 and 24, that is, from the guide member 28. Since the adjustment dampers 23 and 24 are not present on the way to the opening end 18, the guide section The dimension from the material 28 to the open end 18 can be shortened.

[0007] Therefore, the flow of the blown air 22 guided by the guide member 28 is controlled by the adjustment damper 23, 24 and the air duct 9 up to the opening end 18. Ru.

[0008]

【Example】

Examples of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 indicates the interior of the vehicle, and arrow Fr in the figure indicates the front of the vehicle. It shows the direction. At the front of the vehicle compartment 1, there is an instrument panel 2 that extends left and right (vehicle width direction). It is provided. Near the rear of this instrument panel 2, on the right side is the driver's A driver's seat 4 on which a person 3 can sit is provided, and an auxiliary seat 6 on the left side on which an assistant 5 can sit. It is provided. Also, in this case, the instrument panel corresponding to driver's seat 4 The right half of 2 is an arcuate portion 2 approximately centered on the driver 3 seated in the driver's seat 4 when viewed from above. It is said to be a.

[0009] An air conditioner 8 is provided to adjust the air in the vehicle compartment 1. A resin air duct 9 is provided on the front side of the instrument panel 2 and extends from side to side. have. The right end of this air duct 9 is a right air outlet 10. The right side air outlet 10 passes through the right end of the instrument panel 2 and connects to the driver's seat. 4, and a register 11 is provided in this right air outlet 10. Ru. Also, the left end of the air duct 9 is the left air outlet 13, and this left The side air outlet 13 passes through the left end of the instrument panel 2 and connects to the auxiliary seat 6. A register 14 is provided within this left air outlet 13. Further, the air duct 9 has a branch duct 15 in the middle of the left and right parts, and this branch The protruding end of the duct 15 is located to the left of the arcuate portion 2a on the instrument panel 2. It passes through the end. The inside of this branch duct 15 serves as an intermediate air outlet 16, This intermediate air outlet 16 opens toward the driver's seat 4 for aesthetic reasons.

0010 In all the figures, inside the intermediate air outlet 16, there is a hole near the opening end 18 on the side of the vehicle compartment 1. A pair of left and right registers 19 and 20 are provided, and these registers 19 and 20 are The individual parts are pivoted to the branch duct 15 by a horizontal pivot shaft 21 provided on the shaft. Each can be rotated independently. Then, by operating each of the registers 11, 14, 19, and 20 by rotating, etc., each air The blowing direction of the blowing air 22 from the blowing outlets 10, 13, and 16 can be changed to a desired direction. It looks like this. Further, on the upstream side of the registers 19 and 20 in the intermediate air outlet 16, A pair of left and right adjustment dampers 23 and 24 are provided, and these adjustment dampers 23 and 24 are The branch duct 15 is pivoted by a common pivot shaft 25 parallel to the pivot shaft 21. It is. An operation disk is pivoted on the branch duct 15 side coaxially with the pivot shaft 21. The two pivot shafts 25, 25 are connected to each other by a link mechanism 27. ing.

[0011] In particular, if the operation disk 26 is operated to the state shown by the solid line in FIG. In conjunction with this, each adjustment damper 23, 24 assumes a nearly horizontal position, and intermediate air blows out. The mouth 16 is fully opened and a large amount of air 22 is blown out. On the other hand, if the operation disk 26 is operated to the state shown by the virtual line in FIG. Interlockingly, each adjustment damper 23, 24 changes to a nearly vertical posture, and thereby As a result, the intermediate air outlet 16 is closed and the amount of air 22 blown out is reduced. .

0012 In FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, the air 2 blown from the intermediate air outlet 16 is A guide member 28 is provided to guide a part of the seat 2 toward the auxiliary seat 6 side. This guide The member 28 has a semicircular shape that protrudes from the upper and lower surfaces of each adjustment damper 23 and 24, respectively. It is composed of inner plates 29, 29, and the upper and lower guide plates 29, 29 as a whole support the pivot shaft 2. When viewed from the axial direction of 5, it is almost circular. Moreover, these guide plates 29, 29 are flat. When viewed from the side, with respect to the hole center of the intermediate air outlet 16, as it goes downstream, it moves toward the auxiliary seat 6 side. It's sloped. Then, the blown air 2 that is about to be blown out from the intermediate air outlet 16 2 is guided by the guide member 28 and supplied to the auxiliary seat 6 side. In the above case , the guide member 28 is provided so as not to interfere with the rotation of the adjustment dampers 23 and 24. .

[0013] Although the above is based on the illustrated example, the left and right adjustment dampers 23 and 24 are integral flat plates. There may be. Further, the guide plate 29 may be rectangular, and either one of the upper and lower sides may have a rectangular shape. It may be only one person. In addition, a guide plate attached to each adjustment damper 23, 24 29 may be different from each other in shape and inclination direction.

[0014]

[Effect of the idea]

According to this invention, part of the air blown from the air outlet opening toward the driver's seat A guide member that guides the air to the passenger seat side is attached to the adjustment damper in the air outlet. Therefore, an adjustment damper is required between the guide member and the opening end of the air duct on the passenger compartment side. There is no In other words, since there is no adjustment damper on the way from the guide member to the opening end, , the dimension from the guide member to the opening end can be shortened. Therefore, the flow of the blown air guided by the guide member is controlled by the adjustment damper or the opening end. This prevents the air from being obstructed by the air duct leading to the air outlet. The desired amount of air is sufficiently supplied to the auxiliary seat. In addition, the above adjustment damper is normally a flat plate with low rigidity; Since the guide member is attached to this, the adjustment damper is reinforced, and the There is also the advantage that problems in terms of strength, such as sagging, are prevented from occurring.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an intermediate air outlet.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the front of the vehicle compartment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the vehicle compartment.

FIG. 4 is a partially sectional side view of an intermediate air outlet.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an adjustment damper and a guide member.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cabin 2 Instrument panel 4 Driver's seat 6 Auxiliary seat 8 Air conditioner 9 Air duct 16 Intermediate air outlet (air outlet) 18 Open end 22 Blowing air 23 Adjustment damper 24 Adjustment damper 28 Guide member

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] [Claim 1] A driver's seat and an auxiliary seat are arranged side by side in a vehicle interior on the left and right, an air outlet is opened from the front side of the vehicle interior toward the driver's seat, and an air outlet is opened in the air outlet. A blowout air guide device for an automobile air conditioner is provided with a damper for adjusting the amount of blowing air, and a guide member for guiding a part of the air blown from the air outlet to the passenger seat side is attached to the adjusting damper. Blow air guide device for use.