US 11,718,153 B2
Air conditioner for vehicles
Jae Chun Ryu, Daejeon (KR); Dae Bok Keon, Daejeon (KR); Yun Jin Kim, Daejeon (KR); and Se Min Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,314.
Application 17/188,314 is a continuation of application No. 15/946,259, filed on Apr. 5, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0045134 (KR), filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178856 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00828 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00021 (2013.01); B60H 1/00899 (2013.01); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00128 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00178 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle comprising:
an air-conditioning case having a first air passageway and a second air passageway;
an evaporator disposed on the second air passageway;
a condenser disposed on the first air passageway;
a first blower arranged on an indoor circulation passage;
a second blower arranged on an outdoor discharge passage;
a door allowing the indoor circulation passage and the outdoor discharge passage to selectively communicate with the first air passageway and the second air passageway;
an electric heater disposed on the first air passageway on which the condenser is arranged;
an auxiliary outdoor discharge passage, which bypasses the air passing through the condenser to the outdoor discharge passage to discharge the air to the outside; and
a bypass door which controls the air passing through the condenser to selectively pass through the auxiliary outdoor discharge passage or through the electric heater.