Optimized face mode air flow path for rear quarter HVAC

摘要

A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle including a housing, an airflow generator, an evaporator, and a heater. The housing is configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well and a D-pillar of the motor vehicle. The evaporator and the heater are mounted within the housing. Both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and a line that is both generally parallel to the floor and tangent to an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle.

主权项

1. A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
a housing configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well of the motor vehicle; an evaporator mounted within the housing; a heater mounted within the housing; an airflow generator arranged within the housing above both the evaporator and the heater; and a curved wall of the housing arranged downstream of the heater and shaped to follow a curvature of the rear wheel well; wherein:
both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and a line that is both generally parallel to the floor and tangent to an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle;both the evaporator and the heater are at the vehicle floor or are arranged equidistant away from the vehicle floor when the housing is installed in the vehicle; andthe evaporator, the heater, and the airflow generator are between the rear wheel well and a rear end of the motor vehicle.