Abstract: An automotive HVAC diffuser connects to a blower and a variable blower control (VBC) module having a plurality of cooling fins. An inlet receives air flow from the blower. An outlet is downstream from the inlet. An enclosed passageway is provided between the inlet and the outlet for forming a diffused air stream at the outlet. The enclosed passageway has a plurality of peripheral walls for guiding the air stream between the inlet and the outlet, including a curved outer peripheral wall corresponding to a region with a tendency for a high flow as a result of centrifugal effects. One of the peripheral walls includes a VBC receptacle formed as a depression into the peripheral wall having a substantially flat mounting surface and a first sloped side at an upstream end of the VBC receptacle to shape a portion of the diffused air stream.

Abstract: A case for an HVAC system has at least two molded shells joined together along a parting line to enclose a heat exchanger chamber, a blower chamber, and a diffuser section. The diffuser section includes a floor, a ceiling, an outer wall, and an inner wall around a longitudinal axis. The walls provide an airflow path through the diffuser between the blower and heat exchanger chamber, and the airflow path makes a substantially right angle turn into the heat exchanger chamber which results in a tendency to create a high flow region at the outer wall because of centrifugal effects. The outer wall is shaped to form a wall guide partially projecting into the airflow path in the diffuser, wherein the wall guide has an upstream encroaching surface and a downstream retreating surface so that a portion of the guided air is directed from the outer wall toward the inner wall.

Abstract: A diffuser for carrying air flow to an evaporator in an air conditioning system of an automotive vehicle includes an inlet and an outlet, a wall extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a guide vane, extending at least partially between the inlet and the outlet, spaced from the wall by a containing a control region whose area ratio changes along a length of the guide vane.

Abstract: An automotive HVAC diffuser connects to a blower and a variable blower control (VBC) module having a plurality of cooling fins. An inlet receives air flow from the blower. An outlet is downstream from the inlet. An enclosed passageway is provided between the inlet and the outlet for forming a diffused air stream at the outlet. The enclosed passageway has a plurality of peripheral walls for guiding the air stream between the inlet and the outlet, including a curved outer peripheral wall corresponding to a region with a tendency for a high flow as a result of centrifugal effects. One of the peripheral walls includes a VBC receptacle formed as a depression into the peripheral wall having a substantially flat mounting surface and a first sloped side at an upstream end of the VBC receptacle to shape a portion of the diffused air stream.

Abstract: A diffuser for carrying air flow to an evaporator in an air conditioning system of an automotive vehicle includes an inlet and an outlet, a wall extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a guide vane, extending at least partially between the inlet and the outlet, spaced from the wall by a containing a control region whose area ratio changes along a length of the guide vane.

Abstract: An air handling module for the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle is provided, including a housing having a first portion defining a first path and a second portion defining a second path and a conduit having first and second ends and an enclosed passageway there between. The conduit is positioned within the housing such as to at least partially connect the first path and the second path adjacent to the second end of the conduit.

Abstract: An air handling module for the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle is provided, including a housing having a first portion defining a first path and a second portion defining a second path and a conduit having first and second ends and an enclosed passageway there between. The conduit is positioned within the housing such as to at least partially connect the first path and the second path adjacent to the second end of the conduit.