Air conditioner for golf cart and golf cart equipped with same

Abstract

To provide an air conditioner for a golf cart, which enables a golfer to ride comfortably even in a severe temperature season, requires a relatively low introduction cost, and easily secures power for air conditioning on the golf cart, and a golf cart. [Solution] An air conditioner B for a golf cart that can be installed on a golf cart A having multiple seats, and is equipped with an intake section 23 that draws in air, an air conditioning section that conditions the air drawn in by the intake section 23, and an outlet section 24 that blows the air after conditioning in the air conditioning section into the interior of the golf cart A as conditioned air, and the outlet section 24 is equipped with conditioned air guide ducts 24A that can be bent to freely change their position and can maintain their position after the change, in a number that corresponds at least to or approximately to the number of seats on the golf cart A.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a golf cart that can be installed on a golf cart having multiple seats, and to a golf cart equipped with the same. [Background technology]

[0002] At many golf courses where golf tournaments are held outdoors, golf carts are used to accommodate four or five golfers in the front and back seats and travel around the golf course at a relatively slow speed. Such golf carts are equipped with a driving means consisting of an electric motor, a battery, etc., and are configured as small vehicles that can move freely by rotating the wheels with the driving means. By riding in the golf cart, golfers can smoothly travel around the golf course and play.

[0003] Generally, golf carts are provided with roofs over the front and rear seats to protect against rain, but in order to prioritize convenience when playing golf, they do not have doors on the left and right sides to make it easier for golfers to get on and off. Therefore, the interior of a golf cart is easily affected by temperature, and can be very hot in midsummer and very cold in midwinter, creating a harsh environment. As a result, golfers tend to avoid playing at golf courses during harsh temperatures such as midsummer or midwinter, causing serious problems for golf courses in terms of declining attendance.

[0004] Therefore, a golf cart capable of conditioning the interior has been proposed, as shown in Patent Document 1. The golf cart (100) described in Patent Document 1 is equipped with a golf cart air conditioner (air conditioner 106) that conditions the interior of the car, and an air curtain device (102) that generates air curtains on the left and right sides, etc., to separate the interior of the car from the outside. The air conditioner for a golf cart is equipped with an intake section that draws in air, an air conditioning section that conditions the air drawn in by the intake section, and an outlet section that blows the air conditioned by the air conditioning section into the interior of the golf cart as conditioned air. The air curtain device is disposed above the left and right sides, etc., and is configured to freely generate an air curtain by blowing air along the left and right sides, etc. from slit-shaped openings. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2023-019212 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] The golf cart described in Patent Document 1 operates an air conditioner for golf carts and an air curtain device, and blows conditioned air into the vehicle from the outlet while separating the inside of the vehicle from the outside with an air curtain, thereby conditioning the interior of the vehicle while preventing outside air from entering the vehicle, allowing golfers to ride comfortably even during harsh weather.

[0007] However, in order to generate an air curtain that separates a large area, such as the left and right sides of a golf cart, from the outside, the air curtain device must be very large and complex. This results in high equipment installation costs, and it is difficult to secure a large amount of air conditioning power on the golf cart to continuously operate the air curtain device in addition to the golf cart air conditioner for the duration of a golf game (e.g., 4 to 6 hours).

[0008] In light of this situation, the main object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner for a golf cart and a golf cart that allows golfers to ride comfortably even in harsh weather, while having a relatively low introduction cost and making it easy to secure power for air conditioning on the golf cart. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] The first characteristic configuration of the present invention is an air conditioner for a golf cart that can be installed on a golf cart having multiple seats, An intake section for sucking in air; an air conditioning unit that conditions the air sucked in by the suction unit; a blowing section that blows the air after the air conditioning process in the air conditioning section into the interior of the golf cart as conditioned air, The blowing section is provided with conditioned air guide ducts, which can be freely changed in position by bending and can maintain the position after the change, in a number corresponding to at least or approximately to the number of seats on the golf cart.

[0010] According to this configuration, the blowing section that blows conditioned air into the interior of the golf cart is provided with conditioned air guide ducts that can be freely changed in position by bending and can maintain their position after the change, in a number that corresponds at least to or approximately to the number of seats on the golf cart. Therefore, by bending each conditioned air guide duct, the position of the tip opening of each conditioned air guide duct can be precisely adjusted to face each golfer riding in each seat of the golf cart. Therefore, conditioned air can be reliably blown out toward each golfer seated in the golf cart, allowing multiple golfers to ride comfortably even in harsh weather. Moreover, since this can be achieved by simply adding a conditioned air guide duct to the golf cart air conditioner, the cost of installing the equipment is relatively low, and it is also easy to secure power for batteries and other devices for the air conditioning on the golf cart.

[0011] A second characteristic feature of the present invention is that the air conditioning air guide duct can be freely changed in position even when extended or retracted.

[0012] According to this configuration, when a golfer riding in a golf cart wants to feel a stronger draft in the conditioned air, the conditioned air guide duct corresponding to the seat can be extended to precisely adjust the position of the tip opening of the conditioned air guide duct closer to the golfer. Also, when a golfer riding in a golf cart wants to feel a weaker draft in the conditioned air, the conditioned air guide duct corresponding to the seat can be contracted to precisely adjust the position of the tip opening of the conditioned air guide duct away from the golfer. In this way, the draft feeling of the conditioned air can be precisely adjusted by expanding and contracting each conditioned air guide duct, allowing golfers to ride more comfortably even during harsh weather.

[0013] The third characteristic of the present invention is that the blowing section is provided with a number of blowing outlets corresponding to or approximately corresponding to the number of seats of the golf cart, and each of the blowing outlets is provided with the conditioned air guide duct, A blow-out chamber is provided, which receives the conditioned air conditioned by the air conditioning unit from an inlet on an upper surface side and blows the air out from the blow-out outlet on a lower surface side, The blow-out chamber is provided with a conditioned air distribution member that branches and supplies the conditioned air introduced from the inlet to each of the blow-out outlets.

[0014] According to this configuration, the conditioned air introduced into the blow-out chamber from the inlet is branched and supplied to each of the blow-out outlets by the conditioned air distribution member provided in the blow-out chamber, thereby reducing unevenness in the volume of the conditioned air blown out from each blow-out outlet through each conditioned air guide duct and equalizing the volume of air, thereby enabling the desired volume of conditioned air to be appropriately delivered to each golfer in each seat.

[0015] The fourth characteristic of the present invention is a golf cart air conditioner comprising a front seat and a rear seat as the seats, a roof continuously covering the upper parts of the front seat and the rear seat, and the golf cart air conditioner according to any one of the first to third characteristic configurations, The air outlet of the golf cart air conditioner is disposed in the central area of ​​the roof.

[0016] According to this configuration, the outlet portion of the golf cart air conditioner is positioned in the central area of ​​the roof that covers the upper portions of both the front and rear seats in a continuous manner, so that the distance from the outlet portion of the golf cart air conditioner to the front seats and the rear seats can be made relatively short, providing a golf cart that can appropriately deliver conditioned air to both the front and rear seats through each conditioned air guide duct. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] Perspective view of a golf cart [Diagram 2] Underside view of the center area of ​​a golf cart roof [Diagram 3] Exploded view of golf cart air conditioner [Figure 4] Exploded view of the main parts of a golf cart air conditioner [Diagram 5] Vertical cross-section of an air conditioner for golf carts [Figure 6] Cross-section of a golf cart air conditioner DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0018] An embodiment of a golf cart equipped with an air conditioner for golf carts according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front, rear, left and right directions are based on the golf cart, and each direction is indicated in each drawing. As shown in Figure 1, golf cart A has wheels 3 on the front, rear, left and right sides of a lower body 2, as well as a driving means (not shown) consisting of an electric motor, battery, etc., and is configured as a four-wheeled small vehicle that can be moved freely by rotating the wheels 3 using the driving means.

[0019] A front cowl 4A that covers the front mechanism is provided at the front of the lower body 2, and a rear cowl 4B that covers the rear mechanism is provided at the rear of the lower body 2. Behind the rear cowl 4B, which is the rear end of the lower body 2, a bag carrier 5 capable of carrying multiple golf bags and the like is provided, and a carrier member 5A for a putter case, umbrella case, etc. is also arranged.

[0020] Between the front cowl 4A and the rear cowl 4B in the lower body 2, there are provided a plurality of seats 6, namely, a plurality of front seats 6A (for two people, with two seats in a row in this example) and a plurality of rear seats 6B (for two to three people, with two to three seats in a row in this example). This golf cart A is configured to be freely switchable between manual driving and automatic driving, and is provided in front of the front seat 6A with various operating devices 6a, such as a steering wheel, used during manual driving.

[0021] The golf cart A is provided with a plate-like roof 7 in a substantially horizontal position that continuously covers the upper parts of the front seats 6A and the rear seats 6B. The roof 7 is supported by a pair of left and right front pillars 8A erected from the left and right edges of the front cowl 4A and a pair of left and right rear pillars 8B erected from the left and right edges of the rear cowl 4B.

[0022] A front window 9 is provided at the front between the pair of left and right front pillars 8A. A cargo bed 11 on which a battery 10 for an air conditioner, which will be described later, and the like are placed is provided above the rear cowl 4B between the pair of left and right rear pillars 8B. Thus, although the golf cart A is provided with the front window 9, the left and right sides and the rear are open without doors or windows.

[0023] The golf cart A is equipped with a golf cart air conditioner B for conditioning the interior of the vehicle. In this embodiment, the golf cart air conditioner B is installed in the central area of ​​the roof 7 of the golf cart A, and an interior outlet section (corresponding to an outlet section) 24 of the golf cart air conditioner B, which will be described later, is disposed in the central area of ​​the roof 7.

[0024] Golf cart air conditioner B is configured to have a generally downwardly convex shape, with an upper rectangular box-shaped exterior casing portion 20A and a lower rectangular box-shaped interior casing portion 20B integrally provided. Golf cart air conditioner B is installed in the central region of roof 7, with exterior casing portion 20A disposed above roof 7 and interior casing portion 20B disposed below roof 7.

[0025] For example, a central area of ​​roof 7 of golf cart A is provided with a rectangular installation opening (not shown) that roughly corresponds to the outer shape of interior casing part 20B of golf cart air conditioner B when viewed in the up-down direction. Golf cart air conditioner B is then placed on roof 7 from above with interior casing part 20B dropped into the installation opening (not shown) of roof 7, and is then fixed to roof 7 with fasteners such as screws and bolts, thereby being installed in the central area of ​​roof 7.

[0026] 1 and 3, in golf cart air conditioner B, the vehicle exterior casing part 20A is provided with an exterior suction section 21 that draws in outside air, and an exterior outlet section 22 (see FIG. 3) that blows out the outside air drawn in from the exterior suction section 21. The exterior suction section 21 is composed of suction ports formed on the left and right side surfaces of the vehicle exterior casing part 20A, and the exterior outlet section 22 is composed of an outlet port formed on the rear side of the upper surface of the vehicle exterior casing part 20A.

[0027] As shown in Figures 2 and 5, the interior casing portion 20B is provided with an interior suction section (equivalent to an inlet section) 23 on the rear side that draws in air inside the vehicle, and an interior blowing section 24 on the front side that blows out the air drawn in from the interior suction section 23 into the vehicle. The details of the interior intake section 23 and the interior outlet section 24 will be described later, but the interior outlet section 24 is provided with conditioned air guide ducts 24A, which can be freely changed in position by bending and expanding and can maintain the position after the change, in a number (four in this example) corresponding at least to or approximately corresponding to the number of seats (four to five seats in this example) of the golf cart A. The conditioned air guide ducts 24A are constituted by, for example, a flexible duct with a bellows structure made of hard resin, aluminum, or the like, which can be easily bent and expanded while also maintaining its shape.

[0028] The golf cart air conditioner B is configured to use the outside air drawn in through the exterior suction section 21 of the exterior casing section 20A as a heat source, condition the air drawn in through the interior suction section 23 of the interior casing section 20B in an interior heat exchanger 27 (corresponding to the air conditioning section) described below, and blow the conditioned air SA into the interior of the vehicle from the end openings 24a of each conditioned air guide duct 24A of the interior blowing section 24.

[0029] 1 and 6 show the conditioned air guide duct 24A in its most contracted position, without bending or extending, and FIG. 5 shows the conditioned air guide duct 24A in its most extended position, bent at an angle of approximately 90 degrees. FIG. 2 shows a state in which each conditioned air guide duct 24A is bent and its tip opening 24a is adjusted to face the upper areas of the two front seats 6A on the left and the two rear seats 6B on the left and the right. Specifically, the leftmost conditioned air guide duct 24A has its tip opening 24a facing the upper area of ​​the left front seat 6A, and the second leftmost conditioned air guide duct 24A has its tip opening 24a facing the upper area of ​​the left rear seat 6B. The third leftmost conditioned air guide duct 24A has its tip opening 24a facing the upper area of ​​the right front seat 6A, and the rightmost conditioned air guide duct 24A has its tip opening 24a facing the upper area of ​​the right rear seat 6B.

[0030] In this way, the golf cart air conditioner B is provided with the above-mentioned air-conditioned air guide ducts 24A in a number corresponding to or approximately corresponding to at least the number of seats of the golf cart A, so that each golfer can precisely adjust the orientation of the tip opening 24a of each air-conditioned air guide duct 24A to face each golfer riding in each seat 6 of the golf cart A by performing manual operations such as bending the air-conditioned air guide duct 24A. Also, each golfer can precisely adjust the draft feeling of the air-conditioned air SA by performing manual operations such as extending and retracting the air-conditioned air guide duct 24A. Therefore, golfers can ride more comfortably even in harsh weather. The detailed configuration of each part of the air conditioner B for golf carts will be described below.

[0031] As shown in Figure 3, the rectangular box-shaped exterior casing portion 20A is constructed by assembling an exterior cover member 25 having front, rear, left and right side plate portions and an upper plate portion and an open bottom surface to the upper surface of a plate-shaped bottom plate 26 configured to have approximately the same shape as the exterior cover member 25 when viewed in the vertical direction.

[0032] The exterior casing portion 20A houses a compressor (not shown), an exterior heat exchanger (not shown), an expansion valve (not shown), and an interior heat exchanger 27, as well as a refrigerant circuit (not shown) that circulates refrigerant through these. The refrigerant circuit is provided with a switching valve (e.g., a four-way valve) that can be freely switched between cooling operation, in which the refrigerant from the compressor is circulated and supplied in the order of the exterior heat exchanger, the expansion valve, and the interior heat exchanger 27, and heating operation, in which the refrigerant from the compressor is circulated and supplied in the order of the interior heat exchanger 27, the expansion valve, and the exterior heat exchanger, and is configured to be freely switched between cooling operation and heating operation depending on the outside temperature, etc.

[0033] The exterior casing portion 20A incorporates an exterior fan 28 and an interior fan 29. The exterior fan 28 is a single axial fan, and the interior fan 29 is a twin sirocco fan having two fan sections 29A on the left and right. The exterior fan 28 takes in outside air from the exterior intake section 21, ventilates the exterior heat exchanger, and then blows it out from the exterior outlet section 22. The interior fan 29 takes in air from the interior intake section 23, ventilates the interior heat exchanger 27, and then blows it out from the interior outlet section 24 into the vehicle.

[0034] 3 and 4, a front inlet 26A for introducing conditioned air SA from above into the lower outlet chamber 32 and a rear outlet 26B for discharging interior air sucked from the interior of the vehicle upward from the lower suction chamber 33 are formed in the front portion of the bottom plate 26, and above these, the interior fan 29 and the interior heat exchanger 27 are disposed. Two inlet ports 26A are provided on the left and right in positions corresponding to the left and right fan sections 29A of the interior fan 29. Inside the vehicle-exterior casing part 20A, there is provided an in-vehicle air passage partitioning member 30 that partitions and forms an in-vehicle air passage (see the arrow in FIG. 5) that runs from the outlet 26B through the in-vehicle heat exchanger 27 and the in-vehicle fan 29 to the inlet 26A. The in-vehicle air passage partitioning member 30 has front, rear, left and right side plate parts and a top plate part, and has a shape with an open bottom surface. The in-vehicle air passage partitioning member 30 is attached to the top surface of the bottom plate 26 in a form that covers the front, rear, left and right side surfaces and the top surface of the in-vehicle air passage, thereby partitioning and forming the in-vehicle air passage inside the vehicle-exterior casing part 20A.

[0035] As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the rectangular box-shaped interior casing portion 20B is constructed by assembling an interior cover member 31 having front, rear, left and right side plate portions and a lower plate portion and an open top surface to the underside of the front portion of the bottom plate 26. At the front side of the underside of the interior cover member 31, as shown in Fig. 4, air outlets 31A are arranged in the left-right direction in a number (four in this example) corresponding to or approximately corresponding to the number of seats (four to five seats in this example) of the golf cart A. Also, at the rear side of the underside of the interior cover member 31, as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, a plurality of air inlets 31B fitted with mesh filters are arranged on both the left and right sides, and an operation panel unit 31C equipped with operation buttons, a liquid crystal screen, etc. is arranged in the center of the left and right.

[0036] 3 and 5, a partition plate portion 31D is provided which partitions the internal space of the interior cover member 31 in the front-rear direction into two spaces, an outlet chamber 32 and an inlet chamber 33. As shown in Fig. 5, the partition plate portion 31D is disposed between the inlet 26A on the front side and the outlet 26B on the rear side in the front-rear direction, and connects the inlet 26A to the partitioned outlet chamber 32 and the outlet 26B to the partitioned inlet chamber 33. In this way, as shown in Figure 5, the outlet chamber 32 is a space for receiving conditioned air SA through the inlet 26A on the upper surface and blowing it out through the outlet 31A on the lower surface, and the intake chamber 33 is a space for receiving air inside the vehicle through the inlet 31B on the lower surface and discharging it to the indoor air duct through the outlet 26B on the upper surface.

[0037] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, two inlets 26A are provided, while four outlets 31A are provided, and therefore, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a cylindrical conditioned air distribution member 34 is provided within the outlet chamber 32, which branches and supplies the conditioned air SA introduced from the inlet 26A on the upper surface to each of the outlets 31A on the lower surface. In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6, the conditioned air distribution member 34 is configured to evenly or approximately evenly branch and supply the conditioned air SA from the two left and right inlets 26A on the upper surface side to the four outlets 31A lined up in the left-right direction on the lower surface side. Specifically, the conditioned air SA is evenly or approximately evenly branched and supplied from the left inlet 26A on the upper surface side to the two left outlets 31A on the lower surface side, and the conditioned air SA is evenly or approximately evenly branched and supplied from the right inlet 26A on the upper surface side to the two right outlets 31A on the lower surface side.

[0038] As shown in FIG. 4, the conditioned air distribution member 34 is shaped like a rectangular cylinder that is long in the left-right direction when viewed from the top-down direction, and as shown in FIG. 6, a number of branch supply passages 35 (four in this example) corresponding to the number of air outlets 31A are defined therein by a plurality of partition plate portions 34A-34C (three in this example) extending in the front-rear direction.

[0039] As shown in Figure 6, the partition plate portion 34A at the left end partitions two branch supply paths 35A, 35B on the left side that branch and supply the conditioned air SA evenly or approximately evenly from the left inlet 26A on the upper surface side to the two left air outlets 31A on the lower surface side. The left-end partition plate portion 34A is inclined so that it is positioned more to the left as it moves upward from its lower end located between the two left-side air outlets 31A, corresponding to the left-side inlet 26A being biased to the left (outward in the left-right direction) relative to the two left-side air outlets 31A. This allows the positions of the upper openings of the two left-side branch supply paths 35A, 35B to be adjusted so that the upper opening of the central branch supply path 35B of the two left-side branch supply paths 35A, 35B is expanded to the left, and the conditioned air SA can be branched and supplied evenly or approximately evenly from the left-side inlet 26A on the top side to the two left-side outlets 31A on the bottom side.

[0040] Similarly, the right-end partition plate portion 34C partitions two right-side branch supply paths 35C, 35D that branch and supply conditioned air SA evenly or approximately evenly from the right-side inlet 26A on the upper surface to the two right-side outlets 31A on the lower surface. The right-end partition plate portion 34C is inclined so that it is positioned to the right as it moves upward from its lower end located between the two left-side air outlets 31A, corresponding to the right-side inlet 26A being biased to the right (outward in the left-right direction) relative to the two right-side air outlets 31A. This allows the positions of the top openings of the two right-side branch supply paths 35C, 35D to be adjusted so that the top opening of the central branch supply path 35C of the two right-side branch supply paths 35C, 35D is expanded to the right, and the conditioned air SA can be branched and supplied evenly or approximately evenly from the right-side inlet 26A on the top side to the two right-side outlets 31A on the bottom side.

[0041] The partition plate 34B at the center in the left-right direction partitions two branch supply paths 35B and 35C at the center that supply conditioned air SA from the left and right inlets 26A on the upper surface to the two central air outlets 31A. The partition plate 34B at the center in the left-right direction has both side surfaces in the left-right direction (plate thickness direction) inclined toward the outside in the left-right direction as they go up, corresponding to the left and right inlets 26A on the upper surface being spaced apart in the left-right direction. This reduces the ventilation resistance of the two central branch supply paths 35B and 35C that run from the left and right inlets 26A on the upper surface toward the two central air outlets 31A, allowing for smooth ventilation.

[0042] As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, inside the interior cover member 31, a duct connecting member 36 for connecting the conditioned air guide duct 24A to the air outlet 31A is provided. The duct connection member 36 includes a tubular portion 36A with open upper and lower ends that is inserted into the air outlet 31A in a position extending downward from the air outlet 31A, and a mounting plate portion 36B that extends outward approximately horizontally from the upper edge of the tubular portion 36A and is attached to the peripheral portion of the air outlet 31A. In this embodiment, four tubular portions 36A aligned in the left-right direction are arranged on one mounting plate portion 36B having a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction, corresponding to the four air outlets 31A.

[0043] As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the duct connection member 36 is placed inside the interior cover member 31 from above in a state where each tubular portion 36A is inserted into each air outlet 31A, and is installed in the interior casing portion 20B by fixing it to the lower plate portion of the interior cover member 31 with fasteners such as screws, as shown in Figure 2. As shown in Figures 5 and 6, each conditioned air guide duct 24A is connected to each air outlet 31A with the base end side of each conditioned air guide duct 24A fitted externally to each cylindrical portion 36A extending downward from each air outlet 31A in the vehicle interior casing portion 20B. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a band member 37 can be wrapped around the base end side of each conditioned air guide duct 24A so as to press the base end side of each conditioned air guide duct 24A against the cylindrical portion 36A, and the structure connecting each conditioned air guide duct 24A to the air outlet 31A can be changed as appropriate.

[0044] In this embodiment, the interior blowing section 24 is composed of the inlet 26A of the bottom plate 26, the blowing chamber 32, the branch supply path 35, the blowing outlet 31A, the conditioned air guide duct 24A, etc. The interior suction section 23 is composed of the suction inlet 31B, the suction chamber 33, the outlet 26B of the bottom plate 26, etc.

[0045] [Another embodiment] Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Note that the configurations of the embodiments described below are not limited to being applied alone, but can also be applied in combination with the configurations of other embodiments.

[0046] (1) In the above embodiment, an example was shown in which when the number of seats on golf cart A is 4 to 5, four conditioned air guide ducts 24A corresponding or approximately corresponding to the 4 to 5 seats are provided in blow-out section 24, but five conditioned air guide ducts 24A corresponding or approximately corresponding to the 4 to 5 seats may be provided in blow-out section 24, or six or more conditioned air guide ducts 24A may be provided in blow-out section 24. Also, when the number of seats on golf cart is four, it is sufficient that three to five conditioned air guide ducts 24A corresponding or approximately corresponding to at least the four seats are provided.

[0047] (2) In the above embodiment, the conditioned air guide duct 24A is capable of freely changing its position by bending and extending, and is capable of maintaining its position after the change. However, it is not necessary that the position can be changed by extending and extending. It is sufficient that the conditioned air guide duct 24A is capable of freely changing its position at least by bending, and is capable of maintaining its position after the change. [Explanation of symbols]

[0048] 6 seats 6A Front seat 6B Rear seat 7 Roof 23 Vehicle interior suction section (suction section) 24 Vehicle interior air outlet (air outlet) 24A Air conditioning air guide duct 24a Tip opening 26A Inlet 27 Heat exchanger for vehicle interior (air conditioning section) 31A Air outlet 32 Blowout chamber 34 Air conditioning air distribution components A Golf Cart B. Golf cart air conditioner SA Air Conditioning

Claims

1. An air conditioner for a golf cart that can be installed on a golf cart having multiple seats, An intake section for sucking in air; an air conditioning unit that conditions the air sucked in by the suction unit; a blowing section that blows the air after the air conditioning process in the air conditioning section into the interior of the golf cart as conditioned air, The air outlet section is provided with conditioned air guide ducts that can be bent to freely change their position and can maintain their position after the change, the number of which corresponds at least to or approximately corresponds to the number of seats on the golf cart.

2. 2. An air conditioner for a golf cart according to claim 1, wherein the conditioned air guide duct is capable of freely changing its position even when in an expandable or contractible form.

3. The air outlet section is provided with air outlets in a number corresponding to or approximately corresponding to the number of seats of the golf cart, and each of the air outlets is provided with the conditioned air guide duct, The blowing section is provided with a blowing chamber that receives conditioned air from an inlet on an upper surface side and blows the conditioned air from the blowing outlet on a lower surface side, 2. An air conditioner for a golf cart according to claim 1, wherein said outlet chamber is provided with a conditioned air distribution member for branching and supplying the conditioned air introduced through said inlet to each of said outlets.

4. The vehicle is provided with a front seat and a rear seat as the seats, a roof continuously covering the upper parts of the front seat and the rear seat, and the golf cart air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A golf cart, wherein the blowing portion of the golf cart air conditioner is disposed in a central region of the roof.

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