Electronic air cleaner for passenger compartment of vehicle

Claim 1

A vehicle having an electric device sensitive to an electric noise wave and an electronic air cleaner for cleaning air in a passenger compartment of said vehicle, said cleaner being positioned close to the sensitive electric device and comprising a first group of grounded plate electrodes which are spaced parallel to each other, each of said grounded plate electrodes extending toward the sensitive electric device such that each space defined between any adjacent two of said grounded plate electrodes faces the sensitive electric device, a second group of electrodes juxtaposed in said first group of grounded plate electrodes such that each of said second group of electrodes is spacedly disposed between the adjacent two of said first group of grounded plate electrodes, and an electric power source connected to both the first and second groups of electrodes for applying therebetween a high electric potential, wherein said first group of grounded plate electrodes have a flat electrically conductive section which is connected to and lies on the extending ends of said first group of grounded plate electrodes to substantially close the entrances of the spaces.