With Refrigerant Treater Patents (Class 62/474)
  • Publication number: 20030221443
    Abstract: To prevent foreign particles from entering the inlet of a solenoid valve during assembly in a coolant circuit, a particle filter is connected upstream of the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Roland Maier
  • Patent number: 6644064
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit. A refrigerant whose main component is a hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a flammable hydrocarbon fluoride obtained when one or more hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon is substituted by fluorine atoms, the refrigerant containing a tetrahydrothiophene as an odorant, and a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6644065
    Abstract: An accumulator dehydrator for cooling circuits with a simplified structure comprising a hollow outer casing (12), cylindrical in shape, provided with a base (13) with a raised thickness, in which an inlet hole (14) and an outlet hole (16) are produced, said hollow outer casing (12) containing a filter element (22), a desiccant bag (31), a U-shaped tube and a diffuser element, in which the U-shaped tube, the filter element and the diffuser element are produced in a single moulded piece (19, 20, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Ti Automotive Cisliano S.r.l.
    Inventor: Mauro Bandi
  • Patent number: 6640582
    Abstract: A self-retaining adsorbent unit for use in combination with an elongated refrigerant-containing housing includes an elongated adsorbent-carrying porous fabric casing with adsorbent disposed therein. A retaining tab is formed at one end of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Publication number: 20030196449
    Abstract: A liquid injection type scroll compressor is used to a refrigerating apparatus using hydrocarbon fluoride refrigerant which does not contain chlorine (HFC-125/HFC-143a/HFC-134a) as an operating fluid and an amount of an injected liquid is controlled according to a discharge temperature of the compressor. Further, ester oil and/or ether oil is used as refrigerator oil and a dryer is disposed in a refrigerating cycle. With this arrangement, a refrigerating cycle operation can be stably realized in a wide range without almost changing the arrangement of a conventional refrigerating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Yoshikazu Amo
  • Patent number: 6622517
    Abstract: A condenser assembly for a vehicle air conditioning system. The condenser assembly includes a core comprised of a plurality of parallel tubes between which are located a plurality of fins. A pair of headers are located on opposite ends and in fluid communication with the tubes of the core. The headers are constructed such that their primary components exhibit constant cross sectional profiles along their lengths. This enables the volumetrics of the condenser assembly to be altered with a minimal amount of tooling change over being required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Whitlow, Ian James Rawley, Ramchandra Patel, Wen Fei Yu
  • Patent number: 6615610
    Abstract: A concentric tubing apparatus prevents heat gain in an air conditioning system. The heat gain results from heat generated in an engine compartment of a vehicle. To accomplish this, the tubing apparatus includes a first and second refrigerant tubes. The first refrigerant tube is in fluid communication with a receiver and an evaporator of the air conditioning system to accommodate the flow of the refrigerant from the receiver to the evaporator, and the second refrigerant tube is in fluid communication with the receiver and the evaporator to accommodate the flow of the refrigerant from the evaporator to the receiver. The second refrigerant tube is disposed concentrically about the first refrigerant tube such that the second refrigerant tube insulates the refrigerant flowing in the first refrigerant tube from the heat generated in the engine compartment. Thus, heat gain in the refrigerant flowing in the first refrigerant tube to the evaporator is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Douglas Pettitt, John Paul Telesz, Jing Zheng
  • Patent number: 6615608
    Abstract: A multi-function receiver attenuates pressure fluctuations of refrigerant flowing from an evaporator to a compressor in an air conditioning system. The receiver includes a body housing having an inlet for receiving the refrigerant from a condenser and an outlet for sending the refrigerant to the compressor. A cap housing covers the body housing. The receiver also includes first and second ports defined within the cap housing. The first port communicates with the evaporator for sending the refrigerant to the evaporator, and the second port communicates with the evaporator for receiving the refrigerant from the evaporator. An internal wall defines an outer and an inner cavity. The outer cavity communicates with the inlet for receiving the refrigerant from the condenser and with the first port for sending the refrigerant to the evaporator. The inner cavity communicates with the second port to receive the refrigerant from the evaporator and to attenuate the pressure fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Telesz, Edward Douglas Pettitt, Jing Zheng
  • Patent number: 6612122
    Abstract: An expansion valve has a tube body, in which a first filtering net, drying agents, a bullet-shaped filtering net, and a, reducing body are integrated. The tube body has front and rear ends respectively joined to an inlet tube, and an outlet tube. The first filtering net is disposed at the front end of the tube body. The drying agents are contained in a front portion of the tube body. The bullet-shaped filtering net is disposed in the drying agents. The reducing body is disposed in a rear portion of the tube body, and has an expansion hole, and front and fear reducing openings in communication with the expansion hole; the front and rear reducing openings are respectively joined to an enlarged end of the bullet-shaped filtering net, and the outlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Kuo-Chuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20030159454
    Abstract: Proposed herein is a bistable electromagnetic valve (1) with a valve chamber (15) arranged between two pole pieces (5, 6) and a valve body (12) displaceable therein between two end positions, which is designed as a magnet armature for at least one permanent magnet (9, 10) and for at least one control coil (3), which is distinguished by a particularly compact design and low production expense. This is achieved according to the invention by arranging at least one permanent magnet (9, 10) inside the valve housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Thomas Grau
  • Publication number: 20030159453
    Abstract: Proposed herein is a bistable electromagnetic valve with a valve chamber arranged between two pole pieces and a valve body displaceable therein between two end positions, which is designed as a magnet armature for at least one permanent magnet and for at least one control coil, which is less susceptible to faults in comparison to known valves for refrigerant circuits. This object is achieved by having the valve (1) encompass a dirt filter (18, 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Thomas Grau
  • Publication number: 20030140650
    Abstract: A dryer for a refrigerant circuit of a refrigerator includes a housing with a first and a second passage orifice. The cross-section of the first passage orifice includes a circular main portion, which is provided for receiving an evacuating line, and a lateral bulge, which is provided for receiving a capillary tube. A method for mounting the dryer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kentner, Helmut Steichele
  • Publication number: 20030140652
    Abstract: A receiver-tank for use in a refrigeration cycle of this invention is provided with a filtering layer 435 formed so that an upper space 402 is formed above the filtering layer 435 in a tank main body 401. An upper end of a refrigerant outlet 441 in a tank bottom wall 421 is opened toward the upper space 402. The refrigerant flowed into the tank main body 401 from the refrigerant inlet 431 passes through the filtering layer 435 upwardly, and forms liquid-stagnation R in the upper space 402. The liquefied refrigerant of liquid-stagnation R flows out of the refrigerant outlet 441. Thereby, only the stable liquefied refrigerant can be extracted more assuredly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Keiji Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Seno, Osamu Kamoshida, Yasuhiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030140649
    Abstract: To provide a refrigerating cycle apparatus which uses carbon dioxide as a working medium, in which a problem associated with reliability arisen from introduction of water into a refrigeration cycle has been solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Masaaki Suzuki, Yuji Yoshida, Fumitoshi Nishikawa, Masami Funakura, Noriho Okaza
  • Publication number: 20030121278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receiver-drier for use in an air conditioning system. This receiver-drier has (a) a lower portion defining a lower chamber in the receiver-drier; (b) an upper portion defining an upper chamber in the receiver-drier; and (c) a strainer for removing foreign particles from the refrigerant. The lower portion has an inlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the lower chamber and an outlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow out of the lower chamber. Each of the inlet and the outlet is formed at a bottom of the lower portion. The upper chamber is on top of the lower chamber and is charged with a desiccant for removing moisture from the refrigerant. The strainer is disposed at a position in a flow of the refrigerant from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Ichimura, Yoshikazu Takamatsu, Yoshitoshi Noda, Akira Tsukamoto, Mitsutoshi Sugano, Yoshihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6581404
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit. A refrigerant whose main component is a hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a flammable hydrocarbon fluoride obtained when one or more hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon is substituted by fluorine atoms, the refrigerant containing a tetrahydrothiophene as an odorant, and a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20030110792
    Abstract: An accumulator dehydrator for cooling circuits with a simplified structure comprising a hollow outer casing (12), cylindrical in shape, provided with a base (13) with a raised thickness, in which an inlet hole (14) and an outlet hole (16) are produced, said hollow outer casing (12) containing a filter element (22), a desiccant bag (31), a U-shaped tube and a diffuser element, in which the U-shaped tube, the filter element and the diffuser element are produced in a single moulded piece (19, 20, 22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Mauro Bandi
  • Patent number: 6578371
    Abstract: A receiver dryer mounting bracket (38) for a condenser system (20) includes a body (76) and an arm (78) coupled to and extending from the body (76). The body (76) has an opening (90) and seat sections (92, 94) positioned at opposing ends of a length of the opening (90). Flanges (71, 73) on inlet and outlet pipes (34, 36) of the condenser system (20) are seated in the seat sections (92, 94). An arcuate crimp section (102) of the body (76) is compressed to secure the inlet and outlet pipes (34, 36) in respective ones of the seat sections (92, 94) to form a pipe assembly (30). The pipe assembly (30) is coupled to a header (26) of the condenser system (20) prior to furnace brazing, and a receiver dryer (32) is subsequently mounted to the bracket (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Calsonickansei North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin D. Beasley, Terry G. Reavis, James D. Snow, Norimitsu Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20030079493
    Abstract: To provide a low-cost block-type expansion valve containing a strainer. A block-type expansion valve is configured such that a hollow cylindrical strainer is arranged in a space for introducing high-pressure liquid refrigerant, in a manner surrounding a valve element, and the refrigerant introduced into a refrigerant pipe-connecting hole is permitted to flow into a space on the upstream side of the valve element 17 via the strainer. Therefore, since the shape of a body is not substantially changed, it is possible to provide the expansion valve at low costs by suppressing an increase in the manufacturing costs to the cost of the strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: TGK Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Hirota, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6546747
    Abstract: Assaying of liquid samples of refrigerant to determine their composition utilizing refractive index techniques. The sampling may be done with the use of extractors which remove refrigerant gases from refrigerant machines, and clean and dry the sample before it is assayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Frederico Burke
  • Patent number: 6530982
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit including first and second porous containers, adsorbent in the first and second porous containers, a first and second end on each of the first and second containers, a yoke connecting the first ends, spaced first apertures in the yoke, a severance in the yoke extending between and in communication with the first apertures, a tab on each of the second ends of the first and second porous containers, and a second aperture in each of the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen, Leo J. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20020194862
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6494059
    Abstract: A receiver-tank is provided with a vertical tank main body 140. An inlet 131 and an outlet 132 are provided in an inlet-and-outlet forming member 150 as a bottom wall of the tank main body 140. A desiccant-filled-layer 135 as a flow-resistance layer is provided in a lower part of the tank main body 140, and an upper space is formed above the desiccant-filled-layer 135. A suction pipe 133 is provided in the tank main body 140 with the lower end connected with the outlet 132 and the upper end opened toward the upper space. When the refrigerant introduced into the tank main body 140 from the inlet port 131 goes up through the desiccant-filled-layer 135, the flow velocity decreases, and liquid-stagnation R is quietly created bin the upper space. The liquefied refrigerant of this liquid-stagnation R flows out of the outlet 132 through the suction pipe 133. Thereby, the stable liquid refrigerant can be supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Keiji Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Seno, Osamu Kamoshida, Yasuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6494057
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an accumulator device which has an outer housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a U tube contained within the housing. The device also includes a filter which is positioned inside the housing adjacent the inlet. Dryer means in the form of a desiccant are also contained inside the housing. The device is positioned upstream of a compressor and functions to filter unwanted debris which would otherwise enter the compressor and cause potential damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Don A. Schuster, Larry D. Burns
  • Publication number: 20020174676
    Abstract: A self-retaining adsorbent unit for use in combination with an elongated refrigerant-containing housing includes an elongated adsorbent-carrying porous fabric casing with adsorbent disposed therein. A retaining tab is formed at one end of the casing for securing the adsorbent unit to an external structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Patent number: 6474098
    Abstract: An adsorbent package is provided for use within the sealed canister of a fluid flow tube of an air conditioning system. The adsorbent package includes a desiccant bag formed of a pouch having a sealed first end and a substantially cylindrical second end. A filter cap is slidably and sealingly received within the second end of the pouch. The cap includes a resilient sealing ring formed proximate a porous end wall. The sealing ring slidably and sealingly engages an inner surface of the canister. The package is constructed of a non-woven spun bonded nylon and can therefore be snugly received within the tight confines of fluid flow tube or canister sections of an integrated condenser receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Stanhope Products Company
    Inventors: Glenn D. Perrine, David V. Flaugher, John M. Evans
  • Patent number: 6449978
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning refrigerant receiver having an annular clearance defined between an outer periphery of a lower cover supporting a contained assembly from the below and an inner periphery of a casing, a guide tube extends downwards to define an annular passage connected to the annular clearance between the guide tube and an inner surface of the casing, and is connected at its upper end to an outer periphery of the lower cover. Thus, a refrigerant, which has passed through the annular clearance, can be guided to a lower portion so as to quietly flow down along the inner surface of the casing, and hence, it is possible to inhibit to the utmost the refrigerant from leaving the inner surface of the casing and to become scattered, thereby more reliably preventing the occurrence of bubbling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Mutsuo Sugisaki, Kenetsu Takenami
  • Patent number: 6449977
    Abstract: A self-retaining adsorbent unit for use in combination with an elongated refrigerant-containing housing includes an elongated adsorbent-carrying porous fabric casing with adsorbent disposed therein. A retaining tab is formed at one end of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Patent number: 6446464
    Abstract: In a condenser module M for vehicular air-conditioning system a sub-cooler part positioned below a condenser part is constituted by a sub-cooler tube body R structurally separated from said condenser part K, said tube body extending substantially parallel to and along a lower side 4 of said condenser casing G and containing a dryer equipment as well as at least one collector chamber B for refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: SKG Italiana SpA
    Inventor: Michele Bernini
  • Patent number: 6442963
    Abstract: In a refrigerant recycling system non-condensables are purged from a recovery vessel which stores refrigerant recovered from a vehicular refrigeration system. A programmed controller controls operation of a purge valve for purging to atmosphere non-condensables in the recovered refrigerant in accordance with a purge routine, wherein the temperature in the recovery vessel is measured, and a look-up table is consulted to ascertain a target pressure corresponding to the measured temperature plus an offset, and the pressure in the recovery vessel is measured. If the measured pressure exceeds the target pressure, the purge valve is opened until the measured pressure drops to the target pressure. Immediately after a recovery operation, the purge routine is operated to purge the vessel to a target pressure based on an offset of 1° F. and, at a later time, after the vessel has cooled, the purge routine is operated to purge the vessel to a target pressure based on an offset of zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean P. Pfefferle, Michael B. Meeker, Larry G. Moller
  • Patent number: 6438972
    Abstract: A vessel assembly and related assembly method that includes a flexible J-tube assembly that bends in compliance during assembly to a vessel to ensure locating of a filter unit against an inside bottom surface of the vessel while accommodating longitudinal part tolerances greater than that of the prior art. The flexible J-tube assembly is disposed within the interior of the vessel such that an upper end of the flexible J-tube assembly is connected to an inside top portion of the vessel, and a distal end of the flexible J-tube assembly is located against the inside bottom surface of the vessel. The resiliency of the flexible J-tube assembly permits the distal portion of the flexible J-tube assembly to stay located against the inside bottom portion of the vessel regardless of longitudinal dimensional variations of the flexible J-tube assembly and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Automotive Fluid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Pickett, Jr., Lowell D. Sasser, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6438979
    Abstract: A liquid injection type scroll compressor is used to a refrigerating apparatus using hydrocarbon fluoride refrigerant which does not contain chlorine (HFC-125/HFC-143a/HFC-134a) as an operating fluid and an amount of an injected liquid is controlled according to a discharge temperature of the compressor. Further, ester oil and/or ether oil is used as refrigerator oil and a dryer is disposed in a refrigerating cycle. With this arrangement, a refrigerating cycle operation can be stably realized in a wide range without almost changing the arrangement of a conventional refrigerating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Yoshikazu Amo
  • Patent number: 6427477
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit for a refrigerant accumulator having a housing with a bottom wall and a side wall and a U-shaped pipe with a return bend adjacent the bottom wall and with first and second pipe portions extending from the return bend along the side wall, and a filter body extending outwardly from the return bend, the adsorbent unit including a porous adsorbent container, adsorbent in the container, first and second end portions on the container, a first tab extending outwardly from the first end portion of the container, an elongated slot in the first tab mounting it on the first and second pipe portions, a second tab extending outwardly from the second end portion of the container, and an aperture on the second tab mounting it on the filter body. A double adsorbent container adsorbent unit having elongated slots on tabs at the outer ends thereof for mounting about the first and second pipe portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Publication number: 20020095948
    Abstract: A deflector for use in an accumulator that provides a reservoir for the liquid-phase of a heat transfer medium circulating in a closed-loop air conditioning system is configured to prevent liquid phase medium from the supply pipe from entering the inlet area of the delivery pipe of the accumulator. The deflector has a recessed underside defined by a depending peripheral skirt having an outline that is closely spaced with respect to the peripheral wall of the accumulator to define therewith an annular gap. The upper wall of the deflector is positioned to be impinged by medium delivered from the supply pipe and is configured to distribute radially and impart rotation to the medium, thus enhancing the separation of the liquid phase along the accumulator peripheral wall, especially as the liquid and gaseous phase pass through the annular gap. The open inlet area of the delivery pipe is shielded within the recessed underside of the deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel Leonard Corrigan, Kenneth Peter Luke Cram
  • Publication number: 20020083732
    Abstract: A self-retaining adsorbent unit for use in combination with an elongated refrigerant-containing housing includes an elongated adsorbent-carrying porous fabric casing with adsorbent disposed therein. A retaining tab is formed at one end of the casing for securing the adsorbent unit to an external structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Patent number: 6393862
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit including first and second porous containers connected by a yoke, adsorbent in the containers, first side edges on the first container containing indentations, second side edges on the second container, an end on the second container having a strap formed thereon for encircling the first container and passing through the indentations when the first and second containers are mounted on opposite sides of a U-bend of a refrigerant accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen F. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6385994
    Abstract: An accumulator for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle includes a housing having an interior chamber and an inlet tube connected to the housing to allow refrigerant and oil to enter the interior chamber of the housing. The accumulator also includes an outlet tube connected to the housing to allow refrigerant and oil to exit the interior chamber of the housing and a single insert disposed in the interior chamber of the housing to allow refrigerant liquid/vapor separation, insulation, and oil return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Georg Schroeder, Hemant Sumentlal Shah, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Kevin Joseph Goulet, Randy John Hornby
  • Patent number: 6381983
    Abstract: An improved filter drier for a refrigeration system having a replaceable tubular filter element is shown. A desiccant assembly is removably secured within a housing. The assembly includes a first and second molded desiccant, a hollow tubular perforated core located within said first and second molded desiccant, and a tubular filter located over said core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Porous Media Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Angelo, Michael R. Spearman, Rochelle Marie Mickschl
  • Publication number: 20020046571
    Abstract: In a condenser module M for vehicular air-conditioning system a sub-cooler part positioned below a condenser part is constituted by a sub-cooler tube body R structurally separated from said condenser part K, said tube body extending substantially parallel to and along a lower side 4 of said condenser casing G and containing a dryer equipment as well as at least one collector chamber B for refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Michele Bernini
  • Patent number: 6367282
    Abstract: A desiccator container is installed in a refrigerant pipe of an automobile air conditioner for absorbing water contained in refrigerant. The container comprises an inlet connector, an outlet connector, a test connector, a pair of first bolts, a pair of second bolts smaller than the first bolts, four first threaded holes, and three second threaded holes smaller than the first threaded holes. This can increase the adaptability of the desiccator container, thereby reducing the manufacturing and maintenance costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Chun-Chung Chu
  • Publication number: 20020035848
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20020026800
    Abstract: A heat source unit and refrigerant used in an existing refrigeration system are replaced with new refrigerant and a new heat source unit which employs the new refrigerant and is equipped with an oil separator and extraneous-matter trapping means. An indoor unit of the existing refrigeration system may be used, in its present form, or replaced with a new indoor unit. Further, connecting pipes used for the existing refrigeration are reused. After replacement of refrigerant, the refrigeration system performs an ordinary operation after having performed a cleaning operation. The extraneous-matter trapping means is provided in a refrigerant pipe close to the heat source unit or in a bypass channel connected to the refrigerant pipe close to the heat source unit. Alternatively, only the heat source unit of the existing refrigeration system is replaced with a new one, and there is employed refrigeration oil which has no mutual solubility with respect to HFC or has very low mutual solubility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kasai, Mitsunori Kurachi, Hidekazu Tani, Moriya Miyamoto, Yoshihiro Sumida, Takashi Ikeda, Toshihiro Kikukawa, Shohichiroh Masuda, Hirofumi Koge
  • Patent number: 6349562
    Abstract: The application discloses a collection vessel 1 for a condenser of an air-conditioning system, preferably for motor vehicles. The collection vessel 1 holds in its interior a drier that can be exchanged via an opening which can be closed by means of a releasable lid. The lid is designed as a piston-like, cylindrical stopper 3, and be sealed and guided in an axially displaceable manner in a corresponding hole in the collection vessel 1, 2. The stopper 3 is pressed outwardly against a securing ring 9 by the internal pressure (pi) in the vessel, which securing ring is fixed in an annular groove 10 in the collection vessel 2 and is secured against release by a blocking shoulder 8 on the stopper 3. Due to this measure, the lid 3 of the collection vessel 2 cannot be removed when pressure is prevailing inside the vessel. Only when the vessel is depressurized can the securing ring and therefore also the stopper 3 be removed, so that a drier cartridge can be exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Martin Kaspar, Friedrich Krehl, Kurt Molt, Siegfried Tews
  • Patent number: 6330810
    Abstract: The condensing apparatus in a refrigeration cycle includes a condenser having a condensing portion and a receiver-dryer. The receiver-dryer includes a tank main body, a desiccant-filled-portion arranged so that an upper space is formed at an upper part in the tank main body, a refrigerant-introducing-passage for introducing the condensed refrigerant into the tank main body from the condenser, and a refrigerant-discharging-passage for discharging the liquefied refrigerant in the tank main portion. The refrigerant-introducing-passage has an outlet which opens toward an inner bottom of the tank main body. The refrigerant-discharging-passage penetrates the desiccant-filled-portion and has an inlet formed so as to open toward the upper space at an upper end of the desiccant-filled-portion and an outlet formed at a bottom portion of the tank main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Keiji Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Seno, Osamu Kamoshida, Yasuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6321542
    Abstract: A closed circuit (13) is formed such that the upper ends of preinstalled refrigerant pipes (2A, 2B) in a refrigerant circuit are connected to each other through an upper connecting passage (11) and the lower ends thereof are connected to each other through a lower connecting passage (12). A refrigerant is charged into the closed circuit (13). In a separator (50) of the lower connecting passage (12), a separating heat exchange coil (52) heats the liquid refrigerant to evaporate it, and a filter (53) captures foreign substance from the gas refrigerant. Two conveying heat exchangers (7A, 7B) of the lower connecting passage (12) alternately carry out a repetitive cooling operation of cooling the gas refrigerant, having been changed in phase by the separator (50), to change the phase from gas to liquid and a repetitive pressurizing operation of pressurizing the liquid refrigerant by heating the refrigerant to the extent kept in the liquid phase, respectively, thereby applying a running force to the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Ueno, Toshihiro Iijima, Masaaki Takegami, Masaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6318115
    Abstract: A refrigerating circuit having a condenser and an evaporator, wherein shaped bodies (9, 9a) of a drying agent are arranged within a component (6), which carries liquid refrigerant of the circuit, and are so adapted to the internal geometric shape of the respective component as to filter residual moisture from throughflowing refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kenmore Thermokälte GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg Kirchner, Jürgen Schenk, Monika Knabe, Jürgen Voigt
  • Publication number: 20010032478
    Abstract: A receiver dryer includes a canister with a cylindrical sidewall, a lower end wall, and an open upper end. An inlet tube extends upwardly in the canister from an inlet port in the lower end wall. A desiccant tube assembly, comprising a pair of tubes, is received over the inlet tube, with the inlet tube being closely received in one of the tubes of the desiccant tube assembly. A lower baffle is formed unitary with the lower end of the desiccant tube assembly, and a lower filter pad is received over the desiccant tube assembly and against the lower baffle. Loose desiccant is then poured into the canister. An upper filter pad and upper baffle are received over the desiccant tube assembly. A pick-up tube, secured to an upper end cap, is then closely received in the other of the tubes of the desiccant tube assembly. The upper end cap is then secured to the upper end of the canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Neil J. McAllister, Cary Haramoto, William M. Mosher, Michael L. Ford, Tom C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6293125
    Abstract: A filter dryer for an air-conditioning system, including an elongated housing enclosing loose molecular sieve material, first and second fluid ports into the housing, a filter basket assembly supported at one end of the housing and a screen and baffle assembly supported at the opposite end of the housing. The first filter basket assembly includes a first cup-shaped filter basket which opens away from the first port toward the molecular sieve material. The first filter basket is retained by an annular, U-shaped flange to the inner surface of the housing by press-fit. The screen and baffle assembly includes a second cup-shaped filter basket which also opens away from the first port. The second filter basket includes a radially-enlarged cylindrical screen portion toward the open end of the basket, a radially-reduced cylindrical screen portion toward the closed end of the screen, and an annular shoulder between the radially-enlarged and radially-reduced portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Cole, Cary Haramoto
  • Publication number: 20010022093
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit for a refrigerant accumulator having a housing with a bottom wall and a side wall and a U-shaped pipe with a return bend adjacent the bottom wall and with first and second pipe portions extending from the return bend along the side wall, and a filter body extending outwardly from the return bend, the adsorbent unit including a porous adsorbent container, adsorbent in the container, first and second end portions on the container, a first tab extending outwardly from the first end portion of the container, an elongated slot in the first tab mounting it on the first and second pipe portions, a second tab extending outwardly from the second end portion of the container, and an aperture on the second tab mounting it on the filter body. A double adsorbent container adsorbent unit having elongated slots on tabs at the outer ends thereof for mounting about the first and second pipe portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen
  • Patent number: 6279341
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit for a refrigerant accumulator having a housing with a bottom wall and a side wall and a U-shaped pipe with a return bend adjacent the bottom wall and with first and second pipe portions extending from the return bend along the side wall, and a filter body extending outwardly from the return bend, the adsorbent unit including a porous adsorbent container, adsorbent in the container, first and second end portions on the container, a first tab extending outwardly from the first end portion of the container, an elongated slot in the first tab mounting it on the first and second pipe portions, a second tab extending outwardly from the second end portion of the container, and an aperture on the second tab mounting it on the filter body. A double adsorbent container adsorbent unit having elongated slots on tabs at the outer ends thereof for mounting about the first and second pipe portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Incorvia, Peter R. Millen