Heat Exchanger Serially Connected To Tank Patents (Class 165/DIG354)
  • Condenser with refrigerant drier
    Patent number: 5537839
    Abstract: In a condenser for a vehicle air-conditioning system having a pipe-rib block (10) provided on both sides with collecting pipes (13, 14) which are divided by means of partitions (17, 18) into an upper condensing portion for gaseous refrigerant and a lower supercooling portion for liquid refrigerant, there is disposed parallel to a collecting pipe (14) a collector (23), which is connected by a first connecting opening (24) to the condensing portion and by a second connecting opening (25) to the supercooling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Roland Burk, Siegfried Tews