The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Ryuhei Suzuki

Gang Hou

Kazuto Yamakawa

Jiro Watanabe

Shusaku Tomoi

Hiroshi Shintani

Susumu Hatanaka

Hiroaki Shibano

Hiroyuki Wakamatsu

Ikuma Yusa

Nobuaki Kuribayashi

Naoshi Yamaguchi

Mie Okura

Yuki Mizutani

Tomohide Saita

Provided is a piping system for an air conditioner installed in a vehicle that can achieve appropriate weight reduction while ensuring appropriate pressure resistance as the piping system as a whole. A circulation path that connects component devices of an air conditioner () in an annular shape to circulate a refrigerant (C) is formed by each pipe body extending between the component devices. At least one of the pipe bodies includes: a resin hose () embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material () or a resin pipe () embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material (), and the resin pipe bodies (), () are employed in 50% or more of a total length of each of the pipe bodies constituting the circulation path.

Piping system for air conditioner installed in vehicle

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Hiratsuka, Japan

Ryuhei Suzuki