Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Shinji Ogawa

Isao Kuroyanagi

Toshio Ohara

Norimasa Baba

Yoshiharu Kajikawa

Yoshiyuki Yamauchi

Kiyoshi Kittaka

Haruhiko Otsuka

Kiyomitsu Tsuchiya

Toshio Takahashi

Yosiharu Kajikawa

Keiichi Fukumura

Hiromi Ohta

Katsushi Narita

Osamu Kasebe

Toshio Ohhara

A refrigeration system for use in an automotive air conditioner comprises a compressor for compressing vapor-phase refrigerant, a condenser connected to the outlet of the compressor, an expansion valve connected to the outlet of the valve, and a vapor pressure-adjusting valve mounted in the passage extending from the evaporator to the compressor. When the vapor pressure inside this passage is less than a certain value, the adjusting valve reduces the flow of refrigerant from the evaporator to the compressor to maintain the vapor pressure constant. A part of the liquid-phase refrigerant on the downstream side of the condenser is added to the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator, by means of the adjusting valve.

Vapor pressure-adjusting valve and refrigeration system using same

A structural arrangement for an evaporator producing a uniform temperature gradient across its width. The structure is arranged so as to even out the flow of refrigerant within the evaporator. A first tank portion has a inlet and a second tank portion has a outlet. One end of each of plural tubes are connected thereto. A plurality of tubes allow refrigerant to flow from the first tank portion to the second. The tubes are arranged so as to provide equal flow distances for refrigerant across the evaporator, taking into account the directions of flow in the first and second tank portions. In a second embodiment, the inlet port and the outlet port are disposed at the first tank portion and the second tank portion respectively in such a manner that directions of the refrigerant flow within the first tank portion and the second tank portion are opposite to each other. In a third embodiment, one end of a first tube of the plurality is connected to the first tank portion closer to one end of the first tank portion, than where one end of a second tube is connected to the second tank portion closer to the other end of the second tank portion than the other end of the second tube. The inlet port is disposed close to one end of the first tank portion and the outlet port is disposed close to one end of the second tank portion.

Refrigerant evaporator

A receiver has a good usage for receiving coolant in a refrigerant circuit. The receiver can improve the fixing and the connecting operation when the receiver is connected with the refrigerant circuit provided in an automotive engine room. The receiver is comprised of a receiver housing having a flat upper surface and a couple of block joints having a flat lower surface. The block joints are furnished on the upper surface of the receiver housing by screwing. The block joints have connecting halls an inlet and an outlet pipes are jointed therein. At least one of the connecting halls are formed vertically so that at least one of the inlet and the outlet pipes elongates upwardly. Therefore, the inlet or the outlet pipe has advantage to be connected easily and effectively.

Receiver for refrigerant apparatus

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Aichi, Japan

Shinji Ogawa