Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Tatsuki Sakurabu

Katsuhiko Yamamoto

Muneo Tao

Satoshi Imabayashi

Katsuzo Kokawa

A heat transfer apparatus is provided with a refrigerant heater, a single container disposed above the refrigerant heater, and the radiator spaced from the container. The container accommodates a partitioning plate for separating the inside of the container into a gas-liquid separating chamber and a liquid-receiving chamber, and a valve body for selectively opening and closing an opening defined in the partitioning plate is disposed within the container. The valve body is driven by an electrically operated driver mounted on the container. The heat transfer apparatus is also provided with a first group of pipes for communicating the refrigerant heater and the gas-liquid separating chamber, and with a second group of pipes for communicating the gas-liquid separating chamber, the radiator, and the liquid-receiving chamber. The refrigerant heater, the gas-liquid separating chamber, and the first group of pipes constitute a heating circuit, while the gas-liquid separating chamber, the radiator, the liquid-receiving chamber, the valve body, and the second group of pipes constitute a heat release circuit.

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Nara, Japan

Tatsuki Sakurabu