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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Llc, Warren, MI (US);
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Dylan M. Lundberg, Lonsdale, MN (US);
Mark W. McMasters, Owatonna, MN (US);
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC, Warren, MI (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A refrigerant service system comprises a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit, and an accumulator including an outer housing shell and an inner housing shell disposed within the outer housing shell. A first chamber is defined in the accumulator between the inner housing shell and the outer housing shell, the first chamber being configured to receive refrigerant from the inlet conduit and discharge the refrigerant to the compressor inlet. A second chamber is defined in the accumulator within the inner housing shell, the second chamber being configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor outlet and discharge the refrigerant to the outlet conduit. Heat is transferred from the refrigerant in the second chamber through the inner shell to the refrigerant in the first chamber.