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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Marelli Cabin Comfort Japan Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marelli Cabin Comfort Japan Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F25B 43/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/24 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/3229 (2013.01); B60H 1/3228 (2019.05); F25B 41/24 (2021.01); F25B 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
This air conditioning device, which is installed in a vehicle, is provided with a gas-liquid separator which separates liquid-phase refrigerant and gas-phase refrigerant, guides, to a compressor, the gas-phase refrigerant flowing in from an outdoor heat exchanger during heating operations, and guides, to an expansion valve, the liquid-phase refrigerant flowing in from the outdoor heat exchanger during cooling operations. The gas-liquid separator is provided further rearward inside the vehicle than the outdoor heat exchanger. The compressor is provided further rearward inside the vehicle than the gas-liquid separator.