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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Gang Hou, Hiratsuka, JP;

Hiroaki Shibano, Hiratsuka, JP;

Jiro Watanabe, Hiratsuka, JP;

Susumu Hatanaka, Hiratsuka, JP;

Naoshi Yamaguchi, Hiratsuka, JP;

Mie Okura, Hiratsuka, JP;

Ikuma Yusa, Hiratsuka, JP;

Shusaku Tomoi, Hiratsuka, JP;

Tomohide Saita, Hiratsuka, JP;

Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hiratsuka, JP;

Ryuhei Suzuki, Hiratsuka, JP;

Yuki Mizutani, Hiratsuka, JP;

Nobuaki Kuribayashi, Hiratsuka, JP;

Hiroshi Shintani, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuto Yamakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F16L 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00571 (2013.01); F16L 11/08 (2013.01); F16L 11/082 (2013.01); F16L 11/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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