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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1993
Donald E Mikesell, Dayton, OH (US);
Kenneth B Newman, Dayton, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular accumulator dehydrator assembly for a vehicle air conditioning system uses an array of common components to provide configurations adapted to fit several possible orientations and locations of lines in the system. A cylindrical canister is closed by an end cap, to which a block is attached by a single bolt. Either a bottom or top feed set of inlet pipes is inserted in the end cap, depending on the chosen orientation for the canister. Then, a pair of tubes is added to the outside of the block, which are turned and bent to the proper position for joining to the compressor and evaporator line before brazing in place in the block. A single bolt is tightened to join the block to the end cap, which tightens a pair of O-ring seals to seal the block to end cap connection.