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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas B Harris, Taylor, MI (US);
Ronald Charles Muir, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Norman Henry Dolinski, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Chhotubhai Nagarji Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62471 ; 62503 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein an accumulator for an automotive air conditioning system. The accumulator includes a sump for collecting oil to be provided to the air conditioning compressor. There is also disclosed an outlet tube in the accumulator, the tube having a flange opening and a necked-down portion a predetermined distance from the flange opening.