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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999

Filed:

Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Larry Donald Cummings, Clarence, NY (US);

Taylor R Eckstein, Jr, N. Tonawanda, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62296 ; 62511 ; 138 44 ;
Abstract

An automotive air conditioning system orifice tube type refrigerant expansion valve is axially symmetrical, so as to be error proof at installation, and/or so as to operate in a bi directional refrigerant flow. A pair of coaxial screens surrounding each end of the orifice tube, an inner noise attenuation screen of finer mesh, and an outer particulate screen of coarser mesh, provide upstream particulate exclusion and downstream noise attenuation without the potential for reverse installation. In addition, by pass ports allow for a by pass flow should the downstream inner screen become plugged.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cummings, Larry. (1999). Bi-directional refrigerant expansion valve (U.S. Patent No. 5966960). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5966960

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