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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Yong Gwi Ahn, Taejon, KR;
Sang Yul Lee, Taejon, KR;
Seung Hwan Kim, Taejon, KR;
Sang Ok Lee, Taejon, KR;
Kwang Heon Oh, Taejon, KR;
Yong Ho Kim, Taejon, KR;
Halla Climate Control Corp., Taejon, KR;
Abstract
A multiflow type condenser for an automobile air conditioner comprising: a pair of header pipes disposed in parallel with each other and arranged to have an inlet and an outlet; a pluratlity of flat tubes each connected to said header pipes at opposite ends thereof, each of said flat tubes having a plurality of inside fluid paths, a hydraulic diameter of said inside fluid paths being in the range of about 1 to 1.7 mm; a plurality of corrugated fins each disposed between adjacent flat tubes; at least a pair of baffles disposed in said header pipes one by one; each of said baffles having a projection inserted into a slit provided with each header pipes and dividing each header pipes into a plurality of chambers; at least one by-pass passageway formed in the baffles to route a vapor-abundant phase of said refrigerant from an upper chamber to a lower chamber within the same header pipes by providing a communication path between the adjacent chambers; a ratio of a hydraulic diameter of said by-pass passageway over said hydraulic diameter of said inside fluid paths being in the range of about 0.28 to 2.25; and an area of a pass on the inlet side is about 30% to 65% of an overall area of all of said passes.