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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Shigeki Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Kurato Yamasaki, Kariya, JP;
Teruyuki Hotta, Nagoya, JP;
Yasushi Yamanaka, Nakashima-gun, JP;
Atsushi Inaba, Okazaki, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A condenser of a refrigerant cycle system includes a first heat exchange unit into which refrigerant discharged from a compressor flows, a second heat exchange unit disposed at a downstream of the first heat exchange unit in a refrigerant flow direction, and a gas-liquid separator disposed between the first and second heat exchange units in the refrigerant flow direction. In the refrigerant cycle system, at least gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator flows into the second heat exchange unit so that an amount of liquid refrigerant stored in the gas-liquid separator is changed in accordance with a super-heating degree of refrigerant discharged from the compressor.