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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Akira Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Seigo Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiwamu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Seigo Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiwamu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 39/00 (2006.01); F04B 53/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A suction muffler receives low-temperature refrigerant gas discharged into a hermetic container from a suction pipe by a gas catcher, and feeds the gas to a compressor. The lower end of an opening of the gas catcher is located at a position lower than the lower end of an orifice of the suction pipe so as to catch the refrigerant gas falling obliquely downward inside the hermetic container.