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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Georg Feldhaus, Stuttgart, DE;
Uwe Förster, Erdmannhausen, DE;
Martin Kaspar, Fellbach, DE;
Kurt Molt, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Georg Feldhaus, Stuttgart, DE;
Uwe Förster, Erdmannhausen, DE;
Martin Kaspar, Fellbach, DE;
Kurt Molt, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Behr GmbH & Co, KG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a condenser for an air-conditioning system, particularly for a motor vehicle, with vertically arranged tubes, through which a coolant can flow and which are connected to an upper and a lower horizontally arranged manifold whereby permitting the flow of coolant. The inventive condenser also comprises a collector parallelly arranged underneath the lower manifold and, via an inflow opening and an outflow opening, between which a separating device is placed, is connected to the manifold in a manner that permits the flow of coolant. The collector accommodates a filtering and/or drying device. The separating device has a suction device for, in essence, liquid coolant.