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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Gary Scott Vreeland, Medina, NY (US);
Frederick Vincent Oddi, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Gary Scott Vreeland, Medina, NY (US);
Frederick Vincent Oddi, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerant storage device that arranges two end plates to form a cavity and includes a turbulator plate within the cavity. The turbulator plate is arranged within the cavity to reinforce the cavity by providing a plurality of reinforcement portions between the end plates. The cavity is sized and the turbulator plate is configured so a liquid portion of refrigerant flowing through the cavity collects onto the turbulator plate. The device has a rectangular shape that simplifies vehicle packaging and allows the device to be readily integrated into a plate-type refrigerant-to-liquid coolant heat exchanger. The device is formed by a stacking arrangement of parts that provides for a readily scalable design.