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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
Yukihiko Takeda, Aichi-gun, JP;
Kenichi Fujiwara, Kariya, JP;
Teruyuki Hotta, Nagoya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An accumulator is disposed in a refrigerant circuit at a position on the suction side of a compressor, separates the gas and liquid phases of the refrigerant, and contains the liquid refrigerant. The accumulator comprises: a pressure container () having an inner space (S) formed therein; a refrigerant inlet opening () provided in the pressure container; a refrigerant outlet opening (); a conduction pipe () for conducting a refrigerant within the pressure container to the outlet opening; and a gas-liquid separation means () provided with a separation plate () provided within the pressure container so as to face the inlet opening and so as to expand substantially perpendicularly to the direction of the line of flow at the inlet opening. The gas-liquid separation means has, in the region of the separation plate which faces the inlet opening, a mountain-shaped protrusion () having a crest () and a sloped surface (), the crest () protruding toward the inlet opening.