US 11,913,734 B2
Condenser with integrated receiver
Michihiro Yamakoshi, Azumino (JP); Hiroki Matsuo, Kariya (JP); and Masanobu Iio, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO AIRCOOL CORPORATION, Azumino (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO AIRCOOL CORPORATION, Azumino (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,085.
Application 17/453,085 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/006960, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-036188 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0049908 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F28F 9/16 (2006.01); F28F 21/08 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 9/0243 (2013.01) [F28F 9/0219 (2013.01); F28F 9/16 (2013.01); F28F 21/084 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0063 (2013.01); F28F 2009/029 (2013.01); F28F 2275/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A condenser with an integrated receiver, comprising:
a pair of tanks into which a refrigerant flows in and out;
a plurality of tubes arranged between the pair of tanks;
fins which promote heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing in the tubes and air; and
a receiver which is connected to one of the tanks, allows an inflow of a refrigerant from the tank, stores a liquid refrigerant therein, and allows outflow of the liquid refrigerant, wherein
the receiver includes:
a main body portion having a circular cylindrical shape;
an intermediate member side small diameter portion formed on one side of the main body portion;
an intermediate member arranged in the intermediate member side small diameter portion;
a seal member which engages with the intermediate member and closes the intermediate member side small diameter portion of the receiver; and
a desiccant enclosed in a flexible bag, wherein
the desiccant is capable of being taken in and out of the main body portion of the receiver in a state that the seal member is removed from the intermediate member, and wherein
the receiver has a wall thickness at the intermediate member side small diameter portion which is smaller than a wall thickness of the main body portion, and wherein
the pair of tanks, the tubes, the fins, the main body portion of the receiver, the intermediate member side small diameter portion, and the intermediate member are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and are integrally brazed to each other.