US 12,492,851 B2
Accumulator and a heat pump system with the same
Yong Woong Cha, Yongin-si (KR); Jungha Park, Gunpo-si (KR); and Seong-Bin Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,199.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0120425 (KR), filed on Sep. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0085038 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. F25B 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 43/006 (2013.01) [F25B 2500/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accumulator comprising:
a body including an upper body disposed on an upper side and a lower body disposed on a lower side, the upper body and the lower body being coupled with each other to have a chamber in the body;
a refrigerant inlet port disposed on the upper body and configured to allow a mixed refrigerant of a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant to flow into the chamber;
a refrigerant outlet port disposed on the upper body and configured to allow the gaseous refrigerant separated from the liquid refrigerant to flow out; and
a baffle assembly disposed in the chamber, configured to impede a flow of the liquid refrigerant, and coupled to the body,
wherein the baffle assembly further includes a vertical baffle vertically disposed in the chamber and configured to impede a horizontal flow of the liquid refrigerant,
wherein the vertical baffle includes a vertical baffle plate having first and second grooves formed in an upper end portion, spaced apart from each other, and each having an open upper portion, and
wherein the refrigerant inlet port is inserted into the first groove, and the refrigerant outlet port is inserted into the second groove.