Vehicle-air-conditioner accumulator attachment-part structure

A vehicle-air-conditioner accumulator attachment-part structure, comprising:

• an accumulator of a vehicle air conditioner,
• which is provided in a heat-exchange cycle having:
• a compressor that discharges a suctioned refrigerant;
• an internal heat exchanger that performs, while changing the refrigerant that is discharged from the compressor into a gas phase or a liquid phase, a heat exchange between the refrigerant and air for air conditioning;
• and an external heat exchanger that performs, while changing the refrigerant that is discharged from the compressor into a gas phase or a liquid phase, a heat exchange between the refrigerant and an atmosphere outside a vehicle room,
• which separates the refrigerant that has passed through at least one of the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger into gas and liquid and holds the refrigerant, and
• which allows a gas constituent of the refrigerant to flow into a suction part of the compressor;
• an attachment bracket that circumferentially surrounds a portion of an upper area of the accumulator, and wherein the attachment bracket attaches the upper area of the accumulator to a vehicle body, and
• a plate that holds a bottom surface of the accumulator, wherein the plate is formed between the attachment bracket and the bottom surface of the accumulator, and wherein the plate is connected to the attachment bracket;
• wherein an elastic member having a thermal insulation property is provided on an external surface of the accumulator, and
• the accumulator is held in a pressed state by the attachment bracket via the elastic member, the attachment bracket being a separate member from the elastic member.