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US 6,581,407 B1Granted
Refrigerant collector for an air conditioning system in a vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBaroto Adiprasito, Heinz Röhe
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Abstract
A refrigerant accumulator (1) for a vehicle air-conditioning system comprises and upper and a lower half-shell (5, 6), which are connected to one another by a welded seam (7).
Claims20
A refrigerant accumulator for a vehicle air-conditioning system, comprising:
- an upper and a lower half-shell, which are connected to one another by a welded seam, wherein the two half-shells respectively have an essentially semicircular cross-section.
A refrigerant accumulator, comprising:
- an upper half shell;
- and
- a lower half shell joined directly to the upper half shell using a single seam, the upper half shell and the lower half shell each having an essentially semicircular cross-sectional profile so that when the upper half shell and the lower half shell are directly joined together, the upper half shell and the lower half shell collectively form an ellipsoid shape.
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