18523199. ACCUMULATOR AND A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM WITH THE SAME (Hyundai Motor Company)
ACCUMULATOR AND A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM WITH THE SAME
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Inventor(s)
Yong Woong Cha of Yongin-si (KR)
Seong-Bin Jeong of Hwaseong-si (KR)
ACCUMULATOR AND A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM WITH THE SAME
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18523199 titled 'ACCUMULATOR AND A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM WITH THE SAME
Original Abstract Submitted
An accumulator includes a body having an upper body and a lower body. The upper body and lower body are coupled with each other to have a chamber in the body. The accumulator includes: a refrigerant inlet port disposed on the upper body and allowing 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 allowing the gaseous refrigerant separated from the liquid refrigerant to flow out; and a baffle assembly having a vertical baffle being vertically disposed in the chamber to impede a horizontal flow of the liquid refrigerant, a suction pipe guiding the gaseous refrigerant separated from the liquid refrigerant to the refrigerant outlet port, and a horizontal baffle being horizontally disposed in the chamber to impede a vertical flow of the liquid refrigerant.