Patent ID: 9377228
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: F25B

Claim Text:
1. A receiver drier for a vehicle air conditioner, the receiver drier comprising: a tubular body into which a desiccant bag is inserted, and on an outer side of which a refrigerant inlet, through which a refrigerant is introduced from a condenser, and a refrigerant outlet, through which a liquid refrigerant flows out into a sub-cooling zone, are formed, the tubular body having an opening at a lower portion thereof; a filter installed in the tubular body; and a cap having a cap body inserted in and coupled to the opening of the tubular body, wherein a lower portion of the filter is coupled to an upper peripheral surface of the cap body, and a guide member protrudes from a top surface of the cap body toward an inner side of the filter and guides the refrigerant supplied through the refrigerant inlet to flow out through the refrigerant outlet, wherein the filter comprises: a filter body coupled to the cap body and configured to filter the refrigerant; a baffle provided at an upper portion of the filter body and having a through hole formed in a middle of the baffle; and a coupling portion extending from the baffle toward a top of the tubular body and having a first inlet hole formed at a top thereof, wherein the first inlet hole faces the though hole and directly communicate with the through hole to allow the refrigerant introduced into the coupling portion via the first inlet hole to flow into the filter body via the through hole.