Patent ID: 9242528
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B60H

Claim Text:
1. An air conditioning system for treating air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the air conditioning system configured to be operable in a cooling-system mode, a heat-pump mode, and a reheating mode, the air conditioning system comprising: a housing including a first flow channel and a second flow channel for directing air; and a refrigerant circuit comprising a first heat exchanger operable as a vaporizer, a compressor, a second heat exchanger operable as a condenser, and an expansion device; wherein the second heat exchanger is formed from two segregated components, a first component having a condensation and heat removal surface and a second component having a super-cooling surface, wherein a refrigerant phase separation element is disposed within the refrigerant circuit between the first component and the second component of the second heat exchanger; wherein a refrigerant flows through the second heat exchanger in the refrigerant circuit and air flowing through at least one of the first flow channel and the second flow channel impinges on the second heat exchanger to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the air; wherein the first heat exchanger is disposed within the first flow channel and the second heat exchanger is disposed in at least a portion of each of the first flow channel and the second flow channel.