Patent ID: 9581369
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B60H,F25B,F28D,F28F,Y02E

Claim:
1. An evaporator for an air conditioning system, said evaporator configured to transfer heat between air flowing through the evaporator and refrigerant within the evaporator, and transfer heat between the refrigerant within the evaporator and phase change material (PCM) within the evaporator, said evaporator comprising: a first plate; a second plate coupled to the first plate to form a first assembly that defines a cavity to contain PCM, wherein the first assembly also defines a first opening that cooperates with corresponding first openings in additional assemblies, each of said additional assemblies being formed of a further second plate coupled to a further first plate, to define a first manifold to convey refrigerant, wherein said first manifold is defined when the first assembly is arranged with the other plate assemblies to form a stack; and a first tube in fluidic communication with the first manifold, wherein the assembly cooperates with an adjacent assembly of the other assemblies when the stack is formed to define a first slot configured to receive the first tube.