Patent ID: 8216350
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: B01D,B60G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dryer for an air suspension for a vehicle, comprising: a housing having an inlet port at an end portion thereof in an axial direction thereof and an outlet port at the other end portion in the axial direction; a desiccant disposed between first and second filters, which are accommodated within the housing; and a guide member including a shielding cylinder portion whose inner surface and a cover surface serve as shielding surfaces and a plate portion having a plurality of communication holes at a radially outer portion thereof relative to the shielding cylinder portion, wherein the guide member is disposed between the inlet port and the first filter positioned closer to the inlet port, supports the first filter and the desiccant and guides a fluid to the desiccant via the first filter, the shielding cylinder portion includes an opening whose opening area is set to be equal to or greater than an opening area of the inlet port, so that the shielding cylinder portion surrounds the inlet port while forming a flow passage for guiding the fluid from the inlet port to the first filter positioned closer to the inlet port, and the fluid is introduced into the shielding cylinder portion of the guide member from the inlet port, and then to the communication holes formed at the plate portion via the flow passage, so that the fluid guided to the desiccant is dried by means of the desiccant and is then discharged from the dryer as a dry air to the air suspension for the vehicle.