Patent ID: 6959563
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. An insert for use in a refrigerant receiver of a vehicular air conditioning system, the receiver having an interior that receives the insert and a charge of desiccant, the receiver being connected to a header of a condenser via a refrigerant inlet to the interior from the header and a refrigerant outlet from the interior to the header, the insert comprising: a wall having first and second oppositely facing sides, the first side lying closer to the inlet than the second side with the insert received in the interior of the receiver, the second side cooperating with a surface of the interior to define a receptacle for the desiccant with the insert received in the interior of the receiver, a first portion of the wall being aligned with the inlet with the insert received in the interior of the receiver, at least the first portion being substantially impervious to a refrigerant flow from the inlet to shield the desiccant charge from direct impingement by the refrigerant flow from the inlet.