Patent ID: 7318469

Claim:
A piping structure of a refrigerant cycle system for a vehicle, the refrigerant cycle system including refrigerant cycle equipment provided in an engine compartment of the vehicle, and an evaporator disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the piping structure comprising a front side member of a vehicle body, the front side member being disposed at one side in a vehicle lateral direction on a lower side of the engine compartment, the front side member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a refrigerant pipe through which refrigerant flows for circulating the refrigerant between the refrigerant cycle equipment and the evaporator, wherein the refrigerant pipe is arranged in the engine compartment adjacent the front side member; the front side member includes an outer wall and an inner wall; the inner wall is spaced from the outer wall in the vehicle lateral direction; and the refrigerant pipe is disposed between a plane defined by the inner wall and a plane defined by the outer wall in the vehicle lateral direction.