Patent ID: 8500885

Claim:
An air drier for an air suspension of a vehicle for supplying dry air to the air suspension, comprising: a housing having a tubular shape and including inflow and outflow ports formed at first and second ends, respectively, in an axial direction; first and second filters accommodated in the housing; a desiccant agent supported between the first and second filters; and an air guide member arranged between the first filter and the first end of the housing where the inflow port is formed, the air guide member supporting the first filter and the desiccant agent, the air guide member comprising: a tubular portion including an opening that has an area larger than an area of an opening of the inflow port, a wall portion that extends in the axial direction of the housing, a bottom portion connected to the wall portion, and an inner surface, the tubular portion covering the inflow port in the axial direction to form a flow passage guiding fluid from the inflow port to the first filter; and an annular plate extending radially outward from the opening of the tubular portion and including a plurality of holes, wherein the fluid guided from the inflow port into the tubular portion passes through the flow passage to the holes of the annular plate to flow through the first filter into the desiccant agent and is dried by the desiccant agent, and the dry air is discharged from the outflow port to the air suspension, and wherein the first filter is located on a part of the annular plate except for the bottom portion of the tubular portion.