Patent ID: 7137268

Claim:
In an air conditioning system having an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, a refrigerant conduit between said indoor unit and said outdoor unit, and a compressor operable to circulate refrigerant through said conduit between said indoor unit and said outdoor unit, wherein the improvement comprises a device for reducing compressor-induced vibration in said conduit, said device being comprised of a support member located beneath said outdoor unit and a section of refrigerant line housed in said support member, said section of refrigerant line being interposed in a portion of said refrigerant conduit between said compressor and said indoor unit, said compressor being external to said support member, said indoor unit having a first heat exchanger and said outdoor unit having a second heat exchanger, said refrigerant conduit including a first refrigerant line communicating between said first heat exchanger and said compressor, a second refrigerant line communicating between said compressor and said second heat exchanger and a third refrigerant line communicating between said second heat exchanger and said first heat exchanger, said compressor being operable to circulate refrigerant through said first, second and third refrigerant lines, said second heat exchanger being external to said support member, said section of refrigerant line being interposed in said first refrigerant line.