IP Library Granted Patent US 8,806,878
Granted Patent B2
US 8,806,878 · App. 12/947,945 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Vehicle air conditioner

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Patent No.
US 8,806,878
App. No.
12/947,945
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulator includes a step portion in a region where a sealing material support portion of a first division part comes into contact with a sealing material support portion of a second division part.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle air conditioner comprising:

a sealing material surrounding an expansion valve; and

a case which is constituted by a plurality of divided parts and surrounds and pinches the sealing material by a first division part and a second division part that are two fittable divided parts,

wherein the first division part and the second division part include sealing material support portions that penetrate the sealing material and support the sealing material, and

wherein the sealing material includes a step portion in a region that comes into contact with the sealing material support portions.

2. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing material includes a slit that sets a penetration direction of the sealing material support portions as a depth direction in the region that comes into contact with the sealing material support portions.

3. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing material support portions are provided so as to be extended in an insertion direction when the sealing material is attached to the divided parts, and a surface of the sealing material into which the sealing material support portions penetrate and the sealing material support portions are tilted to the penetration direction side of the sealing material support portions, as the surface and the sealing material support portions advance in the insertion direction.

4. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second division part includes an opening through which the expansion valve is exposed, and an opening side sealing material support portion that is formed around the opening and penetrates into the sealing material.

5. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position regulation means which is provided in at least one of the first division part and the second division part and regulates the position of the sealing material.

6. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 ,

wherein a groove portion that guides the other sealing material support portion is provided in any one of the first division part and the second division part, and an inlet region of the groove portion is formed so as to be spread out.

7. The vehicle air conditioner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing material support portion of the first division part is in line-contact with the sealing material support portion of the second division part.

8. A vehicle air conditioner comprising:

a sealing material surrounding an expansion valve; and

a case that is constituted by a plurality of divided parts and surrounds and pinches the sealing material by a first division part and a second division part which are two fittable divided parts,

wherein the first division part and the second division part include sealing material support portions that penetrate into the sealing material and support the sealing material, and

wherein the sealing material includes a slit that sets a penetration direction of the sealing material support portions as a depth direction in a region where the sealing material support portion of the first division part comes into contact with the scaling material support portion of the second division part.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MAHLE BEHR JAPAN K.K.
To: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 062181/0274 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2022
From: MAHLE BEHR THERMAL SYSTEMS (JAPAN) COMPANY LIMITED; MAHLE BEHR JAPAN K.K.
To: MAHLE BEHR JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 062115/0233 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: MAHLE BEHR THERMAL SYSTEMS (JAPAN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062024/0690 →
DEMERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061892/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2010
From: IKEDA, SHINTARO
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025381/0861 →