Refrigerant compressor provided with a sound damper for an air condtioning unit
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- VISTEON GLOBAL TECH INC
- Publication Date
- 2008-03-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to German Patent Application Serial Number 102006044821.9-15, filed Sep. 14, 2006, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a refrigerant compressor provided with a muffler for an air conditioning unit in a vehicle, and more particularly to a muffler including a partition wall having a plurality of apertures formed therein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] In vehicles, mufflers are used in order to damp noise, especially noise caused by pressure pulsations. The process of compression of a refrigerant such as CO2, for example, in a compressor causes pressure pulsations which can be transmitted to an air conditioning unit over an inlet and an outlet of the compressor. The pressure pulsations can be perceived as unwanted noise in an interior of a vehicle by occupants of the vehicle.
[0004] In practice, different structures are u...