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Refrigerant liquid-gas separator having an integrated check valve

  • US 10,724,772 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2017
  • Issued: 07/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerant system, comprising:

  • a liquid-gas separator device including;

    a refrigeration section configured to couple to a refrigeration loop, the refrigeration section comprising;

    a refrigerant inlet configured to receive refrigerant from the refrigeration loop;

    a refrigerant outlet configured to release substantially vapor refrigerant to the refrigeration loop;

    a cavity coupled to the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet, the cavity configured to substantially separate liquid refrigerant from vapor refrigerant; and

    a planar divider extending from at least one wall of the cavity into the cavity, the divider at least partially defining an inlet sub-cavity coupled to the refrigerant inlet and an outlet sub-cavity coupled to the refrigerant outlet, wherein the divider defines a flow path between the inlet sub-cavity and the outlet sub-cavity over or under the divider; and

    electronics thermally coupled to refrigerant in the refrigeration section, such that heat from the electronics is transferred to the refrigerant in the refrigeration section during use of the refrigerant system.

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