(19)
(11) EP 1 403 597 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
30.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/27

(43) Date of publication:
31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21) Application number: 03023626.9

(22) Date of filing: 25.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F25B 6/04, F25B 39/04, F25B 41/06, F25B 43/00, F25B 41/04, B60H 1/32, F28D 1/053
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 26.04.2000 JP 2000126161
14.09.2000 JP 2000279956
09.01.2001 JP 2001001535
20.02.2001 JP 2001043971
26.02.2001 JP 2001050923

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
01109493.5 / 1150076

(71) Applicant: Denso Corporation
Kariya-city, Aichi-pref., 448-8661 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ito, Shigeki
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448-8661 (JP)
  • Yamasaki, Kurato
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448-8661 (JP)
  • Hotta, Teruyuki
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448-8661 (JP)
  • Yamanaka, Yasushi
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448-8661 (JP)
  • Inaba, Atsushi
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448-8661 (JP)

(74) Representative: Klingseisen, Franz, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte, Dr. F. Zumstein, Dipl.-Ing. F. Klingseisen, Postfach 10 15 61
80089 München
80089 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 16 - 10 - 2003 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Refrigerant cycle system


(57) A condenser (2) of a refrigerant cycle system includes a first heat exchange unit (2a) into which refrigerant discharged from a compressor (1) flows, a second heat exchange unit (2b) disposed at a downstream of the first heat exchange unit in a refrigerant flow direction, and a gas-liquid separator (2c) disposed between the first and second heat exchange units in the refrigerant flow direction. In the refrigerant cycle system, at least gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator flows into the second heat exchange unit so that an amount of liquid refrigerant stored in the gas-liquid separator is changed in accordance with a super-heating degree of refrigerant discharged from the compressor.