Automobile air conditioning system

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AN AUTOMOBILE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATION WITH THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT SEPARATED FROM THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BY A FIRE WALL INCLUDING INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS THEREIN COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF, AN EVAPORATOR ENCLOSURE INCLUDING AN INTAKE OPENING AND AN EVAPORATOR COMPARTMENT SEPARATED THEREFROM HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING, MOTOR DRIVEN MEANS INCLUDING A FAN FOR DRAWING AIR FROM SAID INTAKE PASSAGEWAY AND DIRECTING IT THROUGH SAID EVAPORATOR COMPARTMENT OUTLET OPENING, FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE ENCLOSURE INTAKE OPENING TO THE FIRE WALL OUTLET OPENING AND THE EVAPORATOR COMPARTMENT OUTLET OPENING TO THE FIRE WALL INLET OPENING TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATIONS FROM THE EVAPORATOR ENCLOSURE TO SAID FIRE WALL, A COMPRESSOR HAVING AN ELONGATED LOW PROFILE OUTER CASING WITH A DRIVE SHAFT DIRECTED OUTWARDLY OF ONE END THEREOF, MEANS FOR DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO THE AUTOMOBILE ENGINE FOR OPERATING THE COMPRESSOR, MEANS FORMING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET OPENING FROM SAID COMPRESSOR, A CONDENSER, AN EVAPORATOR LOCATED WITHIN SAID EVAPORATOR COMPARTMENT, AN INTEGRATED REFRIGERANT FLUID FLOW CONTROL PACKAGE INCLUDING A RECEIVER DEHYDRATOR ASSEMBLY, AN EVAPORATOR VALVE ASSEMBLY AND A SUCTION THROTTLING VALVE ASSEMBLY, SAID INTEGRATED FLUID FLOW CONTROL PACKAGE INCLUDING HOUSING MEANS COMMON TO SAID RECEIVER DEHYDRATOR, EXPANSION VALVE AND THROTTLING VALVE ASSEMBLIES, SAID HOUSING MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A FACE PORTION FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE END OF SAID COMPRESSOR OPPOSITE TO ITS DRIVEN END, SAID HOUSING MEANS BEING SUPPORTED ON AND LOCATED IN JUXTAPOSITION RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID EVAPORATOR ENCLOSURE MEANS WHEREBY SAID ENCLOSURE MEANS, FLUID CONTROL PACKAGE AND COMPRESSOR ARE UNITIZED FOR INSTALLATION AND SERVICING, AND MEANS INCLUDING PASSAGEWAYS IN SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING SAID COMPRESSOR, SAID CONDENSER, AND SAID EVAPORATOR IN SERIAL REFRIGERANT FLOW RELATIONSHIP.