EP 4033165 A1 20220727 - AIR CONDITIONER
Title (en)
AIR CONDITIONER
Title (de)
KLIMAANLAGE
Title (fr)
CLIMATISEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2021007684 A 20210121
Abstract (en)
An air conditioner according to the present disclosure includes indoor heat exchanger in indoor unit, an outdoor heat exchanger in an outdoor unit, pipe connector connecting a refrigerant pipe attached to the indoor heat exchanger to a refrigerant pipe attached to the outdoor heat exchanger, and a flammable refrigerant filling each of the refrigerant pipes. In the air conditioner, indoor unit includes air blow circuit housing indoor heat exchanger, pipe connection housing section located on a back surface of an underframe of indoor unit and that houses pipe connection potion, and leak detection sensor that detects a leak of the flammable refrigerant and that is disposed in air blow circuit. Indoor unit further includes communication path communicatively connecting air blow circuit to pipe connection housing section.
IPC 8 full level
F24F 1/0007 (2019.01); F24F 1/0068 (2019.01); F24F 11/36 (2018.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F24F 1/0007 (2013.01); F24F 1/0068 (2019.01); F24F 11/36 (2017.12); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 13/222 (2013.01); F24F 2013/205 (2013.01); F24F 2013/227 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
JP 2002098346 A 20020405 - DAIKIN IND LTD
Citation (search report)
- [X] JP 2016080220 A 20160516 - HITACHI APPLIANCES INC
- [IY] JP 2014035171 A 20140224 - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
- [Y] EP 3438559 A1 20190206 - HITACHI JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING INC [JP]
- [Y] JP 2016217567 A 20161222 - MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD
- [Y] WO 2018176554 A1 20181004 - GUANGDONG MIDEA REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES CO LTD [CN], et al
- [Y] KR 20060082458 A 20060718 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 21203576 A 20211019; JP 2021007684 A 20210121