Global Patent Index - EP 4310427 A4

EP 4310427 A4 20240501 - HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE

Title (en)

HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE

Title (de)

WÄRMETAUSCHER UND KLIMATISIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR ET DISPOSITIF DE CLIMATISATION

Publication

EP 4310427 A4 20240501 (EN)

Application

EP 21931415 A 20210315

Priority

JP 2021010336 W 20210315

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP4310427A1] An outdoor heat exchanger (1) includes: a group of windward flat tubes including a plurality of first flat tubes (201) and a plurality of second flat tubes (202); a group of leeward flat tubes including a plurality of third flat tubes (301) and a plurality of fourth flat tubes (302) and disposed at a leeward position with respect to the group of windward flat tubes in a flow direction of air; and a distributor (10) that distributes refrigerant that flows in from a center of the distributor to the plurality of third flat tubes (301) through a plurality of branches. When the outdoor heat exchanger (1) acts as an evaporator, the refrigerant flows through the plurality of second flat tubes (202), the plurality of fourth flat tubes (302), the plurality of third flat tubes (301), and the plurality of first flat tubes (201) in this order, and when the outdoor heat exchanger (1) acts as a condenser, the refrigerant flows through the plurality of first flat tubes (201), the plurality of third flat tubes (301), the plurality of fourth flat tubes (302), and the plurality of second flat tubes (202) in this order.

IPC 8 full level

F28D 1/047 (2006.01); F28D 1/04 (2006.01); F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F28F 9/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F24F 1/0067 (2019.01 - US); F28D 1/0435 (2013.01 - EP); F28D 1/0476 (2013.01 - EP); F28D 1/05391 (2013.01 - EP); F28D 7/16 (2013.01 - US); F28F 9/0221 (2013.01 - EP); F28F 9/0278 (2013.01 - EP); F28F 2210/08 (2013.01 - EP); F28F 2210/10 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

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

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4310427 A1 20240124; EP 4310427 A4 20240501; CN 116997759 A 20231103; JP WO2022195659 A1 20220922; US 2024093945 A1 20240321; WO 2022195659 A1 20220922

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21931415 A 20210315; CN 202180095313 A 20210315; JP 2021010336 W 20210315; JP 2023506386 A 20210315; US 202118262940 A 20210315