(19)
(11) EP 2 163 680 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/11

(21) Application number: 09161352.1

(22) Date of filing: 28.05.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 58/24(2006.01)
F28D 7/00(2006.01)
 F24F 3/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 11.09.2008 JP 2008233610

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Taniguchi, Mitsunori c/o Panasonic Corporation
    1-61, Shiromi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Tanaka, Masayuki c/o Panasonic Corporation
    1-61, Shiromi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Uera, Osamu c/o Panasonic Corporation
    1-61, Shiromi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Goi, Yasushi c/o Panasonic Corporation
    1-61, Shiromi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Air conditioning unit


(57) There is provided an air conditioning unit (39) in which an evaporator (31) and a condenser (32) located in the middle of an air passage (5) from a suction inlet port (391) to a suction outlet port (392) for dehumidifying and heating a circulating air, and a compressor (37) for circulating a cooling medium therethrough are build inside a unit case (38) having the suction inlet port (391) and the suction outlet port (392), wherein the evaporator and the condenser compose a heat exchanger (395) in which each other's fins are aligned in parallel, and the heat exchanger is installed inside the air passage of the unit case in which a suction outlet port surface formed by the suction outlet port is opposed to an opening surface of the evaporator or the condenser so as to form an angle (θ) smaller than a right angle.







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