<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ep-patent-document PUBLIC "-//EPO//EP PATENT DOCUMENT 1.5//EN" "ep-patent-document-v1-5.dtd">
<ep-patent-document id="EP11168335A3" file="EP11168335NWA3.xml" lang="en" country="EP" doc-number="2400230" kind="A3" date-publ="20170906" status="n" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-5">
<SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESM..................</B001EP><B005EP>J</B005EP><B007EP>BDM Ver 0.1.63 (23 May 2017) -  1620000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>2400230</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>20170906</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>11168335.5</B210><B220><date>20110601</date></B220><B250>en</B250><B251EP>en</B251EP><B260>en</B260></B200><B300><B310>20100059895</B310><B320><date>20100624</date></B320><B330><ctry>KR</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>20170906</date><bnum>201736</bnum></B405><B430><date>20111228</date><bnum>201152</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510EP><classification-ipcr sequence="1"><text>F24F   1/00        20110101AFI20170728BHEP        </text></classification-ipcr><classification-ipcr sequence="2"><text>F24F  13/22        20060101ALI20170728BHEP        </text></classification-ipcr><classification-ipcr sequence="3"><text>F24F  13/20        20060101ALI20170728BHEP        </text></classification-ipcr></B510EP><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Innenraumeinheit einer Klimaanlage</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>Indoor unit of air conditioner</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Unité d'intérieur pour climatiseur</B542></B540><B590><B598>3</B598></B590></B500><B600><B620EP><parent><cdoc><dnum><anum>16198816.7</anum><pnum>3150928</pnum></dnum><date>20161115</date></cdoc></parent></B620EP></B600><B700><B710><B711><snm>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.</snm><iid>101328413</iid><irf>P15970EP-SF</irf><adr><str>129, Samsung-ro 
Yeongtong-gu</str><city>Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 443-742</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Yu, Jung Ho</snm><adr><str>292-3, Seokchon-dong, 
Songpa-gu</str><city>Seoul</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Kim, Young Hoon</snm><adr><str>805-1602, Byeokjeokgoi-8th-Doosan Apt.,
Yeongtong-2-dong, 
Yeongtong-gu, 
Suwon-si</str><city>Gyeonggi-do</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Koh, Jeong Uk</snm><adr><str>222-401, Sibeom-danji-wooseong Apt.,
Seohyeon-dong, 
Bundang-gu, 
Seongnam-si</str><city>Gyeonggi-do</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Lee, Myoung Seop</snm><adr><str>207-1503, Chowon Daelim Apt., 
Pyeongan-dong,
Dongan-gu, Anyang-si</str><city>Gyeonggi-do</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Lee, In Chul</snm><adr><str>302, 97-19 Samjeon-dong, 
Songpa-gu</str><city>Seoul</city><ctry>KR</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Gulde &amp; Partner</snm><iid>101079545</iid><adr><str>Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB 
Wallstraße 58/59</str><city>10179 Berlin</city><ctry>DE</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>AL</ctry><ctry>AT</ctry><ctry>BE</ctry><ctry>BG</ctry><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>CY</ctry><ctry>CZ</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>DK</ctry><ctry>EE</ctry><ctry>ES</ctry><ctry>FI</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>GR</ctry><ctry>HR</ctry><ctry>HU</ctry><ctry>IE</ctry><ctry>IS</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>LT</ctry><ctry>LU</ctry><ctry>LV</ctry><ctry>MC</ctry><ctry>MK</ctry><ctry>MT</ctry><ctry>NL</ctry><ctry>NO</ctry><ctry>PL</ctry><ctry>PT</ctry><ctry>RO</ctry><ctry>RS</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry><ctry>SI</ctry><ctry>SK</ctry><ctry>SM</ctry><ctry>TR</ctry></B840><B844EP><B845EP><ctry>BA</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>ME</ctry></B845EP></B844EP><B880><date>20170906</date><bnum>201736</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI>
<abstract id="abst" lang="en">
<p id="pa01" num="0001">An indoor unit of an air conditioner with an electronic expansion valve. The indoor unit includes a main body, a heat exchanger disposed at the front portion of the inside of the main body, a control unit, in which electrical components are mounted, disposed at the outside in the lengthwise direction of the heat exchanger, a control case including a first side surface part disposed between the control unit and the heat exchanger and an extension part connected with the first side surface part and extended in the lengthwise direction of the heat exchanger, and an electronic expansion valve disposed in a space defined by two surfaces neighboring with each other by the extension part.
<img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="78" he="102" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif"/></p>
</abstract>
<search-report-data id="srep" lang="en" srep-office="EP" date-produced=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="srep0001.tif" wi="157" he="233" type="tif"/><doc-page id="srep0002" file="srep0002.tif" wi="155" he="233" type="tif"/></search-report-data><search-report-data date-produced="20170725" id="srepxml" lang="en" srep-office="EP" srep-type="ep-sr" status="n"><!--
 The search report data in XML is provided for the users' convenience only. It might differ from the search report of the PDF document, which contains the officially published data. The EPO disclaims any liability for incorrect or incomplete data in the XML for search reports.
 -->

<srep-info><file-reference-id>P15970EP-SF</file-reference-id><application-reference><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>11168335.5</doc-number></document-id></application-reference><applicant-name><name>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.</name></applicant-name><srep-established srep-established="yes"/><srep-invention-title title-approval="yes"/><srep-abstract abs-approval="yes"/><srep-figure-to-publish figinfo="by-applicant"><figure-to-publish><fig-number>3</fig-number></figure-to-publish></srep-figure-to-publish><srep-info-admin><srep-office><addressbook><text>MN</text></addressbook></srep-office><date-search-report-mailed><date>20170803</date></date-search-report-mailed></srep-info-admin></srep-info><srep-for-pub><srep-fields-searched><minimum-documentation><classifications-ipcr><classification-ipcr><text>F24F</text></classification-ipcr></classifications-ipcr></minimum-documentation></srep-fields-searched><srep-citations><citation id="sr-cit0001"><patcit dnum="KR20020047697A" id="sr-pcit0001" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=KR20020047697&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>KR</country><doc-number>20020047697</doc-number><kind>A</kind><name>SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]</name><date>20020622</date></document-id></patcit><category>X</category><rel-claims>1-7,10,11</rel-claims><category>Y</category><rel-claims>8,9,12</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* abstract; figure 3 *</passage></rel-passage></citation><citation id="sr-cit0002"><patcit dnum="WO2006098436A1" id="sr-pcit0002" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=WO2006098436&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>WO</country><doc-number>2006098436</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><name>TOSHIBA CARRIER CORP [JP]; SUDO AKIHISA [JP]; SEITO MASAYA [JP]; SHIRA</name><date>20060921</date></document-id></patcit><category>X</category><rel-claims>1-7,10,11</rel-claims><category>Y</category><rel-claims>8,9,12</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* abstract; figures 3-5 *</passage></rel-passage></citation><citation id="sr-cit0003"><patcit dnum="JPH10227472A" id="sr-pcit0003" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=JPH10227472&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>H10227472</doc-number><kind>A</kind><name>MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD</name><date>19980825</date></document-id></patcit><category>Y</category><rel-claims>1,12</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* abstract; figure 1 *</passage></rel-passage></citation><citation id="sr-cit0004"><patcit dnum="US2007062208A1" id="sr-pcit0004" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=US2007062208&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2007062208</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><name>TOBA YUJI [JP]</name><date>20070322</date></document-id></patcit><category>Y</category><rel-claims>1,8,9</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* paragraph [0031] - paragraph [0035]; figure 1 *</passage></rel-passage></citation><citation id="sr-cit0005"><patcit dnum="US2003167786A1" id="sr-pcit0005" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=US2003167786&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2003167786</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><name>NAKAGAWA HIDETOMO [JP] ET AL</name><date>20030911</date></document-id></patcit><category>Y</category><rel-claims>1</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* abstract; figure 5 *</passage></rel-passage></citation><citation id="sr-cit0006"><patcit dnum="EP0653595A2" id="sr-pcit0006" url="http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&amp;IDX=EP0653595&amp;CY=ep"><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>0653595</doc-number><kind>A2</kind><name>SANYO ELECTRIC CO [JP]</name><date>19950517</date></document-id></patcit><category>A</category><rel-claims>1-12</rel-claims><rel-passage><passage>* abstract *</passage></rel-passage></citation></srep-citations><srep-admin><examiners><primary-examiner><name>Valenza, Davide</name></primary-examiner></examiners><srep-office><addressbook><text>Munich</text></addressbook></srep-office><date-search-completed><date>20170725</date></date-search-completed></srep-admin><!--							The annex lists the patent family members relating to the patent documents cited in the above mentioned European search report.							The members are as contained in the European Patent Office EDP file on							The European Patent Office is in no way liable for these particulars which are merely given for the purpose of information.							For more details about this annex : see Official Journal of the European Patent Office, No 12/82						--><srep-patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>KR</country><doc-number>20020047697</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20020622</date></document-id></priority-application><text>NONE</text></patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>WO</country><doc-number>2006098436</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20060921</date></document-id></priority-application><text>NONE</text></patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>H10227472</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>19980825</date></document-id></priority-application><text>NONE</text></patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2007062208</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20070322</date></document-id></priority-application><family-member><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>4386874</doc-number><kind>B2</kind><date>20091216</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>2007083752</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20070405</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2007062208</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20070322</date></document-id></family-member></patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2003167786</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20030911</date></document-id></priority-application><family-member><document-id><country>AU</country><doc-number>2002234934</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20030630</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>CN</country><doc-number>1509393</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20040630</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>1489365</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20041222</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>2228606</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20100915</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>ES</country><doc-number>2368381</doc-number><kind>T3</kind><date>20111116</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>ES</country><doc-number>2375049</doc-number><kind>T3</kind><date>20120224</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>3876706</doc-number><kind>B2</kind><date>20070207</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>JP</country><doc-number>2003185171</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20030703</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>KR</country><doc-number>20030071865</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20030906</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>TW</country><doc-number>552378</doc-number><kind>B</kind><date>20030911</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>2003167786</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20030911</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>WO</country><doc-number>03052325</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20030626</date></document-id></family-member></patent-family><patent-family><priority-application><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>0653595</doc-number><kind>A2</kind><date>19950517</date></document-id></priority-application><family-member><document-id><country>CN</country><doc-number>1112220</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>19951122</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>CN</country><doc-number>1379212</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>20021113</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>DE</country><doc-number>69423847</doc-number><kind>D1</kind><date>20000511</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>DE</country><doc-number>69423847</doc-number><kind>T2</kind><date>20001109</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>DE</country><doc-number>69434123</doc-number><kind>D1</kind><date>20041209</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>DE</country><doc-number>69434123</doc-number><kind>T2</kind><date>20051027</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>0653595</doc-number><kind>A2</kind><date>19950517</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>EP</country><doc-number>0959308</doc-number><kind>A2</kind><date>19991124</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>ES</country><doc-number>2147208</doc-number><kind>T3</kind><date>20000901</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>ES</country><doc-number>2232994</doc-number><kind>T3</kind><date>20050601</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>SG</country><doc-number>65545</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>19990622</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>SG</country><doc-number>135972</doc-number><kind>A1</kind><date>20071029</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>5600962</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>19970211</date></document-id></family-member><family-member><document-id><country>US</country><doc-number>5638692</doc-number><kind>A</kind><date>19970617</date></document-id></family-member></patent-family></srep-patent-family></srep-for-pub></search-report-data>
</ep-patent-document>
