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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Johnson Controls-hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong, CN;
Jun Xue, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Kamiaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumoto Urata, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Murofushi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Task: To provide a high quality air conditioner with high efficiency and stability, preventing adverse effect of manufacturing variation on the refrigerant distribution. Solution: The air conditioner having an expansion valve for decompressing a refrigerant, and a heat exchanger for heat exchange between the refrigerant and air. The air conditioner includes a first linearly shaped piping that is connected to the expansion valve and vertically disposed, a branch pipe connected to the first piping for branching a refrigerant flow path into a plurality of sections, a plurality of second pipings connected to the branch pipe, and a plurality of distributors connected to the second piping for further branching the refrigerant flow path to the heat exchanger.