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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Jinnai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kubono, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Yanase, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Iwazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit is an outdoor unit to which a refrigerant pipe used to circulate refrigerant between an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes: a rectangular bottom panel disposed below the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, the rectangular bottom panel supporting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; a peripheral panel disposed on a peripheral portion of the bottom panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; a fixing panel disposed at a corner portion of the bottom panel to be located at an inner side of the peripheral panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; and a valve which is fixed to the fixing panel and to which the refrigerant pipe is connected.