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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Hitachi-johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Naito, Tokyo, JP;

Kazumoto Urata, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiko Tani, Tokyo, JP;

Masayoshi Murofushi, Tokyo, JP;

Gen Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/06 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 41/062 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25B 2313/007 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0231 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0233 (2013.01); F25B 2313/02742 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0314 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0315 (2013.01); F25B 2341/0661 (2013.01); F25B 2500/23 (2013.01); F25B 2500/24 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21151 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21152 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a air conditioner including high-and-low-pressure gas pipe expansion valves each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the cooling-heating switching units and adjusts feeding of high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant to the corresponding indoor unit; and a refrigeration cycle controller which adjusts a valve opening degree of the high-and-low-pressure gas pipe expansion valve of the cooling-heating switching unit connected to one of the indoor units which is not in heating operation, in accordance with a determination result on excess or deficiency of refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle.


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