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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyoung-Rock Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-Ho Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwon Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-Gyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Eom Ji Jang, Anyang-si, KR;
Dong Sik Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seung Kwan Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Heung Seob Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit having a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a flowpath switching valve disposed on a refrigerant flowpath between the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, a plurality of indoor units configured to operate in a cooling mode or in a heating mode, a mode controller configured to selectively guide refrigerant received from the outdoor unit to the plurality of indoor units. The mode controller guiding the refrigerant through one or more of: a first refrigerant pipe extending from the flowpath switching valve to the mode control unit, a second refrigerant pipe extending from the flowpath switching valve and diverging to the outdoor heat exchanger, and to the mode control unit, and a third refrigerant pipe extending from the outdoor heat exchanger to the mode controller.