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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeo Takata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsaku Kusube, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant pipe through which refrigerant that flows through the refrigeration cycle passes; a pipe-side plate thermally connected to the refrigerant pipe; a control box thermally connected to the pipe-side plate and containing an electric component including a heating element; a housing of an outdoor unit, the housing containing the pipe-side plate and the control box; a positioning element fixing the pipe-side plate and the control box to each other; and a fastening element fixing the control box and the positioning element to each other. At least one side surface of the housing has a work opening. A front portion of the control box is positioned closer to the work opening in the housing, and a rear portion of the control box is positioned closer to a rear surface of the housing, the rear surface facing the side surface having the work opening.