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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Woo Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Du Han Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Jun Seok Kwon, Anyang-si, KR;
Ki Seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner in which flow noise of a refrigerant is reduced. An air conditioner includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with outside air, an expansion device configured to expand the refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with indoor air, and a muffler configured to reduce flow noise of the refrigerant flowing into the indoor heat exchanger, wherein the muffler includes a shell including a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, a first baffle disposed at one side of an inner part of the shell and including a plurality of first holes, a plurality of pipes inserted into the plurality of first holes and serving as passages through which the refrigerant moves, and a second baffle disposed at the other side of the inner part of the shell and including a plurality of second holes through which the refrigerant passing through the pipe passes.