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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiya Fuse, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Ryutaro Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Koseki, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit for an air conditioning device includes a heat exchanger including (i) heat transfer tubes arranged with a space therebetween and each having one end connected to a refrigerant tube, and (ii) fins extending from the heat transfer tubes; first and second protective members each having (i) a flat plate that covers a respective end portion of the heat transfer tubes and an endmost fin that is located nearest the end portions of the heat transfer tubes, and (ii) a protrusion that protrudes from the flat plate toward the space between the heat transfer tubes near the end portions of the heat transfer tubes; first and second cover members that cover a respective flat plate; and a housing having an inner wall abutting the first cover member and an inner wall abutting the second cover member.