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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Hitachi-johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Houfuku, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distributor distributing refrigerant to multiple pipes including a tubular member including, at a side surface thereof, multiple insertion ports into which the multiple pipes are inserted and a supply port through which the refrigerant is supplied, a first closing member and a second closing member configured to close the tubular member at two spots positioned along a longitudinal direction of the tubular member, and a partition member extending from the first closing member to the second closing member and configured to divide an internal space of the tubular member into a space on an insertion port side and a space on a supply port side. The partition member includes two protruding portions contacting tip ends of the multiple pipes, and includes a refrigerant flow path between the two protruding portions on a first closing member side of one of the insertion ports closest to the first closing member.