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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Arisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Iwazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Toyodome, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner includes a compressor to compress a refrigerant used in a refrigeration cycle, a converter to generate a DC voltage, an inverter to generate three-phase AC voltages from the DC voltage, a motor to produce a driving force for driving the compressor with a plurality of coils, the three-phase AC voltages being applied to the coils, a connection switching unit to switch connection states of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state, and a controller to detect an abnormality of the connection switching unit.