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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Najima, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an air-conditioning apparatus, an outdoor unit installed in an outdoor space and an indoor unit installed in an indoor space are connected by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigerant circuit. One or more pairs of valve kits are provided at the refrigerant pipes by which the outdoor unit and the indoor unit are connected, and allow a pair of additional refrigerant pipes on an inflow side and an outflow side to be connected to one of the one or more pairs of valve kits, the pair of additional refrigerant pipes being additionally provided to enable a new indoor unit to be added after installation of the air-conditioning apparatus. The valve kits of the one or more pairs of valve kits have respective distal end portions that are inclined upwards relative to a horizontal direction. The distal end portions each allow an associated one of the additional refrigerant pipe to be connected to the distal end portion.