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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning apparatus includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a compressor that compresses a refrigerant and a motor drive apparatus that drives the compressor. The motor drive apparatus includes an inverter that converts a direct-current voltage into an alternating-current voltage and a motor that operates on the alternating-current voltage from the inverter. The motor includes six stator windings that are each openable at both ends. The motor drive apparatus further includes a connection state switching unit that includes a function of switching a connection state of the six stator windings of the motor among at least four types of connection states.