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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Rihito Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Onaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Akaiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Sato, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a distributor; a plurality of heat-transfer tubes; and a refrigerant inflow pipe. The plurality of heat-transfer tubes connected to the distributor stick out into an internal space of the distributor such that when the plurality of heat-transfer tubes and a part defined as the internal space are projected on a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of the distributor, the plurality of heat-transfer tubes occupies one-half or greater of the part defined as the internal space. The distributor includes an orifice plate and dividing the internal space. The orifice plate is located above the lowest one of the plurality of heat-transfer tubes in the internal space. The orifice plate has an orifice through which the upper and lower spaces communicate with each other.