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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer pipes provided at spacings from each other in a first direction, a header having an insertion hole in which a front end of each of the plurality of heat transfer pipes is inserted from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a fin attached to heat transfer pipes. The header includes a divider configured to divided the inside of the header into a first space in which the insertion hole is provided and a second space to which a refrigerant pipe is connected. The divider is provided with an opening surrounding the outer periphery of the front end of the heat transfer pipe as seen from the second direction. An air-conditioning apparatus includes the heat exchanger as a condenser or an evaporator.