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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2023
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Beomchan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sungoh Choi, Seoul, KR;
Hyeri Park, Seoul, KR;
Jusu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyungsoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a compressor and a heat exchanger; and an indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit through a gas pipe and a liquid pipe and having a heat exchanger including first and second coils branched from the gas pipe in series. The indoor unit includes first and second manifolds connected by refrigerant pipes to enable refrigerant flow to the indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve connected in parallel to the liquid pipe, a distributor in which expansion valves are connected in series and connected by a refrigerant pipe to enable refrigerant flow to the first coil, a refrigerant flow pipe that connects the first manifold and the second coil, a gas-liquid separator installed in the refrigerant flow pipe to phase-separate the refrigerant, a bypass pipe installed between the gas pipe and the gas-liquid separator, and a control valve installed on the gas pipe.