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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Toshiba Carrier Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Iuchi, Shizuoka, JP;
CARRIER JAPAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner includes a shutoff unit to shut off a flow of a refrigerant in refrigerant piping connecting an outdoor unit and an indoor unit together, a power storage unit to supply power to the shutoff unit in a case where supply of power from an external power source is shut off, a refrigerant leakage detection unit to detect a refrigerant leakage, and a power source shutoff detection unit to detect that the supply of power from the external power source is shut off. The shutoff unit includes a shutoff valve driven by a motor that shuts off the flow of the refrigerant and a valve control unit which controls an action of the shutoff valve. In a case where the refrigerant leakage is detected together with a power shutoff, the valve control unit blocks the shutoff valve and increases an action speed of the shutoff valve.
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