The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2023
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Daehyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yongcheol Sa, Seoul, KR;
Jiyoung Jang, Seoul, KR;
Chiwoo Song, Seoul, KR;
Jisung Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner may include a controller; a compressor that compresses a refrigerant; an outdoor heat exchanger through which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows; a plurality of expansion valves that expands the refrigerant passed through the outdoor heat exchanger; a plurality of indoor heat exchangers through which the refrigerant passed through the plurality of expansion valves flows; a plurality of connection pipes that connects the plurality of indoor heat exchangers and the compressor; and a plurality of variable valves installed in the plurality of connection pipes. An opening degree of each of the plurality of variable valves may be adjustable via the controller.