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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Fujitsu General Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniko Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes: an outdoor fan; an outdoor air temperature detector; and a controller, wherein the controller performs: a fan defrost operation to circulate the refrigerant in the same order as in the case of a cooling operation and rotate the outdoor fan when the outdoor air temperature is within a predetermined temperature range, a fan defrost operation over a period of a first fan defrost operation time when the outdoor air temperature is lower than a first predetermined temperature, and a fan defrost operation over a period of a second fan defrost operation time that is longer than the first fan defrost operation time when the outdoor air temperature is equal to or higher than a second predetermined temperature that is higher than the first predetermined temperature.