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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Fujitsu General Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Toya, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Shimotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideya Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Matsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinju Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Ogata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner coupled to an indoor unit by a liquid pipe and a gas pipe, includes: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; a discharge pipe coupled to a refrigerant discharge side of the compressor; an intake pipe coupled to a refrigerant intake side of the compressor; an outdoor-unit high-pressure gas pipe coupled to the discharge pipe; an outdoor-unit low-pressure gas pipe coupled to the intake pipe; an outdoor-unit liquid pipe that couples a first refrigerant entry/exit opening of the outdoor heat exchanger and the liquid pipe together; a bypass pipe coupled to the outdoor-unit liquid pipe; a first flow-passage switcher coupled to a second refrigerant entry/exit opening of the outdoor heat exchanger, the discharge pipe, the intake pipe, and the bypass pipe; and a second flow-passage switcher coupled to the gas pipe, the outdoor-unit high-pressure gas pipe, and the outdoor-unit low-pressure gas pipe.