Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus having terminal-block mounting portion with terminal-block seat
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Application No.: US16975442Application Date: 2018-04-10
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Publication No.: US11306925B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Yo Kitabatake , Shigeru Hata
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/015087 WO 20180410
- International Announcement: WO2019/198151 WO 20191017
- Main IPC: F24F1/22
- IPC: F24F1/22

Abstract:
An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus has a structure that enables a terminal block to be added on a front side that a worker can easily contact, without greatly changing the location of an existing terminal block and the basic shape of a mounting portion. In a casing of the outdoor unit, a heat exchanger, an outdoor fan, a compressor, and an electrical component are provided. The outdoor unit includes: terminal blocks to be connected to the electrical component; and a terminal-block mounting portion facing from the inside of the casing toward the outside thereof. The terminal blocks are arranged in the height direction of the terminal-block mounting portion, and include first and second terminal blocks on a lower side and an upper side, respectively. The second terminal block is mounted on a terminal-block seat on the terminal-block mounting portion. The above seat includes a mounting portion on which the second terminal block is mounted, and a fixed portion contacting the terminal-block mounting portion. The fixed portion is smaller than the mounting portion, and the mounting portion protrudes from the fixed portion toward the first terminal block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210018192A1 OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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