Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contaminant detector and refrigeration cycle apparatus
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Application No.: US18287295Application Date: 2021-04-28
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Publication No.: US12031742B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Takafumi Nakai , Akira Morikawa , Noriaki Katsumata , Masaru Takada
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: XSENSUS LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2021/017025 2021.04.28
- International Announcement: WO2022/230122A 2022.11.03
- Date entered country: 2023-10-18
- Main IPC: F24F11/89
- IPC: F24F11/89 ; F24F140/30

Abstract:
A contaminant detector includes a detection object that is inclined relative to a horizontal direction in a drainage unit for accumulation of discharged water and on which a contaminant is to be deposited and a detection unit configured to emit energy toward the detection object to detect a contamination state of the detection object. The detection unit includes a transmission and reception module configured to emit and receive energy, a calculation module configured to calculate an amount of energy received from the detection object by the transmission and reception module, and a determination module configured to determine, based on the amount of energy calculated by the calculation module, the contamination state of the detection object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240085053A1 CONTAMINANT DETECTOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2024-03-14
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