Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air conditioner
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Application No.: US14377419Application Date: 2012-02-09
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Publication No.: US09618218B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Koji Naito , Yasutaka Yoshida , Kazumoto Urata , Hiroyuki Kawaguchi , Yuki Furuta , Kazuhiko Tani
- Applicant: Koji Naito , Yasutaka Yoshida , Kazumoto Urata , Hiroyuki Kawaguchi , Yuki Furuta , Kazuhiko Tani
- Applicant Address: HK Kowloon Bay KLN
- Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: HK Kowloon Bay KLN
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/000848 WO 20120209
- International Announcement: WO2013/118174 WO 20130815
- Main IPC: F24F1/32
- IPC: F24F1/32 ; F24F1/28

Abstract:
Provided is an air conditioner which comprises multiple outdoor units, the air conditioner being configured so that, with the use of a low cost configuration, required refrigeration machine oil is supplied to all the outdoor units through refrigerant piping and so that the air conditioner has increased reliability. An air conditioner is provided with multiple indoor units and with four outdoor units which are connected to the multiple indoor units through refrigerant piping. A line of first refrigerant piping leading from the multiple indoor units is branched into two lines of second refrigerant piping, each of the two lines of second refrigerant piping is branched into two lines of third refrigerant piping, and the four lines of third refrigerant piping are respectively connected to the four outdoor units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150300662A1 Air Conditioner Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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