Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Indoor unit
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Application No.: US15031800Application Date: 2014-10-24
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Publication No.: US09625195B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Masato Hiraki , Shinji Nagaoka , Shigeharu Taira
- Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-234041 20131112
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/078328 WO 20141024
- International Announcement: WO2015/072311 WO 20150521
- Main IPC: F24F1/00
- IPC: F24F1/00 ; F25B49/02 ; F25B49/00 ; F24F11/00

Abstract:
An indoor unit includes: a casing; a heat exchanger through which a flammable refrigerant flows; a fan; a detection sensor detecting a leak of the flammable refrigerant; a warning device emitting a warning about a leak of the flammable refrigerant; a control unit controlling operations of the fan and the warning device; and an operation device inputting stop commands for the fan and the warning device to the control unit based on its manual operation. Upon detection of a leak of the flammable refrigerant by the detection sensor, the control unit starts up the fan on condition that the fan is at a stop, starts up the warning device, disregards a stop command for the fan by the operation device, and permits a stop command for the warning device by the operation device. As a result, a user is enabled to arbitrarily stop a warning started based on occurrence of a refrigerant leak.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245566A1 INDOOR UNIT Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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