US 10,856,442 B2 · Outdoor unit of air conditioner, cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and method for manufacturing the cooling unit

Abstract

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure to efficiently cool a heating unit of electronic parts therein, a cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and a method for manufacturing the cooling unit are provided. The outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a case, a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing a refrigerant discharged from the compressor, electronic parts arranged in the case; and a cooling unit arranged to cool the electronic parts, wherein the cooling unit comprises a heat radiation member arranged to receive and cool down heat produced from the electronic parts, and to come into contact with at least a part of a cooling pipe in which the refrigerant flows, and a plurality of heat transfer fins formed at least some part of the heat radiation member.

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Dependent claims

An outdoor portion of an air conditioner comprising:

a case including a hole;
a compressor to compress a refrigerant;
a condenser to condense the compressed refrigerant discharged from the compressor;
a plurality of electronic parts arranged in the case and including a heater;
and
a cooler arranged to cool at least some of the plurality of electronic parts,
wherein the cooler comprises:
a heat radiation member arranged to receive and cool down a heat produced from at least some of the plurality of electronic parts, and having a die-cast portion to come into contact with at least a part of a cooling pipe in which the refrigerant flows,
wherein the heat radiation member comprises a first cooler and a second cooler formed integrally with the first cooler and configured to transfer heat to the cooling pipe inside the second cooler, and
wherein the second cooler includes at least one combining hole and is installed on an outer side of the case by at least one combining member passing through the at least one combining hole to the outer side of the case, and the first cooler passes through the hole in the case to come into contact with the heater of the plurality of electronic parts.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description6,928 words

Summary1,150 words

#This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Application No. 10-2015-0147253, filed Oct. 22, 2015, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

#1. Field

#The present disclosure relates to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure to efficiently cool a heating unit of electronic parts therein, a cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and a method for manufacturing the cooling unit.

Brief description of the drawings12 figures

#These and/or other aspects and advantages will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

#FIG. 1 shows a refrigeration cycle of an air conditioner that includes a cooling unit, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a control box of an air conditioner, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed description5,512 words

#Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.

#Embodiments and features as described and illustrated in the present disclosure are only preferred examples, and various modifications thereof may also fall within the scope of the disclosure.

#Throughout the drawings, like reference numerals refer to like parts or components.

Facts

Application

15/298,437Filed 20 Oct 2016

Priority

KR 10-2015-014725322 Oct 2015

Published

US 2017/0118871 A127 Apr 2017

Granted

1 Dec 2020

Term ends

1 Oct 2037

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 346 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification8 codes

H05K 7/20354
Using a liquid coolant with phase change in electronic enclosures: refrigerating circuit comprising a compressor
B23P 15/26
Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass: heat exchangers or the like
F24F 1/24
Electric components for separate outdoor units: cooling of electric components
H05K 7/20318
Using a liquid coolant with phase change in electronic enclosures: condensers

Timeline

22 Oct 2015Priority claimedKR 10-2015-0147253
20 Oct 2016Application filedUS 15/298,437
21 Oct 2016Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
27 Apr 2017PublishedUS 2017/0118871 A1
1 Dec 2020GrantedUS 10,856,442 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
1 Oct 2037Term endsEstimated, includes 346 days of adjustment

Outdoor unit of air conditioner, cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and method for manufacturing the cooling unit

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Outdoor unit of air conditioner, cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and method for manufacturing the cooling unit

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Description6,928 words

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Description6,928 words