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US 11,365,892 B2Granted
Heat exchanger and indoor unit having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTadaharu Nagai, Takeshi Takahara
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Abstract
Disclosed is a heat exchanger to reduce height and manufacturing cost. A heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger provided in the form of a plate; and a second heat exchanger provided in the form of a plate and arranged to be inclined to the first heat exchanger, wherein a corner of at least one of an end of the first heat exchanger and an end of the second heat exchanger is positioned to face a plane of the other of the end of the first heat exchanger and the end of the second heat exchanger.
Claims8
An air conditioner comprising:
- a casing;
- an upper fixture installed on an upper portion of an inner side of the casing;
- a lower fixture installed on a lower portion of the inner side of the casing;
- an inlet duct connection hole and a vent duct connection hole formed at the casing;
- a fan blower configured to blow air brought in through the inlet duct connection hole;
- and
- a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the air blown by the fan blower,
- wherein the heat exchanger comprises:
- a first heat exchanger provided in a form of a plate and including a plurality of first heat exchange elements, a first end and a second end of the first heat exchanger each having a shape of a staircase in which corners and planes are alternately formed;
- and
- a second heat exchanger provided in a form of a plate and arranged to be inclined to the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger including a plurality of second heat exchange elements, a first end and a second end of the second heat exchanger each having a shape of a staircase in which corners and planes are alternately formed,
- wherein a corner of the first end of the first heat exchanger is positioned to face a plane between the first end and the second end of the second heat exchanger,
- wherein the second end of the first heat exchanger is supported by the upper fixture, and
- wherein the second end of the second heat exchanger is supported by the lower fixture.
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