Air conditioner constituent unit and air conditioner
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTomohiko Sakamaki, Akira Omiya, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Naonobu Miyatani
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Abstract
A refrigerant pipe connected to a flow divider includes a first pipe made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a second pipe made of copper or copper alloy. A first connection end of the first pipe and a second connection end of the second pipe are connected. A cover member is disposed in a through hole to extend across an internal space and an external space of a casing, A first portion of the refrigerant pipe including the first connection end of the first pipe and the second connection end of the second pipe is covered with the cover member.
Claims13
An air conditioner constituent unit comprising:
- a casing having a through hole;
- a heat exchanger that is housed in the casing and has a plurality of heat transfer tubes;
- a refrigerant pipe passing through the through hole;
- a flow divider that is connected to the heat exchanger and the refrigerant pipe and distributes refrigerant flowing in from the refrigerant pipe to the plurality of heat transfer tubes;
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- a cover member covering the refrigerant pipe,
- the refrigerant pipe having
- a first pipe connected to the flow divider and made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and
- a second pipe made of copper or copper alloy,
- a first connection end of the first pipe and a second connection end of the second pipe being directly connected or connected through a metal pipe made of a material different from those of the first pipe and the second pipe,
- the cover member being disposed in the through hole to extend across an internal space and an external space of the casing,
- a first portion of the refrigerant pipe including the first connection end of the first pipe and the second connection end of the second pipe being covered with the cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.