Outdoor unit and air conditioner having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung Ho KIM, Joon Ho Yoon
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Abstract
An outdoor unit allows the position of the service valve to be changed in order to adapt the outdoor unit to various environments in which the outdoor unit is installed. The outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a body, a compressor disposed inside the body to compress a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger to cause heat exchange between the refrigerant compressed by the compressor and outdoor air, at least one service valve to regulate the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger, and a guide portion provided at the body to guide a positional shift of the service valve.
Claims15
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner comprising:
- a body;
- a compressor disposed inside the body to compress a refrigerant;
- an outdoor heat exchanger to cause heat exchange between the refrigerant compressed by the compressor and outdoor air;
- at least one service valve to regulate the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger;
- and
- a guide portion provided at the body to guide a positional shift of the at least one service valve.
An air conditioner including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, wherein the outdoor unit comprises:
- a body;
- a compressor disposed inside the body to compress a refrigerant;
- at least one service valve positioned at an outer surface of the body to regulate the refrigerant flowing into the compressor;
- a guide portion provided at the body to guide a positional shift of the service valve;
- and
- a flexible pipe of a soft material to connect the compressor and the at least one service valve to allow the positional shift of the at least one service valve along the guide portion.
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner comprising:
- a body;
- a compressor disposed inside the body to compress a refrigerant;
- an outdoor heat exchanger to cause heat exchange between the compressed refrigerant and outdoor air;
- a plurality of service valves to regulate the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger;
- a guide portion provided at the body to guide a positional shift of the service valves;
- and
- a plurality of flexible pipes of a soft material to connect the compressor and the service valves to allow the positional shift of the service valves along the guide portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.