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US 2014/0190196 A1Published application
Air conditioner
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsNoriyuki OKUDA, Norihiro TAKENAKA, Tomohiro MASUI
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached; and a refrigerant jacket which is connected to the power device, and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board is accommodated in a switch box. The refrigerant jacket is fixed to the switch box through a heat transfer plate, and the refrigerant jacket and the printed circuit board are connected together by the switch box.
Claims8
An air conditioner including
- a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached,
- a switch box in which the printed circuit board is housed, and
- a refrigerant circuit configured to perform a refrigeration cycle,
- the air conditioner comprising:
- a cooling unit configured to cool the power device using refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit,
- wherein a through-hole is formed at one surface of the switch box such that a peripheral edge part of the one surface of the switch box remains, and
- the cooling unit is fixed to the peripheral edge part from outside the switch box, and is connected to the power device through the through-hole.
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