Indoor unit and air conditioner including indoor unit
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorKanako Bando
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Abstract
An indoor unit of a ceiling embedded type, includes: a case having a suction port; a heat exchanger; a fan configured to suck indoor air via the suction port and send the indoor air thus sucked to the heat exchanger; an air guide member configured to guide the indoor air sucked into the fan, dividing an internal space of the case into a first space and a second space disposed downstream in an air flow with respect to the first space, and having a passage allowing a refrigerant to pass through from the second space to the first space; and a refrigerant sensor disposed in the passage closer to the first space than to the second space and configured to detect the refrigerant having passed the passage.
Claims6
An indoor unit of a ceiling embedded type, comprising:
- a case having a suction port;
- a heat exchanger;
- a fan configured to suck indoor air via the suction port and send the indoor air thus sucked to the heat exchanger;
- an air guide member:
- configured to guide the indoor air sucked into the fan,
- dividing an internal space of the case into a first space and a second space disposed downstream in an air flow with respect to the first space, and
- having a passage allowing a refrigerant to pass through from the second space to the first space;
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- a refrigerant sensor disposed in the passage closer to the first space than to the second space and configured to detect the refrigerant having passed the passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.