Outdoor unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10378782-B2
Application number	US-201615756457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Sep 11, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

An outdoor unit ( 100, 110 ), comprising a housing ( 1, 20 ) having fans ( 2 ) provided thereon and a compressor ( 4 ) and heat exchanger ( 3 - 1, 3 - 2, 23 - 1, 23 - 2 ) disposed on a base ( 10, 210 ) thereof; a left-right pair of side covers ( 8, 28, 9, 29 ) each being bent and having two surfaces, one surface covering a portion of a side of housing ( 1, 20 ), and the other surface covering a portion of the front of the housing ( 1, 20 ); a controller housing ( 7 ) fixed to the upper section of the surface of at least one side cover ( 8, 28, 9, 29 ), of said left-right pair of said covers ( 8, 28, 9, 29 ), that covers a portion of the front of the housing ( 1, 20 ), said controller housing ( 7 ) being fixed at a height allowing the compressor ( 4 ) to be moved into and out of the housing unobstructed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner or a refrigerator comprising:
a housing with a fan being mounted and with a compressor and a heat exchanger being loaded on a bottom base;
a controller housing in which a controller which controls the fan and the compressor is disposed; and
a left cover having a first face and a second face intersecting each other at a bend in the left cover, the first face covering a portion of a left side face of the housing and the second face covering a portion of a front face of the housing;
a right cover having a first face and a second face intersecting each other at a bend in the right cover, the first face covering a portion of a right side face of the housing and the second face covering a portion of the front face of the housing,
wherein, the controller housing is fixed to a position of the housing at a height at which the controller housing is not an obstacle when the compressor is removed out of and into an inside of the housing, and is fixed on an upper part of at least one of the second face of the left cover and the second face of the right cover, and
wherein the heat exchanger is disposed along a back face of the housing and along a portion of both the left and right sides of the housing, and is not disposed along the front face of the housing.

2. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller housing is fixed to the position of the housing at the height at which the controller housing is not the obstacle when the compressor is removed out of and into the inside of the housing, on upper parts of both the second face of the left cover and the second face of the right cover.

3. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller housing is fixed to a stationary plate which is attached to the front side face of the housing between the right cover and the left cover.

4. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner or a refrigerator having:
a fan which sucks and expels air;
a heat exchanger;
a compressor which compresses a refrigerant;
a controller housing in which a controller which controls the fan or the compressor is disposed; and
a housing section which houses therein the heat exchanger, the compressor and the controller housing, the fan being attached to an upper face of the housing section,
wherein the housing section is equipped with a left cover having a first face and a second face intersecting each other at a bend in the left cover, the first face covering a portion of a left side face of the housing and the second face covering a portion of a front face of the housing, a right cover having a first face and a second face intersecting each other at a bend in the right cover, the first face covering a portion of a right side face of the housing and the second face covering a portion of the front face of the housing, and a maintenance panel which is detachably attached to respective portions of the second face of the left cover and the second face of the right cover,
wherein the controller housing is fixed to an inner side of the maintenance panel and the controller is attached on at least one of the second face of the left cover and the second face of the right cover, and to a position of the housing at a height at which the controller housing is not an obstacle when the compressor is removed out of and into an inside of the housing section with a fixing member, and
wherein the heat exchanger is disposed along a back face of the housing section and along a portion of both the left and right sides of the housing section, and is not disposed along the front face of the housing section.

5. The outdoor unit according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller housing is fixed to upper parts of both the second face of the left cover and the second face of the right cover, and at the position at the height at which the controller housing is not the obstacle when the compressor is removed out of and into the inside of the housing section.

6. The outdoor unit according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller housing is fixed to a stationary plate which is attached to a front face of the housing between the right cover and the left cover.

Assignees

• Hitachi Johnson Controls Air Conditioning Inc

Inventors

• Kamiaka Takumi
• MUROFUSHI Masayoshi
• FUKASAWA Atsuhiko
• Inoue Shuntaro
• Mochizuki Takashi

Classifications

• F24F1/56 Primary

  Casing or covers of separate outdoor units, e.g. fan guards · CPC title

• F24F1/16

  Arrangement or mounting thereof · CPC title

• F24F1/38

  Fan details of outdoor units, e.g. bell-mouth shaped inlets or fan mountings · CPC title

• F24F1/22

  Arrangement or mounting thereof · CPC title

• F24F1/10 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting thereof · CPC title