Outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus having L-shaped heat exchanger and placement plate for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10816227-B2
Application number	US-201616096087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2016
Priority date	Jul 25, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus that includes a bottom plate made of metal, an L-shaped heat exchanger made of metal different than the metal of the bottom plate, a placement plate provided on the bottom plate and having a heat exchanger placement surface on which the heat exchanger is placed. The placement plate having an L-shape in plan view, and the placement plate is held in contact with the bottom plate only below each of a short-side end portion of the placement plate, a long-side end portion of the placement plate, and a corner portion of the placement plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
a bottom plate made of metal;
a heat exchanger made of metal different than the metal of the bottom plate, the heat exchanger having an L-shape in plan view; and
a placement plate provided on the bottom plate and having a heat exchanger placement surface on which the heat exchanger is placed, the placement plate having an L-shape in plan view,
wherein the placement plate is held in contact with the bottom plate only below each of a short-side end portion of the placement plate, a long-side end portion of the placement plate, and a corner portion of the placement plate.

2. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a groove portion to which the heat exchanger is fitted is not provided on the heat exchanger placement surface.

3. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a hole is not provided on the heat exchanger placement surface.

4. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the placement plate is provided above a discharge passage provided on the bottom plate.

5. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein the bottom plate has a protruding portion provided at a position higher than the discharge passage, and
wherein the placement plate has a fitting hole, and the fitting hole is fitted over the protruding portion.

6. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the protruding portion comprises two protruding portions, and the fitting hole comprises two fitting holes.

7. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the fitting hole is formed in an extended portion being extended outward from the corner portion of the heat exchanger placement surface.

8. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein the heat exchanger placement surface has a drainage leading portion having a shape recessed to a height position between the bottom plate and the placement plate,
wherein the discharge passage has a discharge hole, and
wherein the drainage leading portion is formed above the discharge hole.

9. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the placement plate is provided above the discharge hole formed on the bottom plate.

10. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the placement plate includes a leg portion provided on a lower surface of each of the short-side end portion of the placement plate and the long-side end portion of the placement plate of the heat exchanger placement surface, and
wherein the leg portion is placed on the bottom plate.

11. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger placement surface has a drainage leading portion having a shape recessed to a height position between the bottom plate and the placement plate.

12. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the bottom plate has a flange portion extending along a peripheral edge of the bottom plate and has an inner surface perpendicular to a bottom surface of the bottom plate,
wherein the placement plate has a position regulation portion having a protruding shape, and
wherein the position regulation portion is held in contact with the inner surface of the flange portion.

13. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the position regulation portion comprises:
a perpendicular surface formed perpendicularly on the heat exchanger placement surface;
an inclined surface formed to be continuous with the perpendicular surface and formed to be inclined with respect to the heat exchanger placement surface; and
a parallel surface formed to be continuous with the inclined surface and formed to be parallel to the heat exchanger placement surface.

14. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the placement plate is integrally formed.

15. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a material of the placement plate is resin.

16. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a metal material of the heat exchanger is electrically less noble than a metal material of the bottom plate.

17. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 16 ,
wherein the metal material of the heat exchanger is aluminum, and
wherein the metal material of the bottom plate is iron.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Motoki
• Kato Yohei
• Sakabe Yudai
• Tanda Tsubasa
• Miwa Masaharu

Classifications

• F24F1/36

  Drip trays for outdoor units · CPC title

• F24F13/222

  for evacuating condensate · CPC title

• F28F19/00

  Preventing the formation of deposits or corrosion, e.g. by using filters {or scrapers} · CPC title

• F28D1/0477

  the conduits being bent in a serpentine or zig-zag · CPC title

• F28F21/084

  from aluminium or aluminium alloys · CPC title