Heat exchange unit and air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196433-B2
Application number	US-202418621298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2024
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A connection pipe of a heat exchange unit includes a second refrigerant pipe made of a second metal higher in potential than a first metal of a first refrigerant pipe. The second refrigerant pipe includes a first section that is bent to protrude upward. The first section includes a first curved section disposed on a first refrigerant pipe side relative to an apex of the first section and a second curved section disposed on a side opposite to the first refrigerant pipe side relative to the apex of the first section. A covering member or a coating film is provided in intimate contact with the second refrigerant pipe to cover a first refrigerant pipe side edge of the second refrigerant pipe and the first curved section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchange unit comprising:
a heat exchanger; and
a connection pipe, connected to the heat exchanger, through which a refrigerant flows, wherein
the connection pipe includes:
a first refrigerant pipe that has one end connected to the heat exchanger and that is made of a first metal; and
a second refrigerant pipe that is made of a second metal higher in potential than the first metal of the first refrigerant pipe and that has one end connected to the other end of the first refrigerant pipe,

the second refrigerant pipe includes:
a first section that is bent to protrude upward and that has an end disposed on a side opposite to a first refrigerant pipe side; and
a second section that is continuous with the end of the first section and that extends along an approximate vertical direction,

the first section includes:
a first curved section disposed on the first refrigerant pipe side relative to an apex of the first section; and
a second curved section disposed on the side opposite to the first refrigerant pipe side relative to the apex of the first section, and
a covering member or a coating film is provided in intimate contact with the second refrigerant pipe and covers a first refrigerant pipe side edge of the second refrigerant pipe and the first curved section.

2. The heat exchange unit according to claim 1 , wherein the covering member or the coating film covers a second refrigerant pipe side edge of the first refrigerant pipe.

3. The heat exchange unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the second refrigerant pipe has the one end connected to the other end of the first refrigerant pipe through a third refrigerant pipe, and
the covering member or the coating film covers the third refrigerant pipe.

4. The heat exchange unit according to claim 1 , wherein the covering member or the coating film covers the second curved section of the second refrigerant pipe.

5. The heat exchange unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second refrigerant pipe includes a bent section that is bent to protrude downward.

6. The heat exchange unit according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange unit is an indoor unit.

7. An air conditioner comprising the heat exchange unit according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nakano Hiroyuki
• Ago Shota
• Yamamoto Atsushi

Classifications

• F28F2245/00

  Coatings; Surface treatments · CPC title

• F28F19/02

  by using coatings, e.g. vitreous or enamel coatings · CPC title

• F24F1/0067

  by the shape of the heat exchangers or of parts thereof, e.g. of their fins · CPC title

• F25B41/40

  Fluid line arrangements · CPC title

• F25B2339/04

  Details of condensers · CPC title