Air conditioning apparatus

US8943847B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8943847-B2
Application numberUS-200913391444-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 10, 2009
Priority dateSep 10, 2009
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving. An air-conditioning apparatus controls first heat medium flow switching devices and second heat medium flow switching devices in a heating only operation mode and a cooling only operation mode such that a flow rate through which a heat medium circulates is formed between all of the heat exchangers related to heat medium and at least one of use side heat exchangers.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a compressor; a heat source side heat exchanger; a plurality of expansion devices; a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium; a plurality of pumps; and a plurality of use side heat exchangers, the compressor, the heat source side heat exchanger, the expansion devices, and the heat exchangers related to heat medium being connected to form a refrigerant circuit in which a heat-source-side refrigeran…

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What does patent US8943847B2 cover?
To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving. An air-conditioning apparatus controls first heat medium flow switching devices and second heat medium flow switching devices in a heating only operation mode and a cooling only operation mode such that a flow rate through which a heat medium circulates is formed between all of the heat exchangers related to heat mediu…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yamashita Koji, Morimoto Hiroyuki, Motomura Yuji, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F24F3/06. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).