18728292. AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18728292 titled 'AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat medium cycle circuit; and a heat source side refrigerant cycle circuit in which a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a heat medium heat exchanger are connected by pipes, wherein the heat source side refrigerant cycle circuit has a bypass pipe, a bypass valve, and a merging portion, the heat medium heat exchanger side pipe having one end connected to the heat medium heat exchanger, the compressor side pipe having one end connected to a heat source side refrigerant suction side of the compressor, and the heat medium heat exchanger side pipe in the merging portion is connected to the compressor side pipe and the bypass pipe with a pipe axis thereof being upwardly inclined relative to a horizontal direction or being oriented upward in a vertical direction when viewed from the merging portion.