US 11,913,668 B2
Air-conditioning apparatus
Makoto Kurihara, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Yuze, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/971,136
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/014764
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/193755, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0003316 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 1/0047 (2019.01); F24F 1/0014 (2019.01); F24F 13/06 (2006.01); F24F 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/20 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0047 (2019.02); F24F 1/0014 (2013.01); F24F 2013/0616 (2013.01); F24F 2013/205 (2013.01); F24F 2013/207 (2013.01); F24F 2013/247 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
an air inlet through which air is suctioned;
a fan configured to generate an air flow by suctioning the air from the air inlet;
an electrical component box having a box body, a lid that covers an opening of the box body, and a flange part positioned in a flow path of the air flow, the flange part being for fastening the lid to the box body; and
a flow straightening part that covers the flange part,
the flow straightening part including
a flow straightening plate having a curved surface or a slanting surface over the flange part to cover the flange part, and
a back plate that supports the flow straightening plate and is fastened to the lid,
the flow straightening plate having a through-hole at a position facing a screw hole of the flange part in a direction parallel to an axis of the screw hole of the flange part.