US 11,940,176 B2
Refrigerant flow path switching unit and air conditioner including the same
Mikio Kagawa, Osaka (JP); Kazuki Ikari, Osaka (JP); Szeping Beh, Osaka (JP); and Junichi Shimoda, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/290,077
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/041741
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/090624, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-204179 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0396400 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 3/06 (2006.01); F24F 1/34 (2011.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01)
CPC F24F 3/065 (2013.01) [F24F 1/34 (2013.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerant flow path switching unit disposed between a heat source unit and a utilization unit and that switches a refrigerant flow in the utilization unit, the refrigerant flow path switching unit comprising:
a flow path switching valve;
a case that houses the flow path switching valve; and
an electric component box that houses an electric component that controls the flow path switching valve, wherein
at least two surfaces of the case include a box attachment part that is configured to attach the electric component box to the case,
a heat source-side connection nozzle is disposed on a side surface of the case on which the box attachment part is disposed, and
the heat source-side connection nozzle is disposed laterally to the box attachment part.