US 12,228,320 B2
Air conditioning apparatus
Junya Minami, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,608.
Application 17/736,608 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/040900, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-201071 (JP), filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260293 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 41/42 (2021.01)
CPC F25B 49/02 (2013.01) [F25B 41/42 (2021.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioning apparatus including a refrigerant circuit, the air conditioning apparatus comprising:
a connecting portion to which: a first electric wire and a second electric wire are connected, the first electric wire being connected to a first device of a plurality of safety devices, and the second electric wire being connected to a second device of the plurality of safety devices in which the second device is a type different from the first device, the plurality of safety devices including at least two types of a refrigerant detector, an alarm device, an isolation valve, and a ventilator;
a circuit configuration portion forming an interlock circuit together with the first electric wire and the second electric wire connected to the connecting portion;
a first member that enables formation of a first circuit via a short circuit, the first circuit including at least part of the circuit configuration portion and not including both the first electric wire and the second electric wire; and
a controller that prohibits an operation of the air conditioning apparatus when no current flows through either the interlock circuit or the first circuit.