US 12,235,000 B2
Heat source unit for a heat pump
Kouta Yoshikawa, Ostend (BE); Wim Vansteenkiste, Ostend (BE); Akshay Hattiangadi, Ostend (BE); Jose Daniel Garcia Lopez, Ostend (BE); Tom Surmont, Ostend (BE); and Rishi Mehta, Ostend (BE)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and DAIKIN EUROPE N.V., Ostend (BE)
Appl. No. 17/436,825
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and DAIKIN EUROPE N.V., Ostend (BE)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/005754
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/184060, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19161607 (EP), filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178557 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 1/12 (2011.01)
CPC F24F 1/12 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat source unit for a heat pump having a refrigerant circuit, the heat source unit comprising:
an outer casing comprising a bottom plate; and
a compressor assembly accommodated in the outer casing, the compressor assembly comprising
a compressor of the refrigerant circuit of the heat pump including a compressor housing,
a support plate supporting the compressor, the support plate being mounted via dampers to the bottom plate, and
a compressor casing enclosing the compressor housing,
wherein
a damping mechanism is arranged between the compressor and the support plate, and
the compressor casing is fixed to the support plate out of contact with the compressor housing,
wherein the compressor casing comprises a front part, a rear part and a top part, wherein the front part is detachable from the support plate separately from the rear part, and
wherein the rear part has a maintenance opening closed by a cover, the maintenance opening being arranged for giving access to the compressor or a part attached to or related to the compressor.