US 12,264,827 B2
Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus
Yo Kitabatake, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/784,692
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/007610
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/171399, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003398 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 1/56 (2011.01); F24F 1/16 (2011.01)
CPC F24F 1/56 (2013.01) [F24F 1/16 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, the outdoor unit comprising:
a housing configured to form an outer shell and having a fan chamber and a machine chamber inside;
a heat exchanger provided to extend at a rear portion of the housing from a lower portion toward an upper portion of the housing,
an outdoor fan housed in the fan chamber and sending air to the heat exchanger, and
a partition plate separating the fan chamber and the machine chamber, wherein
the heat exchanger includes
a heat exchanger side plate provided on a side portion of the heat exchanger located at a machine chamber side of the heat exchanger and having a side plate locking hole at an upper portion, and
the housing includes
a rear panel forming a rear surface of the housing and including an upper rear-surface locking claw at an upper portion, the upper rear-surface locking claw being inserted into the side plate locking hole,
a top panel provided on an upper side of the rear panel and forming a top surface of the housing, the top panel covering the side plate locking hole and the upper rear-surface locking claw, and
a fan chamber side panel configured to form a side surface of the housing at a position on the side of the fan chamber,
wherein
an end portion of the rear panel at a position closest to the fan chamber side panel is located closer to the fan chamber side panel than a side end portion of the heat exchanger side plate,
the rear panel covers an end surface of the side end portion of the heat exchanger side plate,
the housing further comprises a front panel forming a side portion of a front surface of the housing,
the front panel comprises a front locking claw positioned at a side portion of the front panel,
the rear panel comprises a forward rear-surface locking hole formed on a side portion of the rear panel, and
the front locking claw is inserted into the forward rear-surface locking hole.