US 12,031,737 B2
Air conditioner
Yutaka Shimamura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/761,895
Filed by FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/035515
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/084969, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-198059 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373208 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/49 (2018.01) [F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
an indoor unit formed by communicating a first opening of a fan unit with either a third opening or a fourth opening of a heat exchanger unit, the indoor unit including:
the fan unit including a first housing having the first opening and a second opening, and an indoor unit fan inside the first housing;
the heat exchanger unit including a second housing having the third opening and the fourth opening and an indoor heat exchanger inside the second housing;
a heat exchange temperature sensor configured to detect a heat exchange temperature that is a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger;
a suction temperature sensor configured to detect a suction temperature, which is a temperature of air flowing into the second housing, and selectively disposed in the vicinity of the third opening or in the vicinity of the fourth opening; and
a controller configured to control the indoor fan, wherein
the controller is configured to determine correctness of arrangement of the suction temperature sensor, and notify a user of a determination result of the correctness of the arrangement of the suction temperature sensor.