US 12,410,922 B2
Outdoor unit of air conditioner
Yuichi Handa, Fuji (JP)
Assigned to Carrier Japan Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/043,424
Filed by Carrier Japan Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/034502
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/054233, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324054 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F24F 1/24 (2011.01)
CPC F24F 1/24 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20218 (2013.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:
an electrical component box;
a waterproof cover that covers the electrical component box; and
a refrigerant cooling heat sink that cools the electrical component box, wherein
the refrigerant cooling heat sink is attached to an inner surface of the waterproof cover,
a relative position of the electrical component box with respect to the refrigerant cooling heat sink is set by the electrical component box being attached to a predetermined position of the waterproof cover,
the refrigerant cooling heat sink includes a main body portion that comes into contact with the electrical component box and a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant flows, and the refrigerant cooling heat sink is attached to the waterproof cover by fixing the refrigerant pipe to the waterproof cover with an attachment member, and
the main body portion of the refrigerant cooling heat sink is not directly fixed to the waterproof cover.