US 12,429,232 B2
Outdoor unit of air conditioner
Kiyoon Park, Seoul (KR); Hyunwook Bae, Seoul (KR); Jonghae Lee, Seoul (KR); Gwansoo Lee, Seoul (KR); Taegyu Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyoungjune Kim, Seoul (KR); Junhee Kim, Seoul (KR); and Siyoung Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,341.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0091330 (KR), filed on Jul. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0020342 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. F24F 1/06 (2011.01); F24D 3/18 (2006.01); F24F 1/26 (2011.01); F24F 1/46 (2011.01); F24F 1/56 (2011.01); F24H 9/02 (2006.01); F24H 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/06 (2013.01) [F24D 3/18 (2013.01); F24F 1/26 (2013.01); F24F 1/46 (2013.01); F24F 1/56 (2013.01); F24H 9/02 (2013.01); F24H 9/142 (2013.01); F25B 2339/047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, the outdoor unit comprising:
a base panel placed on an installation surface having a first inlet hole and a first outlet hole;
a compressor;
a tank through which refrigerant discharged from the compressor and a liquid exchanging heat with the refrigerant flow;
pipes connected to the tank;
a pump that supplies the liquid to the tank;
a vertical panel defining at least one of a side surface or a rear surface of the outdoor unit and having a second inlet hole and a second outlet hole; and
a deaerator that removes air bubbles contained in the liquid,
wherein the pipes include:
a first pipe connected to an inlet of the pump;
a second pipe connecting an outlet of the pump and an inlet of the tank;
a third pipe connecting an outlet of the tank and an inlet of the deaerator; and
a fourth pipe connected to an outlet of the deaerator; and
wherein the first pipe and the fourth pipe are configured to be selectively connected to the second inlet hole and the second outlet hole of the vertical panel in a horizontal direction, or to the first inlet hole and the first outlet hole of the base panel in a vertical direction.