US 12,104,831 B2
Refrigerant flow path switching unit and air conditioner provided with the same
Mikio Kagawa, Osaka (JP); Kazuki Ikari, Osaka (JP); Szeping Beh, Osaka (JP); and Junichi Shimoda, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/290,562
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/042541
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/090875, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-204177 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404716 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. F25B 41/20 (2021.01)
CPC F25B 41/20 (2021.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerant flow path switching unit disposed between a heat source unit and a utilization unit and that switches a refrigerant flow in the utilization unit, the refrigerant flow path switching unit comprising:
a flow path switching valve; and
a case that houses the flow path switching valve, wherein
the case has:
a first maintenance opening on a first lateral side surface; and
a second maintenance opening on a second lateral side surface,
the case has a third maintenance opening on a third side surface,
the second lateral side surface faces the third side surface, and
the first lateral side surface faces a first direction and the second lateral side surface faces a second direction that intersects the first direction.