Outdoor unit for air-conditioning apparatus, and air-conditioning apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9175890
APP PUB NO 20140007601A1
SERIAL NO

13933608

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An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a compressor; an outdoor fan; a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers coupled to a plurality of indoor units; a switching member configured to switch functions of the outdoor heat exchangers to either condensers or evaporators by switching of coupling states between the compressor and the outdoor heat exchangers; and a control unit configured to calculate a low pressure saturation temperature during a cooling operation or a cooling-main operation, and configured to cause all of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers to serve as condensers by controlling the switching member when a state in which an open-air temperature is lower than the low pressure saturation temperature continues for a predetermined time.

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FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED3-3-17 SUENAGA TAKATSU-KU KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA 2138502 ?2138502

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawai, Keito Kawasaki, JP 5 56
Kimura, Takashi Kawasaki, JP 324 4341
Matsunaga, Takahiro Kawasaki, JP 33 261
Nakashima, Ken Kawasaki, JP 36 640
Oka, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, JP 25 273
Tamura, Hideya Kawasaki, JP 12 100
Toya, Kotaro Kawasaki, JP 9 76
Watanabe, Shinju Kawasaki, JP 8 75

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