Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air-conditioning apparatus
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Application No.: US17289774Application Date: 2019-01-22
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Publication No.: US11976830B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Kazuki Watanabe , Masahiko Takagi
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/001765 2019.01.22
- International Announcement: WO2020/152765A 2020.07.30
- Date entered country: 2021-04-29
- Main IPC: F24F11/36
- IPC: F24F11/36 ; F25B41/24 ; F25B49/02

Abstract:
An air-conditioning apparatus performs air conditioning by causing heat exchange between refrigerant cycling through a refrigerant circuit and indoor and outdoor air. The air-conditioning apparatus includes a sensor and a control determination device. The sensor measures concentration of any of the refrigerant leaked into the air. The control determination unit determines leakage of the refrigerant in a case when the concentration of any refrigerant leaked into the air is greater than a first threshold. The control determination device further determines an abnormality in the sensor in any one of a case where a cumulative time period of determined leakages is greater than a predetermined time period, a case where a cumulative number of times of determined leakages is greater than a predetermined number, and a case where the value indicating the concentration of any refrigerant leaked into the air is greater than a higher second threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210396412A1 AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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