公开(公告)号：US11732918B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17251148

申请日：2019-05-13

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tae Bok Hur ,  Do Yeon Kim ,  Kong-Sik Youn ,  Rak-Chung Jung

IPC: F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/89 ,  F24F1/06 ,  H04B3/54

CPC classification number: F24F11/56 ,  F24F1/06 ,  F24F11/89 ,  H04B3/54

Abstract: The disclosure provides an air conditioner capable of smoothly performing communication between an outdoor unit and indoor units using piping communication, and a piping communication method thereof. When communicating between an outdoor unit and indoor units using piping communication, a communication mode is automatically changed to a differential mode and a single mode to set the most suitable communication method for field characteristics according to a communication state, so that communication between the outdoor unit and the indoor units can be performed smoothly. This enables smooth piping communication by increasing a communication success rate even if a physical short between refrigerant pipes occurs in a multi-system air conditioner that connects a plurality of indoor units to a single outdoor unit, or even if there are more branch pipes for branching the refrigerant pipe.