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US 11,802,721 · App. 17/991,235 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Heat source unit and scroll compressor

Inventors: Takeshi Endou (Osaka, JP); Yasuo Mizushima (Osaka, JP); Akira Mori (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
F25B31/00F04C2/025F25B2500/13
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Patent No.
US 11,802,721
App. No.
17/991,235
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat source unit of a refrigerant cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a pipe, and a fixing member. The compressor includes two or three connection portions of a first connection portion connecting a suction pipe, a second connection portion connecting a discharge pipe, and a third connection portion connecting an injection pipe. The pipe includes a vertical portion. At least a part of the vertical portion extends vertically from each of the two or three connection portions. The fixing member fixes at least two of the vertical portions of two or three of the pipes of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe. Each of the connection portions of the pipes fixed by the fixing member is located on a first straight line as seen in a top view.

Claims (61)

1. A heat source unit of a refrigerant cycle apparatus, the heat source unit comprising:

a suction pipe;

a discharge pipe;

an injection pipe; and

a compressor connected to each of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe,

at least two of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe including a vertical portion,

the compressor including at least two of

a first connection portion connecting the compressor to the vertical portion of the suction pipe,

a second connection portion connecting the compressor to the vertical portion of the discharge pipe, and

a third connection portion connecting the compressor to the vertical portion of the injection pipe, respectively,

at least a part of the vertical portion of each of the at least two of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe extending vertically from each of the at least two of the first connection portion, the second connection portion, and the third connection portion, respectively, and

a fixing member fixing the vertical portions of the at least two of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe,

each of the at least two of the first connection portion, the second connection portion, and the third connection portion being located on a first straight line as seen in a top view of the compressor.

2. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the compressor further includes a casing and three or four legs provided below the casing, and

at least one of the legs is located on a second straight line that passes through a center of the casing and is orthogonal to the first straight line as seen in the top view.

3. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

each of the three or four legs is attached with a vibration-proof rubber.

4. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

a leg located at a position farthest from the first straight line among the three or four legs is attached with a vibration-proof rubber different from a vibration-proof rubber attached to the legs other than the leg located at the position farthest from the first straight line.

5. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe includes the vertical portion, and the compressor includes each of the first connection portion, the second connection portion, and the third connection portion,

the first connection portion, the second connection portion, and the third connection portion are located on the first straight line as seen in the top view, and

the fixing member fixes the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe to each other.

6. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the injection pipe includes a silencer.

7. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixing member is made from metal.

8. A compressor comprising:

a casing to which two or three pipes of a suction pipe, a discharge pipe, and an injection pipe are fixed;

two or three connection portions of

a first connection portion connecting the suction pipe,

a second connection portion connecting the discharge pipe, and

a third connection portion connecting the injection pipe; and

three or four legs provided below the casing, wherein

each of the connection portions is located on a first straight line as seen in a top view, and at least one of the legs is located on a second straight line that passes through a center of the casing and is orthogonal to the first straight line as seen in the top view.

9. A scroll compressor comprising:

two or three connection portions of

a first connection portion connecting a suction pipe,

a second connection portion connecting a discharge pipe, and

a third connection portion connecting an injection pipe; and

a scroll compression mechanism including a fixed scroll, a movable scroll, and an Oldham coupling,

an angle of 10° or less being formed by

a first straight line along which a pipe fixing member fixing two or three pipes of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe extends as seen in a top view and

a reciprocating direction of the Oldham coupling.

10. A heat source unit including the scroll compressor according to claim 9 , the heat source unit being part of a refrigerant cycle apparatus, the heat source unit further comprising:

a pipe fixing member,

the suction pipe including a first vertical portion connected to the first connection portion,

the discharge pipe including a second vertical portion connected to the second connection portion,

the injection pipe including a third vertical portion connected to the third connection portion, and

the pipe fixing member fixing two or three pipes of the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe at the vertical portions.

11. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the pipe fixing member fixes the discharge pipe and the injection pipe.

12. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the pipe fixing member fixes the suction pipe and the injection pipe.

13. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the pipe fixing member fixes the discharge pipe and the suction pipe.

14. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the pipe fixing member fixes the suction pipe, the discharge pipe, and the injection pipe.

15. The heat source unit of the refrigerant cycle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the pipe fixing member is made from metal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2022
From: ENDOU, TAKESHI; MIZUSHIMA, YASUO; MORI, AKIRA
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061842/0138 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-114403 · Jul 1, 2020 · national
JP 2020-114404 · Jul 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021024166 · Jun 25, 2021
Related Publication 20230091714A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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