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Outdoor unit for a heat pump
Assignee: Aisin Corp
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Filing: 1987-05-27
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Granted: 1989-02-21
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Expires: 2007-05-27
Abstract
Abstract An outdoor unit for a heat pump is usable under very cold weather conditions since the outdoor unit includes an auxiliary heating system which heats a heat exchanger in order to prevent the heat exchanger from forming frost and which also compensates for the decline in heating capacity. Further, the outdoor unit has an air flow preventing arrangement which prevents the flow of air through the heat exchanger when the absorption of the heat from the atmosphere is not efficient. The outdoor unit drives compressors by an internal combustion engine in order to reduce the consumption of electric power and the coolant for the engine is also utilized to provide auxiliary heat to the heat exchanger. The outdoor unit also includes a boiler to compensate for the lack of heating capacity in the engine waste heat. The boiler is operated when the atmospheric temperature is less than the predetermined value.
Inventors
- 👤 Masami Inada
- 👤 Shigenori Haramura
- 👤 Seiji Hayakawa
- 👤 Sadayuki Matsuoka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 03:15
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F1/00; F24F1/06; F24F1/44; F24D; F24D15/00; F24D15/04; F24F3/00; F24F3/06; F25; F25B; F25B27/00; F25B30/00; F25B30/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
An outdoor unit for an internal combustion engine driven heat pump comprising: a heat exchanger in said outdoor unit forming a portion of said heat pump; fan means for circulating air through said heat exchanger; auxiliary heating means including a boiler and said internal combustion engine for heating a liquid medium and circulation means for circulating said liquid medium through said heat exchanger, said boiler and said engine, said liquid medium acting as a coolant for said engine; air flow preventing means for preventing air flow through said heat exchanger; temperature sensing means for sensing very cold weather conditions; and controlling means connected to and controlling said boiler and said flow preventing means according to said temperature sensing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
An outdoor unit for an internal combustion engine driven heat pump comprising: a heat exchanger in said outdoor unit forming a portion of said heat pump; fan means for circulating air through said heat exchanger; auxiliary heating means including a boiler and said internal combustion engine for heating a liquid medium and circulation means for circulating said liquid medium through said heat exchanger, said boiler and said engine, said liquid medium acting as a coolant for said engine; air flow preventing means for preventing air flow through said heat exchanger; temperature sensing means for sensing very cold weather conditions; and controlling means connected to and controlling said boiler and said flow preventing means according to said temperature sensing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
An outdoor unit according to claim 1 wherein said auxiliary heating means have means for burning LNG as a fuel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An outdoor unit according to claim 1 wherein said air flow preventing means is a fan means driving circuit connected to said controlling means and said fan means for controlling the operation of said fan means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
An outdoor unit according to claim 1 wherein said flow preventing means is comprised of shutter means on said outdoor unit and a shutter means driving circuit including means for moving said shutter means connected to said controlling means for controlling the opening and closing of said shutter means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
An outdoor unit according to claim 1 wherein said temperature sensing means is fixed in an air intake of said heat exchanger.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
An outdoor unit according to claim 1 wherein said controlling means activates said flow preventing means and said boiler when said temperature sensing means detects a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature.
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