公开(公告)号：US11326786B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16210783

申请日：2018-12-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Mun Sub Kim ,  Hyeong Joon Seo ,  Hyeong Jin Lee ,  Du Han Jung

IPC: F24F1/26 ,  F24F13/00 ,  F25B1/04 ,  F25B13/00 ,  F24F13/02 ,  F25B41/40 ,  F25B41/20

Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a compressor configured to have an inlet, through which a refrigerant is sucked in, the sucked refrigerant being compressed by the compressor, and an outlet, through which the compressed refrigerant is discharged, a four-way valve configured to switch flow paths in cooling and heating operations, the four-way valve having a valve body, a D port protruding from the valve body in a first direction to be connected to the outlet, and an S port 26 protruding from the valve body in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, to be connected to the inlet, and a compressor pipe having a discharging pipe to connect the outlet and the D port and a sucking pipe to connect the inlet and the S port, one of the discharging pipe and the sucking pipe has two curved portions and the other has one curved portion.