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Outdoor cooling unit in vehicle air-conditioning apparatus

US10052931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 2012
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/545
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An outdoor cooling unit in a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is configured such that the angle between a normal line to a suction plane of a suction portion and a normal line to a discharge plane of a discharge portion is acute and such that air inside a housing flows in a substantially checkmark-shape, substantially V shape or substantially U shape. In the outdoor cooling unit, a blade of an axial fan is configured such that a chord center line formed by connecting chord central points from an inner circumferential end to an outer circumferential end of the blade and projecting the connected chord central points on a plane containing a rotating shaft is convexly curved toward the downstream side over the entire area in the radial direction.

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