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Easily dismountable heat pump and method of manufacturing a heat pump

US11512878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EFFICIENT ENERGY GMBH · DE

Inventors

Adrian ZAJAC · Munich, DE
Johannes Lang · Bad Wildbad, DE
Bartosz Szyczewski · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2020
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25B2400/07
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat pump includes a housing; a liquefier and an evaporator arranged inside the housing; and a compressor interposed between the evaporator and the liquefier in terms of fluid flow, the compressor having a motor, an impeller connected to the motor, and a diffusor, the diffusor having a diffusor portion extending between the motor and the impeller, the diffusor portion having at least two parts, a first part of the diffusor portion being connected to the housing and a second part of the diffusor portion being connected to the motor, wherein the first part of the diffusor portion has an opening, wherein the second part of the diffusor portion is configured to close the opening, and wherein the opening is dimensioned such that the impeller is removable from the housing through the opening.

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