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Electric equipment and air conditioner

US9516786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 2013
Grant dateDec 6, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric equipment includes: an electric component box; a control board accommodated in the electric component box and provided thereon with a heat-generating electric component; a heat sink thermally connected with the electric component; and a sheet material provided between the electric component box and the control board, wherein the sheet material is made of an elastic material and provided with an opening section through which the heat sink projects outward, the opening section is provided with a convex section formed integrally with the sheet material and configured to be elastically deformed to engage the sheet material with the heat sink, and the electric component box is provided with a heat sink hole through which the heat sink and the convex section project outward of the electric component box. An air conditioner is provided with such electric equipment.

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