Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan, a heat exchanger, and a drain receiver. The interior of the housing is partitioned into a first space and a second space in an axial direction of the rotating shaft of the fan. In the first space, a first opening is provided to allow air to flow out toward a region located outward of the fan in the first space in a radial direction of the fan. In the second space, no opening is provided and a region located outward of the fan in the second space is closed in the radial direction of the fan. In at least part of a space between the fan in the first space and the heat exchanger, a first water receiving device is provided at a higher position than the drain receiver.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss and a plurality of blades; an air guide portion through which an airflow moves from one end to the other end of the air guide portion; and a bell mouth defining a first suction passage inside the bell mouth and defining, together with an inner surface of the air guide portion, a second suction passage outside the bell mouth. Between an upstream end point located in an inlet of the first suction passage and a downstream end point located in an outlet of the first suction passage of the bell mouth, the bell mouth includes a minimum possible radius point to which a distance, in a radial direction, from a rotation axis of the boss is smaller than a distance, in the radial direction, from the rotation axis to the downstream end point.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus including a heat exchanger to switch between serving as an evaporator and serving as a condenser, the heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a connection pipe. The first heat exchanger includes a first header divided into a plurality of chambers and connected with one end of each of the first heat transfer tubes, and a second header extending in a horizontal direction and connected with the other end of each of the first heat transfer tubes. The second heat exchanger includes a plurality of second heat transfer tubes, a third header extending in the horizontal direction and connected with one end of each of the second heat transfer tubes, and a fourth header extending in the horizontal direction and connected with the other end of each of the second heat transfer tubes.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss and a plurality of blades; an air guide portion through which an airflow moves from one end to the other end of the air guide portion; and a bell mouth defining a first suction passage inside the bell mouth and defining, together with an inner surface of the air guide portion, a second suction passage outside the bell mouth. Between an upstream end point located in an inlet of the first suction passage and a downstream end point located in an outlet of the first suction passage of the bell mouth, the bell mouth includes a minimum possible radius point to which a distance, in a radial direction, from a rotation axis of the boss is smaller than a distance, in the radial direction, from the rotation axis to the downstream end point.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan, a heat exchanger, and a drain receiver. The interior of the housing is partitioned into a first space and a second space in an axial direction of the rotating shaft of the fan. In the first space, a first opening is provided to allow air to flow out toward a region located outward of the fan in the first space in a radial direction of the fan. In the second space, no opening is provided and a region located outward of the fan in the second space is closed in the radial direction of the fan. In at least part of a space between the fan in the first space and the heat exchanger, a first water receiving device is provided at a higher position than the drain receiver.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss serving as a center of rotation and a plurality of blades provided on an outer circumferential surface of the boss, and a structure member installed on an upstream side of the impeller in an airflow direction. The plurality of blades each have a plurality of recesses disposed only on a side of a suction surface of a leading edge. The plurality of recesses each have a rectangular shape having two longitudinal sides. Consequently, it is possible to reduce fluctuations of lift on the plurality of blades and thereby reduce discrete frequency noise.

Abstract: A multiblade fan includes an impeller including a rotating plate and blades and further includes a fan casing having a circumferential wall and a first end face disposed adjacent to distal ends of the blades. The first end face has an inlet. The multiblade fan further includes a duct and a flow regulating block disposed on an inner surface of the first end face. The flow regulating block regulates a flow of the air. The duct includes a diffuser plate. The circumferential wall includes a tongue that is connected to the diffuser plate. The first end face has a bell mouth provided at the inlet. The flow regulating block is spaced from the circumferential wall and extends along the bell mouth in the rotation direction such that the flow regulating block is located in a range of 120 degrees from a reference position on a line connecting the rotary shaft to a tip of the tongue.

Abstract: An indoor unit includes axial-flow fans, which are provided on downstream of an air inlet. Further, a plurality of first bars are provided to the air inlet. In plan view, leading edge portions of blades of the axial-flow fan are inclined in a direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from a rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to an outer peripheral side. Further, in plan view, the plurality of the first bars are inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from the rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to the outer peripheral side.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss that is a rotation center, and a plurality of blades that are provided on an outer peripheral surface of the boss; a motor and a motor fixing portion rotationally driving the impeller; a housing accommodating the impeller; a plurality of stationary blades disposed downstream of the impeller and connecting the motor fixing and the housing; and a connecting portion disposed between the housing and a rotation axis of the impeller, and extending in a rotation direction of the impeller and connecting the plurality of stationary blades. The connecting portion has a recessed portion for passing wind that flows in a radial direction of the impeller.

Abstract: A multiblade fan includes an impeller including a rotating plate and blades and further includes a fan casing having a circumferential wall and a first end face disposed adjacent to distal ends of the blades. The first end face has an inlet. The multiblade fan further includes a duct and a flow regulating block disposed on an inner surface of the first end face. The flow regulating block regulates a flow of the air. The duct includes a diffuser plate. The circumferential wall includes a tongue that is connected to the diffuser plate. The first end face has a bell mouth provided at the inlet. The flow regulating block is spaced from the circumferential wall and extends along the bell mouth in the rotation direction such that the flow regulating block is located in a range of 120 degrees from a reference position on a line connecting the rotary shaft to a tip of the tongue.

Abstract: The impeller includes a blade formed either entirely or partially from fiber reinforced plastic, a boss member that supports the blade, a plate that presses a root portion of the blade against the boss member; and a fastening portion that fastens the boss member to the plate, wherein the root portion of the blade has an undercut shape, the boss member has an excavated portion, the excavated portion is shaped identically to all or a part of the undercut shape or shaped such that a gap is formed between the excavated shape and all or a part of the undercut shape, and the root portion of the blade is fastened by a fastening force via the boss portion and the plate in a condition where a clearance is provided between the boss member and the plate.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss serving as a center of rotation and a plurality of blades provided on an outer circumferential surface of the boss, and a structure member installed on an upstream side of the impeller in an airflow direction. The plurality of blades each have a plurality of recesses disposed only on a side of a suction surface of a leading edge. The plurality of recesses each have a rectangular shape having two longitudinal sides. Consequently, it is possible to reduce fluctuations of lift on the plurality of blades and thereby reduce discrete frequency noise.

Abstract: An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed in an upper part and a blow-out port formed on a lower side at a front face part, an axial-flow or diagonal-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port in the casing, in which air blown out of the fan and refrigerant are heat-exchanged.

Abstract: A fan includes an impeller including a boss that is a rotation center, and a plurality of blades that are provided on an outer peripheral surface of the boss; a motor and a motor fixing portion rotationally driving the impeller; a housing accommodating the impeller; a plurality of stationary blades disposed downstream of the impeller and connecting the motor fixing and the housing; and a connecting portion disposed between the housing and a rotation axis of the impeller, and extending in a rotation direction of the impeller and connecting the plurality of stationary blades. The connecting portion has a recessed portion for passing wind that flows in a radial direction of the impeller.

Abstract: An indoor unit includes axial-flow fans, which are provided on downstream of an air inlet. Further, a plurality of first bars are provided to the air inlet. In plan view, leading edge portions of blades of the axial-flow fan are inclined in a direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from a rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to an outer peripheral side. Further, in plan view, the plurality of the first bars are inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from the rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to the outer peripheral side.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes at least a heat exchanger, a fan, a compressor, and a box-like casing housing these components and having an air inlet and an air outlet. The compressor is arranged at a location other than an air passage in which air having flowed in through the air inlet flows through the heat exchanger and the fan to the air outlet. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange portions, and these heat exchange portions are arranged in a zigzag shape.

Abstract: An outdoor cooling unit for vehicular air conditioning apparatus includes: a casing including an outlet section, inlet sections having an inlet plane inclined; a first heat exchanger facing one of the inlet sections and a second heat exchanger facing an other of the inlet sections; at least one propeller fan below the outlet section to blow out air upwardly. An angle formed between the normal line to the inlet plane and the z axis is an acute angle. Each of the blades includes a blade chord center point on an inner peripheral end thereof and an other blade chord center point on an outer peripheral end thereof, positioned so that a line segment connecting therebetween has an inclination to the outlet section proportionally to closeness to outer periphery of the blade. A blade chord center line forms a curve being convex toward the outlet section across the entire area.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchanger, at least one fan, a compressor, and a box-shaped casing that houses the foregoing elements and has an air inlet and an air outlet. The compressor is provided at a position outside an air passage in which air taken in from the air inlet flows through the heat exchanger and the fan toward the air outlet. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchanger segments. The heat exchanger segments are arranged zigzag.

Abstract: In an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, a downstream edge of each of the blades of the fan of an air-blowing device, when viewed in plan view, intersects any of the members of a motor stay of the air-blowing device irrespective of an angle of rotation of the fan. The motor stays are connected to the mounting portions of a bellmouth in which the fan is disposed, wherein the mounting portions protrude downward from a downstream outlet end of the bellmouth and each include side surfaces, of which at least a first side surface opposing a pressure surface of each of the blades of the fan is at an angle relative to a rotation axis of the fan.

Abstract: The impeller includes a blade formed either entirely or partially from fiber reinforced plastic, a boss member that supports the blade, a plate that presses a root portion of the blade against the boss member; and a fastening portion that fastens the boss member to the plate, wherein the root portion of the blade has an undercut shape, the boss member has an excavated portion, the excavated portion is shaped identically to all or a part of the undercut shape or shaped such that a gap is formed between the excavated shape and all or a part of the undercut shape, and the root portion of the blade is fastened by a fastening force via the boss portion and the plate in a condition where a clearance is provided between the boss member and the plate.