Patent ID: 11873833
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. The outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of claim 12, the outdoor unit further comprising
a fan grille provided at the air outlet and that prevents insertion of a hand finger of any person into the housing,
wherein the fan grille includes, among bars, a plurality of bars that each extend in a horizontal direction and are arranged in a vertical direction, the fan grille being located downstream of the axial-flow fan in a direction of the airflow, and
wherein, in a front view of the outdoor unit, when the vane rotates and the trailing edge of the vane passes by any of the plurality of bars of the fan grille, a region of the vane that is located at a region closer to the outer circumference than a part where the downward convex portion is formed passes by the any of the plurality of bars of the fan grille earlier than the part where the downward convex portion is formed.