Patent ID: 9523529
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: F24F,F25D,F28D,F28F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A refrigeration apparatus having a refrigerant circuit, comprising: a heavy electric component group including a power device; a light electric component group; a printed wiring board, on one main surface of which the heavy electric component group and the light electric component group are mounted, the printed wiring board being disposed in a vertical direction; a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit flows; and a refrigerant jacket cooling the power device by the refrigerant flowing in a cooling portion which is one portion of a liquid pipe of the refrigerant pipe, wherein the main surface of the printed wiring board includes: a heavy electric region which is a region in a lower part of the printed wiring board where the heavy electric component group is disposed; and a light electric region which is a region situated above the heavy electric region, where the light electric component group is disposed, and wherein the refrigerant jacket contacts the power device arranged in the heavy electric region; and the liquid pipe of the refrigerant pipe includes a portion extending upwards towards the refrigerant jacket, and the cooling portion contacts the refrigerant jacket, the power device includes a plurality of inverters and converters, the plurality of inverters and converters are aligned in one row in the vertical direction on the heavy electric region of the printed wiring board, and the refrigerant jacket and the cooling portion of the refrigerant pipe extend in the direction in which the plurality of inverters and converters align.