Outdoor device and refrigeration cycle device

Abstract

An outdoor device is provided which has: a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion having multiple heat transfer pipes and multiple heat transfer fins joined to the heat transfer pipes, and a pair of header pipe assemblies arranged substantially in parallel along the upper-to-lower direction to face each other and configured to bundle end portions of the heat transfer pipes extending from the heat exchange portion; and a housing configured to support the heat exchanger via a support bracket. The support bracket includes a heat exchange side holding portion, a housing side holding portion, and a fin contact portion provided integrally with the heat exchange side holding portion or the housing side holding portion and arranged in contact with or in proximity to an edge portion of the heat exchange portion adjacent to one of the header pipe assemblies.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An outdoor device comprising:
 a heat exchanger including
 a heat exchange portion having multiple heat transfer pipes as flat pipes formed in a substantially oval sectional shape, arranged along a horizontal direction, and arranged substantially in parallel at a predetermined interval in an upper-to-lower direction, and multiple heat transfer fins joined to the heat transfer pipes, and 
 a pair of header pipe assemblies arranged substantially in parallel along the upper-to-lower direction to face each other and configured to bundle end portions of the heat transfer pipes extending from the heat exchange portion; and 
   a housing configured to support the heat exchanger via a support bracket,   wherein the support bracket includes
 a heat exchange side holding portion which is positioned at a portion of each heat transfer pipe connecting the heat exchange portion and the header pipe assemblies and through which each heat transfer pipe penetrates, 
 a housing side holding portion extending along a longitudinal direction of each heat transfer pipe from an upstream side edge of the heat exchange side holding portion positioned on an upstream side in a flow of air passing through the heat exchanger and fixed to the housing, and 
 a fin contact portion provided integrally with the heat exchange side holding portion or the housing side holding portion and arranged in contact with or in proximity to an edge portion of the heat exchange portion adjacent to one of the header pipe assemblies. 
   
     
     
         2 . The outdoor device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the heat transfer fins include multiple plate-shaped members stacked at a predetermined interval in the horizontal direction,   the heat transfer pipes penetrate the heat transfer fins, and are joined to the heat transfer fins, and   the fin contact portion is arranged in contact with or in proximity to an outermost one of the heat transfer fins forming the edge portion of the heat exchange portion.   
     
     
         3 . The outdoor device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the support bracket is configured such that
 the heat exchange side holding portion is, as the fin contact portion, arranged in contact with or in proximity to the edge portion of the heat exchange portion, and 
 the housing side holding portion extends from an heat exchange portion side to a header pipe assembly side. 
   
     
     
         4 . The outdoor device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the support bracket is configured such that
 the heat exchange side holding portion is arranged in contact with or in proximity to one of the header pipe assemblies, and 
 the housing side holding portion extends from a header pipe assembly side to an edge portion side of the heat exchange portion. 
   
     
     
         5 . The outdoor device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the fin contact portion extends along the edge portion of the heat exchange portion from a tip end of the housing side holding portion.   
     
     
         6 . The outdoor device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the heat exchange side holding portion is fixed to one of the header pipe assemblies.   
     
     
         7 . The outdoor device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the heat exchange side holding portion is fixed to each heat transfer pipes.   
     
     
         8 . The outdoor device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the housing side holding portion is fixed to the housing via an insulating member.   
     
     
         9 . An outdoor device comprising:
 a heat exchanger including
 multiple heat transfer pipes arranged next to each other, 
 a pair of header pipe assemblies connected to both ends of each heat transfer pipe, and 
 a heat transfer fin fixed to the heat transfer pipes; and 
   a housing fixed to the heat exchanger via a support bracket,   wherein the support bracket
 has a shape closing a portion between the heat exchange portion including the heat transfer pipes and the heat transfer fin and each header pipe assembly, and 
 is configured to guide air flowing into the housing to a heat exchange portion side. 
   
     
     
         10 . A refrigeration cycle device comprising:
 the outdoor device according to  claim 1 ; and   an indoor device connected to the outdoor device via a refrigerant pipe.