Indoor unit for air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10024570-B2
Application number	US-201715619963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An indoor unit of an air conditioning system is provided. The indoor unit includes a fan, a control box that includes an inspection port on a first side surface, and a casing that houses the fan and the control box. The casing includes a first flow port in a bottom surface of the casing, a second flow port in a first side surface of the casing, and an opening opposed to the inspection port in a second side surface of the casing. The control box comprises a first leading port on each of a second side surface and a third side surface of the control box, the second side surface and the third side surface are opposed to each other and adjacent to the first side surface, and the first leading ports lead external wirings into the control box.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioning system comprising:
a fan;
a control box comprising an inspection port on a first side surface; and
a casing that houses the fan and the control box and that comprises:
a first flow port in a bottom surface of the casing;
a second flow port in a first side surface of the casing; and
an opening opposed to the inspection port in a second side surface of the casing,

wherein
the control box comprises a first leading port on each of a second side surface and a third side surface of the control box, wherein the second side surface and the third side surface are opposed to each other and adjacent to the first side surface, and the first leading ports lead external wirings into the control box,
the indoor unit has:
a first configuration in which the inspection port is directed to an inside of the casing and air flows by the fan through the first flow port, and
a second configuration in which the inspection port is directed to an outside of the casing and air flows by the fan through the second flow port, and

the casing further comprises a second leading port on each of two opposing sides of the opening, wherein the second leading ports lead the external wirings into the casing.

2. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the external wiring led into the first leading port on the second side surface is
a first electricity wiring, and the external wiring led into the first leading port on the third side surface is a
second electricity wiring.

3. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control box further comprises two terminal blocks disposed side by side within the control box in an opposite direction to the second side surface and the third side surface, and
the external wirings are individually led in the first leading port on the second side surface and the first leading port on the third side surface and connected to the respective terminal blocks.

4. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control box further comprises on each of the second side surface and the third side surface:
first guide paths that extend from a first side of the first leading port to the first side surface, and
second guide paths that extend from a second side of the first leading port to a fourth side surface opposed to the first side surface, and

the first guide paths and the second guide paths guide the external wirings.

5. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing further comprises a support portion that engages with and supports the control box, and
the control box further comprises:
a first engagement portion that engages with the support portion in the first configuration; and
a second engagement portion that engages with the support portion in the second configuration.

6. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control box further comprises two terminal blocks that are connected to the external wirings and disposed on a bottom wall of the control box, and
the bottom wall swings downward with one end side as a supporting point.

7. The indoor unit of the air conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first electricity wiring is a power line, and
the second electricity wiring is a communication line.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Azumi Kouji
• Masuda Tomoo
• Yamamoto Takayoshi

Classifications

• F24F11/89

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• F24F13/20 Primary

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• H01B11/12

  Arrangements for exhibiting specific transmission characteristics · CPC title

• F24F2013/207

  with control knobs; Mounting controlling members or control units therein · CPC title

• F24F11/88

  Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits · CPC title