Indoor unit of air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10670280-B2
Application number	US-201615572749-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2016
Priority date	May 8, 2015
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a bottom shell, at least two air passages (11) are provided abreast in the bottom shell (1); an air passage cover plate (2), provided on the at least two air passages (11) in a covering manner, flow guide openings (21) corresponding to the at least two air passages (11) are provided in the air passage cover plate (2) respectively; at least two centrifugal fans (3), provided in the at least two air passages (11) respectively and provided opposite to the corresponding flow guide openings (21); and an evaporator (4), provided on a side, far away from the bottom shell (1), of the air passage cover plate (2), each of the flow guide openings (21) is provided opposite to the evaporator (4).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:
a bottom shell, at least two air passages are provided abreast in the bottom shell;
an air passage cover plate, provided on the at least two air passages in a covering manner, flow guide openings corresponding to the at least two air passages respectively are formed in the air passage cover plate;
at least two centrifugal fans, provided in the at least two air passages respectively and provided opposite to the corresponding flow guide openings; and
an evaporator, provided on a side, far away from the bottom shell, of the air passage cover plate, each of the flow guide openings is provided opposite to the evaporator;
wherein each of the at least two centrifugal fans is provided with a flow guide ring, an air inlet opposite to a corresponding flow guide opening is provided in the flow guide ring, an annular air stopping protruding edge protruding towards the air passage cover plate is provided along a circumferential direction of the air inlet, and an air leakage preventing groove matched to the annular air stopping protruding edge is provided along a circumferential direction of the flow guide opening.

2. The indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a vertical plate extending along side edges of the at least two air passages is provided on a side, facing the bottom shell, of the air passage cover plate, and the vertical plate is overlapped with sidewalls of the at least two air passages.

3. The indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a support rib for supporting the evaporator is provided on a side, far away from the bottom shell, of the air passage cover plate.

4. The indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two air passages is provided with two air outlets, and air outlet directions of the two air outlets are different; one in the two air outlets of the each of the at least two air passages is provided in an upper part of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and the other in the two air outlets is provided in a lower part of the indoor unit of the air conditioner.

5. The indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a front panel, wherein the front panel is provided on a side, back on to the bottom shell, of the evaporator, and the front panel ( 6 ) is forwards pushed out; the indoor unit of the air conditioner further comprising a panel body provided between the front panel and the evaporator, wherein the panel body comprises a frame and a filter net is provided on the frame in a covering manner; a grill is connected along an edge of the front panel, and the grill is provided in a manner of following the front panel.

6. The indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the evaporator comprises a first heat exchanger, and the first heat exchanger is provided with the flow guide openings in a covering manner; or,
the evaporator comprises second heat exchangers, and each of the second heat exchangers is provided at one of the corresponding flow guide openings respectively.

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Wu Shaobo
• Peng Weiwei
• Zhang Changchun
• Li Song
• Yang Jianqun
• Liang Yongchao
• You Junxiong
• Xiong Huaxiang
• Liao Anhui
• Xu Yuanju
• Liu Baobao
• Tan Songping
• Wu Xiuying

Classifications

• F24F2221/54

  Heating and cooling, simultaneously or alternatively · CPC title

• F24F1/0033

  having two or more fans · CPC title

• F24F13/20

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• F24F2013/205

  Mounting a ventilator fan therein · CPC title

• F24F1/027

  mounted in wall openings, e.g. in windows · CPC title