Air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10760818-B2
Application number	US-202016820927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2020
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an air conditioner including a suction panel which includes a suction port through which air is suctioned in inside a housing. The suction panel is formed to rotate with an axial direction of an air blowing fan or a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the air blowing fan as a rotation axis to be coupled with or separated from the housing. Accordingly, a user may easily and intuitively separate the suction panel and falling of the suction panel, which may occur when the suction panel is separated, may be effectively reduced using a supporting unit disposed at the suction panel. Also, the housing and cover members which cover an outer perimeter of a lower portion of the housing may be coupled with each other by pressurizing the cover members toward the housing, thereby allowing the user to easily coupled the cover members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising:
a housing including:
a cylindrical portion, and
a discharge port arranged at an inner side of an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and provided in an arc shape;
a heat exchanger provided at an inner side of an inner circumferential surface of the discharge port and provided in an arc shape;
a suction panel separably coupled to the side of the inner circumferential surface of the discharge port, including a suction port through which air is drawn, and provided in a circular shape; and
a cover separably coupled to an outer side of an outer circumferential surface of the discharge port, configured to cover an end of the cylindrical portion, and having an inner circumferential surface provided in a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the discharge port,
wherein the suction panel and the cover are separably coupled to the housing by respectively being rotated in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the suction panel and the cover are coupled to the housing by respectively being rotated in a first circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, and are separated from the housing by respectively being rotated in a second circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion opposite to the first circumferential direction.

3. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the suction panel is coupled to and separated from the housing in a circumferential direction of the suction panel concentric to the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, and
the cover is coupled to and separated from the housing in a circumferential direction of the cover concentric to the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

4. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the suction panel further comprises a first coupling portion configured to be coupled to the housing in a direction the suction panel rotates; and
the housing further comprises a second coupling portion configured to be coupled to the first coupling portion in the direction the suction panel rotates.

5. The air conditioner of claim 4 , wherein
the cover further comprises a third coupling portion configured to be coupled to the housing in the direction the suction panel rotates and
the housing further comprises a fourth coupling portion configured to be coupled to the third coupling portion in the direction the suction panel rotates.

6. The air conditioner of claim 4 , wherein the first coupling portion protrudes in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and is configured to be inserted into the second coupling portion in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

7. The air conditioner of claim 6 , wherein the second coupling portion is provided to be concave in the housing relative to the cylindrical portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion, and is configured to be receive the first coupling portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion and allow the first coupling portion to rotate in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

8. The air condition of claim 7 , wherein the second coupling portion includes a guide groove for guiding the first coupling portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion when the first coupling portion is rotated in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

9. The air conditioner of claim 8 , wherein the first coupling portion further comprises a supporting step configured to support the first coupling portion inserted into the second coupling portion,
wherein the supporting step protrudes from the first coupling portion in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

10. The air conditioner of claim 4 , wherein one of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion includes a coupling hook having a hook shape, and a remaining one of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion includes an insertion hole configured to receive the coupling hook.

11. The air conditioner of claim 5 , wherein the third coupling portion protrudes toward a center of the cover from an inner circumferential surface of the cover,
wherein the fourth coupling portion protrudes in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion from an outer circumferential surface of the housing.

12. The air conditioner of claim 11 , wherein the third coupling portion is provided to be coupled to the fourth coupling portion by aligning the third coupling portion with the fourth coupling portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion by rotating the cover relative to the cylindrical portion in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

13. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the suction panel further comprises a filter provided to remove a foreign substance in air introduced through the suction port,
wherein the filter is provided in a circular shape and is separably coupled to the suction panel.

14. The air conditioner of claim 13 ,
wherein the suction panel further comprises a filter support configured to support the filter, and
wherein the filter is provided to be coupled to the filter support in a radial direction of the filter.

15. The air conditioner of claim 14 , wherein the filter is provided to be inserted into the filter support in the radial direction of the filter.

16. An air conditioner comprising:
a housing including a cylindrical portion and a discharge port;
a heat exchanger arranged at an inner side of an inner circumferential surface of the discharge port and provided in an arc shape;
a suction panel separably coupled to the side of the inner circumferential surface of the discharge port, including a suction port through which air is drawn, and provided in a circular shape;
a cover separably coupled to an outer side of an outer circumferential surface of the discharge port, configured to cover an end of the cylindrical portion, and having an inner circumferential surface provided in a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the discharge port,
wherein the suction panel and the cover are coupled to the housing by respectively being rotated in a first circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, and are separated from the housing by respectively being rotated in a second circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion opposite to the first circumferential direction.

17. The air condition of claim 16 , wherein the suction panel and the cover are separably coupled to the housing by respectively being rotated in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

18. The air condition of claim 17 , wherein the suction panel is coupled to and separated from the housing in a circumferential direction of the suction panel concentric to the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, and
the cover is coupled to and separated from the housing in a circumferential direction of the cover concentric to the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.

19. The air conditioner of claim 17 , wherein:
the suction panel further comprises a first coupling portion configured to be coupled to the housing a direction the suction panel rotates and
the housing further comprises a second coupling portion configured to be coupled to the first coupling portion in the direction the suction panel rotates;
the cover further comprises a third coupling portion configured to be coupled to the housing in the dire

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Dong Yoon
• Sim Jae Hyoung
• Kim Do Yeon
• Kim Do-Hoon
• So Byung Yul
• Yoon Joon-Ho
• Lee Jung Dae
• Cho Sung-June

Classifications

• F24F13/20 Primary

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• F24F13/28

  Arrangement or mounting of filters · CPC title

• F24F13/32

  Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units · CPC title

• F24F13/30 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers · CPC title

• F24F13/222

  for evacuating condensate · CPC title