Air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11041643-B2
Application number	US-201615763233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2016
Priority date	Oct 14, 2015
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an air conditioner configured to implement a convection and radiant cooling effect using a porous panel and an open panel.An air conditioner comprising a body and a front panel configured to discharge air frontward from the body, wherein the front panel includes a first discharge part formed on at least a part of the front panel and including a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air a second discharge part formed on at least another part of the front panel and including an opening formed therein to discharge the air; and a rotation unit configured to rotate the front panel so that the air is discharged through at least one of the first discharge part and the second discharge part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising:
a body; and
a front panel including:
a first panel including a first discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air from inside the body, and a second discharge panel having an opening formed therein to discharge air from inside the body; and
a second panel including a first discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air from inside the body, and a second discharge panel having an opening formed therein to discharge air from inside the body,
wherein the first panel is configured to be rotatable with respect to the body, the first and second discharge panels of the first panel are configured to be rotatable with respect to each other, the second panel is configured to be rotatable with respect to the body, and the first and second discharge panels of the second panel are configured to be rotatable with respect to each other, so that
the first panel is configurable to be in a first position in which the first discharge panel of the first panel is aligned along a front face of the body and the second discharge panel of the first panel is inside the body, and a second position in which the first discharge panel of the first panel extends perpendicularly from the front face and the second discharge panel of the first panel extends at an acute angle from a distal end of the first discharge panel of the first panel to the body, and
the second panel is configurable to be in a first position in which the first discharge panel of the second panel is aligned along the front face and the second discharge panel of the second panel is inside the body, and a second position in which the first discharge panel of the second panel extends perpendicularly from the front face and the second discharge panel of the second panel extends at an acute angle from a distal end of the first discharge panel of the second panel to the body.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1 , further comprising:
rotation parts configured so that the first panel is rotatable with respect to the body, the first and second discharge panels of the first panel are configured to be rotatable with respect to each other, the second panel is configured to be rotatable with respect to the body, and the first and second discharge panels of the second panel are configured to be rotatable with respect to each other.

3. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the first discharge panel of the first panel includes at least one of a mesh and a porous material, and the first discharge panel of the second panel includes at least one of a mesh and a porous material.

4. The air conditioner of claim 2 , further comprising:
at least one driving part configured to drive rotation of the first and second panels.

5. The air conditioner of claim 4 , wherein the at least one driving part includes a first motor connected to the first panel and a second motor connected to the second panel.

6. The air conditioner of claim 4 , wherein the at least one driving part is configured to control a rotation angle of each of the first panel and the second panel.

7. The air conditioner of claim 4 , comprising a first guide configured to guide movement of the second discharge panel of the first panel from inside the body to outside the body, and a second guide configured to guide movement of the second discharge panel of the second panel from inside the body to outside the body.

8. The air conditioner of claim 7 , further comprising a first stopper configured to restrict movement of the second discharge panel of the first panel, and a second stopper configured to restrict movement of the second discharge panel of the second panel.

9. The air conditioner of claim 7 , further includes
a first gear provided on the second discharge panel of the first panel and a first guide motor engaged with the first gear, and
a second gear provided on the second discharge panel of the second panel and a second guide motor engaged with the second gear.

10. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
when the first panel is in the first position, air inside the body is dischargeable through the plurality of holes of the first discharge panel of the first panel, and the opening of the second discharge panel of the first panel is covered by the body so that air inside the body is not dischargeable through the opening, and
when the second panel is in the first position, air inside the body is dischargeable through the plurality of holes of the first discharge panel of the second panel, and the opening of the second discharge panel of the second panel is covered by the body so that air inside the body is not dischargeable through the opening.

11. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
when the first panel is in the second position, the opening of the second discharge panel of the first panel is outside of the body so that air inside the body is dischargeable through the opening, and
when the second panel is in the second position, the opening of the second discharge panel of the second panel is outside of the body so that air inside the body is dischargeable through the opening.

12. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
when the first and second panels are both in the first positions, the first discharge panel of the first panel and the first discharge panel of the second panel are aligned with each other along the front face, and
when the first and second panels are both in the second positions, the first discharge panel of the first panel and the first discharge panel of the second panel are adjacent to each other so that air inside the body is not dischargeable through the plurality of holes of the first discharge panel of the first panel or through the plurality of holes of the first discharge panel of the second panel.

13. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the first panel is configurable to be in at least one intermediate position between the first position and the second position, in which the first discharge panel of the first panel extends from the front face at an acute angle, and the second discharge panel of the first panel is at least partially outside of the body with at least a portion of the opening of the second discharge panel being outside the body, and
the second panel is configurable to be in at least one intermediate position between the first position and the second position, in which the first discharge panel of the second panel extends from the front face at an acute angle, and the second discharge panel of the second panel is at least partially outside of the body with at least a portion of the opening of the second discharge panel being outside the body.

14. An air conditioner comprising:
a body; and
a front panel including:
a first panel including a first discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air from inside the body, and a second discharge panel having an opening formed therein to discharge air from inside the body; and
a second panel including a first discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air from inside the body, and a second discharge panel having an opening formed therein to discharge air from inside the body,
wherein the first panel is configured to be rotatable with respect to the body, the first and second discharge panels of the first panel are configured to be rotatable with respect to each other, the second panel is configured to be rotatable with respect to the body, and the first and second discharge panels of the second panel are configured to be rotatabl

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Chang Woo
• Shin Moon Sun
• Yun Yeon Seob

Classifications

• F24F1/0011

  characterised by air outlets · CPC title

• F24F13/105

  composed of diaphragms or segments · CPC title

• F24F13/068

  formed as perforated walls, ceilings or floors (F24F13/078 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F24F2013/1446

  with gearings · CPC title

• F24F1/0014

  having two or more outlet openings · CPC title