Outdoor unit for air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11118796-B2
Application number	US-202016941923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2020
Priority date	Jan 31, 2018
Publication date	Sep 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021

Abstract

An outdoor unit for an air conditioner includes: a casing including a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the casing; a heat exchanger disposed in the casing; and an installation foot that supports the bottom plate from below. The installation foot includes: a support portion that supports from below an end portion of the bottom plate, a wall portion disposed on an outer side of the end portion of the bottom plate and that extends upward from the support portion, and a mount portion that extends from an upper end of the wall portion. The heat exchanger is mounted on the mount portion. The mount portion has a hole that extends through the mount portion in a height direction of the outdoor unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner comprising:
a casing comprising a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the casing;
a heat exchanger disposed in the casing; and
an installation foot that supports the bottom plate from below, wherein the installation foot comprises:
a support portion that supports from below an end portion of the bottom plate;
a wall portion disposed on an outer side of the end portion of the bottom plate and that extends upward, in a height direction of the outdoor unit, from the support portion;
a mount portion that extends from an upper end of the wall portion; and
an end edge portion that extends upward, in the height direction, from an edge end on an outer side of the mount portion,

the heat exchanger is mounted on the mount portion, and
the mount portion has a hole that extends through the mount portion in the height direction.

2. The outdoor unit for the air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom plate is a corrugated plate comprising a mountain portion and a valley portion that arranged in a length direction or a width direction of the outdoor unit, and
the support portion supports the end portion of the bottom plate on a side from which the mountain portion and the valley portion can be viewed.

3. The outdoor unit for the air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an elastic member disposed between the mount portion and the heat exchanger.

4. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner comprising:
a casing comprising a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the casing;
a heat exchanger disposed in the casing;
an installation foot that supports the bottom plate from below;
an elastic member, wherein
the installation foot comprises:
a support portion that supports from below an end portion of the bottom plate;
a wall portion disposed on an outer side of the end portion of the bottom plate and that extends upward, in a height direction of the outdoor unit, from the support portion; and
a mount portion that extends from an upper end of the wall portion,

the heat exchanger is mounted on the mount portion,
the mount portion has a hole that extends through the mount portion in the height direction,
the elastic member is disposed between the mount portion and the heat exchanger, and
the elastic member has a hole that overlaps the hole of the mount portion in plan view and that extends through the elastic member in the height direction.

5. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner comprising:
a casing comprising a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the casing;
a heat exchanger disposed in the casing; and
an installation foot that supports the bottom plate from below, wherein
a portion of the heat exchanger is mounted on a mount surface of the installation foot,
the mount surface is flush with an upper surface of the bottom plate,
the heat exchanger is mounted to straddle the bottom plate and the installation foot,
the mount surface has a hole that extends through the mount surface in a height direction of the outdoor unit, and
an end edge portion of the installation foot extends upward, in the height direction, from an edge end on an outer side of the mount surface.

6. The outdoor unit for the air conditioner according to claim 5 , wherein
a predetermined gap is disposed between an end edge of the bottom plate and an end edge of the mount surface.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Koike Fumiaki
• Hirawa Daiki
• Tanaka Yuusuke
• Tsujiuchi Takashi
• Kamitani Shigeki
• HORITA Takuya

Classifications

• F24F1/56

  Casing or covers of separate outdoor units, e.g. fan guards · CPC title

• F24F1/16 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting thereof · CPC title

• F24F1/36 Primary

  Drip trays for outdoor units · CPC title

• F24F13/30

  Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers · CPC title