Outdoor unit for central air conditioner and central air conditioner having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268708-B2
Application number	US-201816627857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2018
Priority date	Jan 16, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

An outdoor unit for a central air conditioner and a central air conditioner having the same are provided. The outdoor unit includes a unit body and at least One panel. One side of the unit body is open, and the panel is arranged on the side of the unit body to open and close the unit body. One end of the panel is pivotally and detachably connected to the unit body through a pivot structure. The pivot structure includes a base provided on the unit body and a pivot seat provided on the panel. A top of the base has a pivot shaft spaced apart from the unit body and extending upward, and the pivot seat is provided with a pivot hole having an open bottom and configured to be detachably fitted with the pivot shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit for a central air conditioner, comprising:
a unit body;
at least one panel provided on the unit body to open and close the unit body, wherein an end of the panel is pivotally and detachably connected with the unit body through a pivot structure, the pivot structure comprises a base provided on the unit body and a pivot seat provided on the panel, a top of the base has a pivot shaft spaced apart from the unit body and extending upward, and the pivot seat is provided with a pivot hole having an open bottom and configured to be detachably fitted with the pivot shaft; and
wherein a front side of the unit body is open, and the panel is arranged at the front side of the unit body; the unit body comprises two side walls spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction and a rear wall connected between rear ends of the two side walls; a front end of at least one of the two side walls has an extended wall that is parallel to the rear wall and extends towards a center of the unit body; the base is arranged on a front surface of the extended wall and is located on a side adjacent to the center of the unit body; a front surface of the panel has a mounting surface for arranging the pivot seat; the mounting surface is located on an end of the panel adjacent to the at least one of the two side walls, and the mounting surface obliquely extends backward from the center of the unit body to a side where the at least one of the two side walls is located.

2. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the base is larger than a cross-sectional area of the pivot shaft.

3. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional area of a top end of the pivot shaft increases gradually from up to down.

4. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the front surface of the panel protrudes beyond the front surface of the extended wall.

5. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot seat comprises a pivot base provided on the mounting surface and a pivot body which is provided on a side of the pivot base adjacent to the extended wall and which is spaced from the panel; a pivot hole is formed in the pivot body, and a top surface of the pivot body is flush with a top surface of the pivot base.

6. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is pivotally connected with the unit body through two pivot structures spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction.

7. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is provided with a handle portion.

8. The outdoor unit according to claim 7 , wherein the handle portion is formed by a part of a side surface of the panel away from a center of the unit body being recessed towards the center of the unit body.

9. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein two panels are provided and arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other.

10. A central air conditioner comprising the outdoor unit according to claim 1 .

11. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein a cross-sectional area of a top end of the pivot shaft increases gradually from up to down.

12. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein a front side of the unit body is open, and the panel is arranged at the front side of the unit body; the unit body comprises two side walls spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction and a rear wall connected between rear ends of the two side walls; a front end of at least one of the two side walls has an extended wall that is parallel to the rear wall and extends towards a center of the unit body; the base is arranged on a front surface of the extended wall and is located on a side adjacent to the center of the unit body; a front surface of the panel has a mounting surface for arranging the pivot seat; the mounting surface is located on an end of the panel adjacent to the at least one of the two side walls, and the mounting surface obliquely extends backward from the center of the unit body to a side where the at least one of the two side walls is located.

13. The outdoor unit according to claim 3 , wherein a front side of the unit body is open, and the panel is arranged at the front side of the unit body; the unit body comprises two side walls spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction and a rear wall connected between rear ends of the two side walls; a front end of at least one of the two side walls has an extended wall that is parallel to the rear wall and extends towards a center of the unit body; the base is arranged on a front surface of the extended wall and is located on a side adjacent to the center of the unit body; a front surface of the panel has a mounting surface for arranging the pivot seat; the mounting surface is located on an end of the panel adjacent to the at least one of the two side walls, and the mounting surface obliquely extends backward from the center of the unit body to a side where the at least one of the two side walls is located.

14. The outdoor unit according to claim 4 , wherein the pivot seat comprises a pivot base provided on the mounting surface and a pivot body which is provided on a side of the pivot base adjacent to the extended wall and which is spaced from the panel; a pivot hole is formed in the pivot body, and a top surface of the pivot body is flush with a top surface of the pivot base.

15. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein the panel is pivotally connected with the unit body through two pivot structures spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction.

16. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein the panel is provided with a handle portion.

17. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein two panels are provided and arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other.

18. A central air conditioner comprising the outdoor unit according to claim 2 .

19. A central air conditioner comprising the outdoor unit according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qiu Shilin
• He Junfei
• Liao Jian
• Li Yang
• Chu Guangpei

Classifications

• F24F1/56 Primary

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

• E05D7/10

  to allow easy separation {or connection} of the parts at the hinge axis ({E05D5/12 and E05D15/50 take precedence } ; substitutes for hinges E05D1/06) · CPC title

• F24F1/38 Primary

  Fan details of outdoor units, e.g. bell-mouth shaped inlets or fan mountings · CPC title

• F24F1/50

  with outlet air in upward direction · CPC title