Air conditioner indoor unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11566795-B2
Application number	US-201916499627-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Feb 25, 2019
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

An air conditioner indoor unit includes a back plate assembly, a top cover assembly having a part connected to a top wall of the back plate assembly, and a panel assembly. The panel assembly includes a first panel connected to the back plate assembly and including a first air outlet and a second air outlet arranged below the first air outlet, a second panel disposed below the first panel, a door mounting plate disposed at rear of the first panel and including a guiding groove, a door coupled to the door mounting plate and movable relative to the door mounting plate to open or close the first air outlet, and a guiding post arranged at the door and configured to extend into and slide relative to the guiding groove. The back plate assembly, the top cover assembly, the first panel, and the second panel are connected one to another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner indoor unit, comprising:
a back plate assembly;
a top cover assembly, a part of the top cover assembly being detachably connected to a top wall of the back plate assembly; and
a panel assembly comprising:
a first panel arranged in front of the back plate assembly and detachably connected to the back plate assembly, a top end of the first panel is connected to another part of the top cover assembly, the first panel including a first air outlet and a second air outlet arranged below the first air outlet;
a second panel disposed below the first panel, the second panel being detachably connected to a lower end of the first panel and the back plate assembly;
a door mounting plate disposed at rear of the first panel, and including a guiding groove;
a door arranged corresponding to the first air outlet and coupled to the door mounting plate, the door being movable relative to the door mounting plate to open or close the first air outlet; and
a guiding post arranged at the door, the guiding post being configured to extend into the guiding groove and slide relative to the guiding groove;

wherein:
a top of a side of the first panel facing the back plate assembly includes an extension extending towards the back plate assembly;
a lower end of the extension includes a positioning post;
a top of the back plate assembly includes a positioning hole; and
the positioning post is configured to extend into the positioning hole.

2. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first panel and the second panel are two separately molded panels.

3. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the guiding groove includes an inclined portion extending obliquely downwards in a direction approaching the first panel; and
the door is configured to close the first air outlet when the guiding post slides to the inclined portion of the guiding groove.

4. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a drive mechanism configured to drive the door to move.

5. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 4 , wherein the drive mechanism comprises:
an actuator disposed at the door mounting plate;
a drive gear connected to the actuator and configured to be driven to rotate by the actuator; and
a rack engaged with the drive gear.

6. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein a side of the first panel facing the back plate assembly includes an engaging hook, the back plate assembly includes an engaging buckle, and the engaging hook is configured to extend into the engaging buckle.

7. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 6 , wherein the engaging hook comprises:
a horizontal extension section, one end of the horizontal extension section being disposed at the first panel; and
a vertical extension section, an upper end of the vertical extension section being connected to another end of the horizontal extension section, and a lower end of the vertical extension section being configured to extend into the engaging buckle.

8. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 6 , wherein the engaging buckle has a hollow structure.

9. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the extension includes a first engaging hole; and
the back plate assembly includes a second engaging hole disposed opposite to the first engaging hole.

10. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first panel includes a third engaging hole disposed adjacent to the positioning pin; and
the back plate assembly includes a fourth engaging hole disposed opposite to the third engaging hole.

11. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the back plate assembly includes a positioning receptacle;
a bottom of a side of the first panel facing the back plate assembly includes a positioning pin extending towards the back plate assembly and configured to be inserted into the positioning receptacle.

12. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the panel assembly further comprises an opening and closing member configured to move back and forth to open or close the second air outlet; and
when the opening and closing member moves forwards to be in front of the second air outlet, the opening and closing member opens the second air outlet.

13. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein a top of the first panel includes a plurality of reinforce ribs spaced apart from one another.

14. The air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the first panel is configured as a curved surface.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Daijie
• Chen Zhihang
• Zhang Tao
• Xie Peng

Classifications

• F24F1/0014 Primary

  having two or more outlet openings · CPC title

• F24F13/1486

  characterised by bearings, pivots or hinges · CPC title

• F24F13/20 Primary

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• F24F2013/1446

  with gearings · CPC title

• F24F13/1426

  characterised by actuating means · CPC title