Air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11608994-B2
Application number	US-202017130830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2020
Priority date	Dec 23, 2019
Publication date	Mar 21, 2023
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes: an indoor unit and an outdoor unit that circulates a refrigerant between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, in which the outdoor unit includes a heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the refrigerant and a housing that houses the heat exchanger, the housing includes a first plate that is provided to surround the heat exchanger, and a second plate that is provided to cover an opening formed on an edge of the first plate, has a ventilation hole through which air is circulated between inside and outside of the housing, is made of a material having greater corrosion resistance than that of the first plate, and includes a screw coupling part provided to be coupled to the first plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioner, comprising:
an indoor unit; and
an outdoor unit configured to circulate a refrigerant between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, and including:
a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between air and the refrigerant, and
a housing that houses the heat exchanger and includes:
a first plate surrounding the heat exchanger, with an edge on a side of the first plate forming an opening; and
a second plate covering the opening, and including:
a discharge port through which air in the housing having been heat exchanged with the refrigerant by the heat exchanger is dischargeable to outside of the housing, and
a screw coupling part to screw couple the second plate and the first plate together,
wherein the second plate is made of a material having a greater corrosion resistance than the first plate.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the screw coupling part has a coupling hole,
the first plate has a screw through hole having a larger diameter than the coupling hole, and
the air conditioner further comprises a screw having a main body penetrating the screw through hole and the coupling hole, and screwed to the screw coupling part.

3. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the second plate comprises:
a main body, and
a bent part that is bent from an edge of the main body and extends parallel to the first plate, and

the screw coupling part is formed in the bend part.

4. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the first plate and the second plate are screwed to each other in order from the outside of the housing.

5. The air conditioner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a screw passing through the first plate and screw coupled to the screw coupling part to screw couple the second plate and the first plate together; and
a washer made of a soft material interposed between a screw head of the screw and the first plate.

6. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the first plate forms a vertical wall of the housing, and
the second plate is above the first plate.

7. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the first plate and/or the second plate is made of a metal material.

8. The air conditioner of claim 7 , wherein
the first plate is made of steel, and
the screw coupling part is made of aluminum.

9. The air conditioner of claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the second plate is provided in a range of 2.5 to 3 mm.

10. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the first plate is coated with a paint having corrosion resistance.

11. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the discharge port of the second plate has a mesh shape.

12. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the housing further includes a mesh, and
the second plate further includes a mesh coupling part that is screwed to the mesh so that the mesh covers the discharge port and has greater corrosion resistance than that of the mesh.

13. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the first plate includes a locking protrusion protruding from the first plate to support an edge of the second plate.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuk Chungwan
• Choi Jeimin
• Park Hyeonu
• Jo Eunsung
• Park Kyusang
• Lee Buyoun
• Lee Hansuk
• Lim Changsoo
• Jang Keunjeong
• Hwang Duju

Classifications

• F24F1/56 Primary

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

• F24F1/16 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting thereof · CPC title

• F24F13/20

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• F24F13/30

  Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers · CPC title

• F24F2221/52

  Weather protecting means, e.g. against wind, rain or snow · CPC title