Ceiling-embedded air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12092346-B2
Application number	US-201917042517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

In a mode in which a blowing fan is disposed in an air blowing chamber surrounded by heat exchangers, air sucked from an air blowing opening is directed to each heat exchanger without bias. Even in a mode in which an air blower is disposed in an air blowing chamber which is formed between a first heat exchange part and a second heat exchange part disposed to face each other, and an air suction opening is disposed on the side of a second air suction chamber outside the second heat exchange part, an air guide path is formed from the air suction part to a first air suction chamber on the side of the first heat exchange part between the rear surface of the decorative panel and the bottom surface of the drain pan, so that the air sucked from the air blowing opening is directed to the first heat exchange part and the second heat exchange part without bias.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ceiling-embedded air conditioner, comprising:
a box-shaped main unit that includes an air blower, a heat exchanger, and a drain pan and is disposed in a ceiling of an air conditioning room; and
a decorative panel that is attached to a bottom surface of the main unit along a ceiling surface of the air conditioning room, the decorative panel being provided with an air suction part and an air blowing part,
wherein the heat exchanger includes at least two heat exchange parts of a front heat exchange part and a rear heat exchange part, the front heat exchange part and the rear heat exchange part being disposed in the main unit so as to face each other,
wherein an air blowing chamber is provided between the front heat exchange part and the rear heat exchange part,
wherein a first air suction chamber is provided outside the rear heat exchange part,
wherein a second air suction chamber is provided outside the front heat exchange part,
wherein the air suction part is disposed on a side of the first air suction chamber,
wherein the air blower is housed in the air blowing chamber,
wherein a bottom surface of the air blowing chamber is closed by the drain pan,
wherein an air guide path is formed in a configuration to guide air from the air suction part on the side of the first air suction chamber to the second air suction chamber on a side of the front heat exchange part between the decorative panel and the drain pan,
wherein a ventilation hole is formed in the drain pan,
wherein a plurality of ducts is provided in the decorative panel to be fitted into the ventilation hole so as to guide air blown out from the air blower to the air blowing part,
wherein the air guide path is formed between a first duct and a second duct of the plurality of ducts, and
wherein a recess is formed in a bottom surface of the drain pan corresponding to the air guide path to expand a cross-sectional area of the air guide path.

2. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the air blowing part includes a raised portion that projects toward the air conditioning room rather than a panel surface of the decorative panel, and
wherein the air blowing part is formed with an air blowing opening in a side surface of the raised portion to blow out air blown out from the air blower along the panel surface of the decorative panel.

3. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 2 ,
wherein the air suction part is disposed so as to be included in the panel surface of the decorative panel above the raised portion when viewed from the air conditioning room.

4. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance from a rotating shaft that is a center of the air blower to the front heat exchange part is L 1 , and a distance from the rotating shaft that is the center of the air blower to the rear heat exchange part is L 2 , and L 1 <L 2 is satisfied.

5. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the air blower includes
a fan motor,
an impeller driven by the fan motor, and
a fan casing surrounding the impeller, and

wherein a side of the fan casing that faces the front heat exchange part is formed in a horizontal plane.

6. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger than a distance between a lower end of the front heat exchange part and a lower end of the rear heat exchange part.

7. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the air blowing part includes a raised portion that projects toward the air conditioning room rather than a panel surface of the decorative panel, and is formed with an air blowing opening in a side surface of the raised portion to blow out air blown out from the air blower along the panel surface of the decorative panel.

8. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance from a rotating shaft that is a center of the air blower to the front heat exchange part is L 1 , and a distance from the rotating shaft that is the center of the air blower to the rear heat exchange part is L 2 , and L 1 <L 2 is satisfied.

9. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 2 ,
wherein a distance from a rotating shaft that is a center of the air blower to the front heat exchange part is L 1 , and a distance from the rotating shaft that is the center of the air blower to the rear heat exchange part is L 2 , and L 1 <L 2 is satisfied.

10. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 3 ,
wherein a distance from a rotating shaft that is a center of the air blower to the front heat exchange part is L 1 , and a distance from the rotating shaft that is the center of the air blower to the rear heat exchange part is L 2 , and L 1 <L 2 is satisfied.

11. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the air blower includes a fan motor, an impeller driven by the fan motor, and a fan casing surrounding the impeller, and a side of the fan casing that faces the front heat exchange part is formed in a horizontal plane.

12. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 2 ,
wherein the air blower includes a fan motor, an impeller driven by the fan motor, and a fan casing surrounding the impeller, and a side of the fan casing that faces the front heat exchange part is formed in a horizontal plane.

13. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 3 ,
wherein the air blower includes a fan motor, an impeller driven by the fan motor, and a fan casing surrounding the impeller, and a side of the fan casing that faces the front heat exchange part is formed in a horizontal plane.

14. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 4 ,
wherein the air blower includes a fan motor, an impeller driven by the fan motor, and a fan casing surrounding the impeller, and a side of the fan casing that faces the front heat exchange part is formed in a horizontal plane.

15. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger than a distance between a lower end of the front heat exchange part and a lower end of the rear heat exchange part.

16. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 2 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger than a distance between a lower end of the front heat exchange part and a lower end of the rear heat exchange part.

17. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 3 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger than a distance between a lower end of the front heat exchange part and a lower end of the rear heat exchange part.

18. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 4 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger than a distance between a lower end of the front heat exchange part and a lower end of the rear heat exchange part.

19. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 5 ,
wherein a distance between an upper end of the front heat exchange part and an upper end of the rear heat exchange part is larger

Assignees

• Fujitsu General Ltd

Inventors

• FUSE Takuto
• Hosoda Kazuma

Classifications

• F24F1/0063

  by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers · CPC title

• F24F13/222

  for evacuating condensate · CPC title

• F24F13/20

  Casings or covers · CPC title

• F24F13/065

  formed as cylindrical or spherical bodies which are rotatable · CPC title

• F24F1/0047 Primary

  mounted in the ceiling or at the ceiling · CPC title