Air purification device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12222115-B2
Application number	US-202217591913-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2022
Priority date	Feb 7, 2021
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

An air purification includes a body portion, having a first installation space, a second installation space and a third installation space; a positive/negative ion module, removably mounted in the first installation space and controlled to generate positive ions and/or negative ions; a plasma module, removably mounted in the second installation space and controlled to generate plasmas; and a power supply module, removably mounted in the third installation space and configured to supply power for the positive/negative ion module and the plasma module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air purification device, characterized by, comprising:
a body portion, having a first installation space, a second installation space and a third installation space;
a positive/negative ion module removably mounted in the first installation space and controlled to generate positive ions and/or negative ions;
a plasma module removably mounted in the second installation space and controlled to generate plasmas; and
a power supply module removably mounted in the third installation space and configured to supply power for the positive/negative ion module and the plasma module.

2. The air purification device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the air purification device comprises multiple air purification settings, each of the air purification settings corresponds to different output voltages of the power supply module, different levels of positive/negative ions generated by the positive/negative ion module and different levels of plasmas generated by the plasma module.

3. The air purification device according to claim 2 , wherein,
the power supply module has a first low output voltage and a first high output voltage for the positive/negative ion module, such that the positive/negative ion module generates low level of positive/negative ions and high level of positive/negative ions, respectively; and
the power supply module has a second low output voltage and a second high output voltage for the plasma module, the plasma module generates low level of plasmas and high level of plasmas, respectively.

4. The air purification device according to claim 3 , wherein, the air purification settings comprise:
a first-stage air purification setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply power to the positive/negative ion module, so that the positive/negative ion module generates positive/negative ions; and
a second-stage air purification setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply power to the positive/negative ion module and the plasma module, respectively, so that the positive/negative ion module generates positive/negative ions and the plasma module generates plasmas.

5. The air purification device according to claim 4 , wherein,
the first-stage air purification setting comprises:
a first low setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply the positive/negative ion module with the first low output voltage, so that the positive/negative ion module generates low level of positive/negative ions;
a first high setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply the positive/negative ion module with the first high output voltage, so that the positive/negative ion module generates high level of positive/negative ions; and/or
the second-stage air purification setting comprises:
a second low setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply the positive/negative ion module with the first low output voltage, so that the positive/negative ion module generates low level of positive/negative ions; and the power supply module is controlled to supply the plasma module with the second low output voltage, so that the plasma module generates low level of plasmas;
a second middle setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply the positive/negative ion module with the first high output voltage, so that the positive/negative ion module generates high level of positive/negative ions; and the power supply module is controlled to supply the plasma module with the second low output voltage, so that the plasma module generates low level of plasmas;
a second high setting, wherein the power supply module is controlled to supply the positive/negative ion module with the first high output voltage, so that the positive/negative ion module generates high level of positive/negative ions; and the power supply module is controlled to supply the plasma module with the second high output voltage, so that the plasma module generates high level of plasmas.

6. The air purification device according to claim 1 , wherein, further comprising a group of sensors for sensing, in the space of air to be conditioned, one or more parameters of: the content of volatile organic compounds, PM2.5, PM10, ozone level, room occupancy level, the number of human, human body temperature, positive/negative ion level and plasma level; wherein, a controller controls the output voltage of the power supply module supplied to the positive/negative ion module and/or the plasma module based on the one or more parameters sensed by the group of sensors.

7. The air purification device according to claim 1 , further comprising a purification mode and a disinfect mode, wherein
in the purification mode, the positive/negative ion module is controlled to generate only negative ions, or the positive/negative ion module is controlled to generate more negative ions than positive ions; or
in the disinfect mode, the number of the negative ions which the positive/negative ion module is controlled to generate approaches the number of the positive ions which the positive/negative ion module is controlled to generate, or the plasma module is controlled to generate plasmas.

8. The air purification device according to claim 1 , wherein, further comprising a controller configured to control the output voltage of the power supply module supplied to the positive/negative ion module and/or the plasma module, and the on/off state of the power supply module.

9. The air purification device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the controller is configured as an internal controller integrated in the body portion; and/or
the controller is configured as an external controller separated from the body portion.

10. The air purification device according to claim 9 , wherein, the external controller is mounted in the space of air to be conditioned and is integrated with temperature/humidity control module.

11. The air purification device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the body portion of the air purification device is arranged at an air outlet or an air inlet of the space of air to be conditioned.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Zhang Shuguang
• Kuang Yuhui
• Zhai Hui
• Shen Guangyu
• Liu Hongsheng
• Birnkrant Michael J

Classifications

• F24F7/08

  with separate ducts for supplied and exhausted air {with provisions for reversal of the input and output systems} · CPC title

• F24F3/16 Primary

  by purification, e.g. by filtering; by sterilisation; by ozonisation · CPC title

• F24F11/89

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• F24F8/30

  by ionisation · CPC title

• A61L2209/111

  Sensor means, e.g. motion, brightness, scent, contaminant sensors · CPC title