Portable air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12467641-B2
Application number	US-202318098338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2023
Priority date	Jul 27, 2020
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A portable air conditioner is provided. The portable air conditioner has a cabinet and an air outlet housing. The cabinet has an upper housing and a lower housing. The lower housing projects rearwardly relative to the upper housing. The upper housing is provided with a first air inlet, and the lower housing is provided with a second air inlet. The air outlet housing is mounted in the cabinet. An inlet of the air outlet housing is provided with a heat exchanger. The first air inlet is communicated with the heat exchanger to form a first air intake channel. The second air inlet is communicated with the heat exchanger to form a second air intake channel.

First claim

What claimed is:

1 . A portable air conditioner comprising:
a cabinet comprising an upper housing and a rear housing, wherein the upper housing is provided with a first air inlet; and the rear housing extends from a rear of the upper housing below the first air inlet, and the rear housing is provided with a second air inlet; and an air outlet housing mounted in the cabinet, wherein a heat exchanger is mounted on the air outlet housing at an air intake side, wherein:
the first air inlet is communicated with the heat exchanger and forms a first air intake channel; and
the second air inlet is communicated with the heat exchanger and forms a second air intake channel.

2 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the rear housing comprises a top wall and a surrounding wall connected to a lower end of the top wall, and the second air inlet is located on the surrounding wall.

3 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the second air inlet comprises a plurality of uniformly arranged through holes.

4 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the second air inlet is located on the top wall, the top wall is provided with a mounting part for fixing an air duct, and the second air inlet is arranged along a periphery of the mounting part.

5 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 4 , wherein a diameter of a largest inscribed circle inside the second air inlet is d, and d meets a condition that: 0<d≤8 mm.

6 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising a middle plate, wherein the middle plate is arranged in the cabinet, the second air intake channel is formed between the middle plate and the rear housing, and the second air inlet is located above the middle plate.

7 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 6 , further comprising an air deflector located in the rear housing, wherein an upper part of the rear housing is provided with a mounting part used for fixing an air duct, the air deflector is respectively connected to the middle plate and the mounting part in either end, and the second air intake channel is formed among the air deflector, the middle plate and the rear housing.

8 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the first air inlet is detachably connected to a first filter assembly, and the first filter assembly is used for filtering air entering the first air inlet.

9 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the rear housing is provided with a second filter assembly inside, and the second filter assembly is located at the second air intake channel for filtering air entering the second air inlet.

10 . The portable air conditioner according to claim 9 , wherein the second filter assembly and the first filter assembly are formed in an integrated piece.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Lu Shaozhang
• Zhao Eli

Classifications

• F24F1/035

  characterised by the mounting or arrangement of filters · CPC title

• F24F1/0323 Primary

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

• F24F1/028

  characterised by air supply means, e.g. fan casings, internal dampers or ducts (with secondary air induced by injector action of the primary air F24F1/01) · CPC title

• F24F1/04 Primary

  Arrangements for portability · CPC title

• F24F1/022

  comprising a compressor cycle · CPC title