Fan apparatus and ceiling-suspended air conditioning apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016290663-A1
Application number	US-201615076651-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fan apparatus includes a fan and a mounting device that mounts the fan to a ceiling-suspended air conditioner at a position above an air outlet of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner. The fan of the fan apparatus is mounted to the ceiling-suspended air conditioner at a position above the air outlet of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner via the mounting device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fan apparatus, comprising:
a fan; and a mounting device that mounts the fan to a ceiling-suspended air conditioner at a position above an air outlet of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

2 . The fan apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver that receives a signal from an external device; and a control circuitry that controls an operation of the fan in accordance with the signal.

3 . The fan apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the receiver receives an ON/OFF signal of the operation of the fan.

4 . The fan apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the receiver receives a signal regarding an ON/OFF state of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

5 . The fan apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in an ON state, the control circuitry causes the fan to operate, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in an OFF state, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

6 . The fan apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in an OFF state, the control circuitry causes the fan to operate, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in an ON state, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

7 . The fan apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the receiver receives a signal regarding an operation mode executed in the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

8 . The fan apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the operation mode includes a heating mode in which the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in a heating operation and a cooling mode in which the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in a cooling operation, wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the heating mode, the control circuitry controls the operation of the fan in accordance with an ON/OFF state of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the cooling mode, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

9 . The fan apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the operation mode includes a first airflow volume mode and a second airflow volume mode, in which an airflow volume of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is larger than in the first airflow volume mode, are classified according to the volume of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner, wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the first airflow volume mode, the control circuitry causes the fan to operate, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the second airflow volume mode, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

10 . The fan apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the operation mode includes a first airflow direction mode and a second airflow direction mode, in which an airflow of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is directed more downward than in the a first airflow direction mode, are classified according to the inclination angle in a downward direction, wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the first airflow direction mode, the control circuitry causes the fan to operate, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is in the second airflow direction mode, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

11 . The fan apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the receiver receives a signal regarding a temperature of air sucked into the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

12 . The fan apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the receiver receives a signal regarding an operating environment of the fan apparatus.

13 . The fan apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the operating environment concerns humidity, wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the humidity is high, the control circuitry causes the fan to operate, and wherein, upon the receiver receiving a signal indicating that the humidity is low, the control circuitry causes the fan to stop operating.

14 . The fan apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the operating environment concerns an ON/OFF state of another ceiling-suspended air conditioner different from the ceiling-suspended air conditioner in which the fan apparatus is installed.

15 . The fan apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detector that detects an operating environment of the fan apparatus; and a control circuitry that controls an operation of the fan in accordance with the operating environment of the fan apparatus detected by the detector.

16 . The fan apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the detector is provided above the air outlet of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

17 . A ceiling-suspended air conditioning apparatus comprising:
a ceiling-suspended air conditioner which is an air conditioner suspended from the ceiling; and the fan of the fan apparatus set forth in claim 1 is mounted via the mounting device at a position above the air outlet of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hirano Jun

Classifications

• F24F1/0018 Primary

  characterised by fans (with secondary air induced by injector action of the primary air F24F1/01) · CPC title

• F24F11/77

  by controlling the speed of ventilators · CPC title

• F24F13/32

  Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units · CPC title

• F24F11/89

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• F24F1/0007

  Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units (self-contained units F24F1/02) · CPC title