Indoor unit of air conditioning apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441842-B2
Application number	US-201013504584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2010
Priority date	Nov 5, 2009
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

An indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus includes an door unit casing and an airflow direction adjusting member. The indoor unit casing has an air inlet and an air outlet with an edge on an air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet. The airflow direction adjusting member covers at least part of the air outlet. The airflow direction adjusting member has an edge on the air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit comprising:
an indoor unit casing having an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet having an edge on an air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet; and
an airflow direction adjusting member covering at least part of the air outlet, the airflow direction adjusting member having an edge on the air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet,
the air outlet being formed such that an inclination of edge surfaces of the air outlet in the neighborhoods of the lengthwise direction end portions with respect to a horizontal plane is steeper than an inclination of an edge surface of the air outlet in a lengthwise direction center at the downstream most end of the air outlet with respect to the horizontal plane,
the air outlet being formed such that a degree of curvature of edge surfaces on the air inlet side in the neighborhood of the lengthwise direction center is higher than a degree of curvature of edge surfaces on the air inlet side in the lengthwise direction end portions,
a direction of airflow blown out from neighborhood of the lengthwise direction end portions of the air outlet being directed more downward than a direction of an airflow blown out from the lengthwise direction center of the air outlet, and
the indoor unit being a ceiling-embedded type.

2. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the air outlet is formed such that, in the neighborhoods of the lengthwise direction end portions, a width direction length of the air outlet becomes shorter towards the end portions in order to form the bulge of the air outlet, and
the airflow direction adjusting member is formed such that, in the neighborhoods of the lengthwise direction end portions, a width direction length of the airflow direction adjusting member becomes shorter toward the end portions in order to form the bulge of the airflow direction adjusting member.

3. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the width direction length, at the lengthwise direction end portions, of the air outlet is 40 to 80% of the width direction length at the lengthwise direction center of the air outlet,
the air outlet has a linearly shaped section that interconnects sections of the bulge in the neighborhoods of the lengthwise direction end portions,
the width direction length, at the lengthwise direction end portions, of the airflow direction adjusting member is 20 to 60% of the width direction length at a lengthwise direction center of the airflow direction adjusting member, and
the airflow direction adjusting member has a linearly shaped section that interconnects sections of the bulge in the neighborhoods of the lengthwise direction end portions.

4. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
a degree of bulging of the air outlet toward the air inlet is at least greater than a degree of bulging of the air outlet toward an opposite side relative to the air inlet, and
a degree of bulging of the airflow direction adjusting member toward the air inlet is at least greater than a degree of bulging of the airflow direction adjusting member toward an opposite side relative to the air inlet.

5. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the air outlet has a substantially straight edge portion along a longitudinal direction of the air outlet, and
the edge of the airflow direction adjusting member has a substantially straight edge portion along a longitudinal direction of the airflow direction adjusting member.

6. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an air inlet side of the airflow direction adjusting member is formed so as to follow the air inlet side of the air outlet.

7. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the air outlet is one of at least four such air outlets disposed so as to surround the air inlet, and the airflow direction adjusting member is one of at least four such airflow direction adjusting members disposed in the at least four air outlets, respectively.

8. The indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising
additional air outlets disposed between the air outlets in which the airflow direction adjusting members are disposed, forming a continuous air outlet opening.

9. An indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus comprising
an indoor unit casing having an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet having an edge on an air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet;
an airflow direction adjusting member covering at least a part of the air outlet, the airflow direction adjusting member having an edge on the air inlet side forming a bulge toward the air inlet; and
an airflow direction adjusting control unit configured to adjust a direction of airflow blown out from the air outlet by adjusting a posture of the airflow direction adjusting member,
the air outlet being formed such that an inclination of edge surfaces of the air outlet in the neighborhood of lengthwise direction end portions with respect to a horizontal plane is steeper than an inclination of an edge surface of the air outlet in a lengthwise direction center at the downstream most end of the air outlet with respect to the horizontal plane,
a direction of airflow blown out from neighborhood of the lengthwise direction end portions of the air outlet being directed more downward than a direction of an airflow blown out from the lengthwise direction center of the air outlet,
the airflow direction adjusting control unit being further configured to adjust posture of the airflow direction adjusting member so as to close the air outlet when air conditioning operations are stopped, and
the indoor unit being a ceiling-embedded type.

Assignees

• Nouchi Yoshiteru
• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nouchi Yoshiteru

Classifications

• F24F1/0014 Primary

  having two or more outlet openings · CPC title

• F24F2001/0037

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24F2013/0616

  Outlets that have intake openings · CPC title

• F24F13/14 Primary

  built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre · CPC title

• F24F13/20

  Casings or covers · CPC title