Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9523511-B2
Application number	US-201514813194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2015
Priority date	Aug 6, 2014
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction, and a front panel covering at least a part of a front side of the wall. On a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed. The opening is configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction; and
a front panel, wherein
the front panel is installed on a front side of the housing and covers at least a part of a front side of the wall,
in the indoor unit, in a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed in such a manner that, on a rear side of the wall, a network repeater compartment with a front side open is formed, that the opening of the wall is formed at a position faced with an opening of the network repeater compartment, that the network repeater is to be contained in the space inside the network repeater compartment, and that the network repeater can be incorporated in the indoor unit, and
the opening in the wall being configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened, so that the network repeater incorporated in the indoor unit can be taken out of the indoor unit.

2. The indoor unit of the air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control board, and the network repeater contained in the space and configured to relay the control board and the network.

3. The indoor unit of the air-conditioning apparatus of claim 2 , wherein
the control board and the network repeater are connected by a cable disposed on a rear side of the wall, and
the cable has a length sufficient for drawing out the network repeater contained in the space through the opening.

4. The indoor unit of the air-conditioning apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
a middle portion of the cable is fixed by a cable fixing member, and
a portion of the cable between the middle portion and the network repeater has a length sufficient for drawing out the network repeater contained in the space through the opening.

5. The indoor unit of the air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a cutout is formed in each of regions facing each other on a peripheral edge of the opening.

6. The indoor unit of the air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network repeater performs Wi-Fi communication with the network.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ikeda Hisanori
• Ishikawa Masato
• Suzuki Akimoto
• Kinami Masahide
• Koyanagi Youhei
• Goto Takuya
• Ishigami katsuya
• Kawai Shinji
• Naito Yosuke

Classifications

• F24F2013/207

  with control knobs; Mounting controlling members or control units therein · CPC title

• G08C2201/42

  Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network · CPC title

• H04Q9/00

  Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom · CPC title

• F24F11/56

  Remote control · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title