Ventilation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534802-B2
Application number	US-201214006230-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

Ventilation device is mounted on inner wall in wind tunnel communicating between indoor and outdoor sides, having a ventilation louver. The ventilation louver includes a louver frame and a movable louver. Horizontal distance from position of gravity center of the movable louver to the inner wall is greater than horizontal distance from the movable louver shaft to the inner wall. A lever is disposed at a lower part of the louver frame to move in a left-right direction along bottom end face of the lower part of the louver frame. A connection element is provided to connect the movable louver with the lever between the movable louver and the louver frame, which is configured to be a slidable structure in the up-down direction, and transform the movement in the left-right direction of the lever to opening and closing movement of the movable louver around the movable louver shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ventilation device mounted on an inner wall in a wind tunnel communicating between indoor and outdoor sides, comprising:
a ventilation louver, including a louver frame and a movable louver, wherein the louver frame is mounted at a front opening of a ventilation device body of the ventilation device and the movable louver is supported by a movable louver shaft at a lower part of the louver frame and covers a front side of the louver frame, wherein a horizontal distance from a center of gravity of the movable louver to an inner wall at the indoor side is greater than a horizontal distance from the movable louver shaft to the inner wall;
a lever disposed at a lower part of the louver frame to move in a left-right direction along a bottom end face thereof;
a connection element connects the movable louver with the lever between the movable louver and the louver frame, which is configured to be a slidable structure in an up-down direction, and transforms the movement in the left-right direction of the lever to opening and closing movement of the movable louver around the movable louver shaft,
wherein the lever includes a horizontal slot disposed in its end face facing the lower part of the louver frame opening portion, and a corresponding protrusion plate is disposed to extend in the left-right direction on the lower part of the louver frame opening portion, the protrusion plate is fitted in the slot and slidable in the left-right direction therein.

2. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the lever includes a handle extending downward and projecting to indoor room from bottom of the louver frame.

3. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the movable louver is provided with a rotation guide plate standing on its rear side, the rotation guide plate including an oblique rotation guide slot;
the connection element is U-shaped and the U-shaped connection element is provided with a protrusion part on a front end portion in an up-down direction thereof, the protrusion part of the connection element being fitted and slidable in the rotation guide slot at a center of both sides of the movable louver;
wherein, the rotation guide plate moves forward and backward when the connection element moves in the up-down direction.

4. The ventilation device according to claim 3 , wherein,
the rotation guide slot includes at least two slot parts with different gradients, with respect to a horizontal plane, the slot part with a smaller gradient of the rotation guide slot being disposed in the rear side while the slot part with a greater gradient being disposed in the front side.

5. The ventilation device according to claim 3 , wherein,
the rotation guide slot is configured to be an arc-shaped slot.

6. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the inner surface of the movable louver is provided with a heat-insulating material.

7. The ventilation device according to claim 6 , wherein,
the movable louver is provided with double convex bars on an upside bracket and right and left side brackets, with a space between the double convex bars.

8. The ventilation device according to claim 7 , further comprising,
a protruding bar is disposed in the space to connect an inner convex bar and an outer convex bar and thereby a reservoir is formed between the protruding bar, the inner convex bar and the outer convex bar.

9. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the ventilation device body is provided with a filter bracket, which is snapped to the ventilation device body and formed in such a shape to cover the front opening of the ventilation device body, a seal sponge is further provided to an inner side of the louver frame to block a gap between the filter bracket and the ventilation device body.

10. The ventilation device according to claim 9 , wherein,
the ventilation device body includes a wind guiding structure, located at position where the ventilation device body snaps to the filter bracket, through which cool air is blown to a wall shielded by the ventilation device body.

11. A ventilation device mounted on inner wall in wind tunnel communicating between indoor and outdoor sides, comprising:
a ventilation louver, including a louver frame and a movable louver, in which the louver frame is mounted at a front opening of a ventilation device body of the ventilation device and the movable louver is supported by a movable louver shaft at a lower part of the louver frame and covers a front side of the louver frame, wherein a horizontal distance from a center of gravity of the movable louver to an inner wall at the indoor side is greater than a horizontal distance from the movable louver shaft to the inner wall;
a lever is disposed at a lower part of the louver frame to move in a left-right direction along a bottom end face thereof;
a connection element connects the movable louver with the lever between the movable louver and the louver frame, which is configured to be a slidable structure in an up-down direction, and transforms the movement in the left-right direction of the lever to opening and closing movement of the movable louver around the movable louver shaft;
wherein, the connection element includes an oblique lever guiding slot, and the lever includes a lever protrusion fitted in the lever guiding slot, the lever protrusion being slidable in the lever guiding slot, wherein the connection element moves in the up-down direction when the lever moving in the left-right direction.

12. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein,
the lever protrusion has a cylindrical or elongate shape.

13. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein,
the connection element is U-shaped and the lever guiding slot is located in center of portion of the U-shape connection element in the left-right direction.

14. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
horizontal connection element support portions that are disposed at upper end and lower end of the lever guiding slot for fixing the lever protrusion.

15. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein
the lever includes a handle extending downward and projecting to indoor room from bottom of the louver frame.

16. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein
the movable louver is provided with a rotation guide plate standing on its rear side, the rotation guide plate including an oblique rotation guide slot;
the connection element is U-shaped and the U-shaped connection element is provided with a protrusion part on a front end portion in an up-down direction thereof, the protrusion part of the connection element being fitted and slidable in the rotation guide slot at a center of both sides of the movable louver;
wherein, the rotation guide plate moves forward and backward when the connection element moves in the up-down direction.

17. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein,
the inner surface of the movable louver is provided with a heat-insulating material.

18. The ventilation device according to claim 11 , wherein,
the ventilation device body is provided with a filter bracket, which is snapped to the ventilation device body and formed in such a shape to cover the front opening of the ventilation device body, a seal sponge is further provided to an inner side of the louver frame to block a gap between the filter bracket and the ventilation device body.

Assignees

• Zhong Bodong
• Long Min
• Hong Jiahan
• Zhen Shi
• Hasegawa Norihiko
• Yokoyama Ryuuma
• Panasonic Eco Sys Guangdong Co
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Zhong Bodong
• Long Min
• Hong Jiahan
• Zhen Shi
• Hasegawa Norihiko
• Yokoyama Ryuuma

Classifications

• F24F13/10

  movable, e.g. dampers · CPC title

• F24F13/14

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

• F04D25/10

  the unit having provisions for automatically changing direction of output air · CPC title

• F04D29/703

  specially for fans, e.g. fan guards · CPC title

• F24F7/013 Primary

  using wall or window fans, displacing air through the wall or window · CPC title