IP Library Granted Patent US 12663178
Granted Patent B2
US 12663178 · App. 18/230,963 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Air treatment apparatus and air conditioner

Inventors: Zijian Zhang (Foshan, CN); Yi Ding (Foshan, CN); Zhonghua He (Foshan, CN); Ganggang Yang (Foshan, CN)
Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.; MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
F24F13/20F24F1/0073F24F1/0087F24F2221/32
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Patent No.
US 12663178
App. No.
18/230,963
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air treatment apparatus and an air conditioner are provided. The air treatment apparatus has a housing and one or more air treatment devices. An airflow passage is formed in the housing. A mounting cavity is formed in the airflow passage. A side of the mounting cavity has a mounting opening. Multiple mounting portions are disposed in the mounting cavity. Two opposite sides of each of the mounting portions have a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface, respectively. At least one of the air treatment devices is drawably mounted on the mounting portions through the mounting opening and in slidable fit with the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface. Each of the air treatment device is mountable on one of the mounting portions.

Claims (32)

1 . An air treatment apparatus comprising:

a housing, an airflow passage being formed in the housing, a mounting cavity being formed in the airflow passage, a side of the mounting cavity having a mounting opening, a plurality of mounting portions being disposed in the mounting cavity, and two opposite sides of each of the plurality of mounting portions having a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface respectively; and

at least one air treatment device,

wherein an air treatment device of the at least one air treatment device comprises a first retaining surface and a second retaining surface arranged apart from and facing the first retaining surface, a slide groove being defined between the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface, and

wherein the air treatment device is configured to be drawably mounted to the housing by fitting a corresponding mounting portion of the plurality of mounting portions into the slide groove between the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface of the air treatment device so that the first sliding surface is in slidable fit with the first retaining surface and the second sliding surface is in slidable fit with the second retaining surface.

2 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions comprises:

a guide rail portion extending along a first direction, the guide rail portion having the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface; and

a guide portion disposed at the mounting opening, the guide portion being connected to an end of the guide rail portion adjacent to the mounting opening, and the guide portion being configured to guide the at least one air treatment device to the guide rail portion.

3 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the guide rail portion comprises a first guide rail portion and a second guide rail portion, each of the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion having an elongated structure, the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion being arranged apart from each other along a second direction, the first sliding surface being located on a side of the first guide rail portion facing away from the second guide rail portion, the second sliding surface being located on a side of the second guide rail portion facing away from the first guide rail portion, and the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

4 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the guide portion has an elongated structure extending along a curve, the guide portion being smoothly connected between the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion.

5 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the guide portion has a connection surface, the connection surface comprising a first guide surface and a second guide surface, the first guide surface being connected to the first sliding surface, and the second guide surface being connected to the second sliding surface.

6 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of mounting portions are protruding blocks disposed at the mounting cavity, each of the protruding blocks having a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface connected sequentially, the first side surface being formed as the first sliding surface, the second side surface being formed as the connection surface, the third side surface being formed as the second sliding surface.

7 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein an end of the first sliding surface adjacent to the mounting opening and an end of the second sliding surface adjacent to the mounting opening are connected to each other to form an end of a corresponding mounting portion adjacent to the mounting opening into an enclosed end.

8 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of mounting portions are U-shaped ribs disposed at the mounting cavity, an outer surface of each of the U-shaped ribs having a first outer surface, a second outer surface, and a third outer surface connected sequentially, the first outer surface being formed as the first sliding surface, the second outer surface being formed as the connection surface, and the third outer surface being formed as the second sliding surface.

9 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein along the first direction, the first guide surface and the second guide surface extend away from each other in directions towards a center of a corresponding mounting portion of the plurality of mounting portions,

wherein the first guide surface is a plane surface or a curved surface and the second guide surface is a plane surface or a curved surface, both the first guide surface and the second guide surface being obliquely disposed relative to the first direction when both the first guide surface and the second guide surface are plane surfaces.

10 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a width of the guide portion in a second direction increases towards a center of a corresponding mounting portion of the plurality of mounting portions along the first direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

11 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein multiple ones of the plurality of mounting portions are disposed on each of two opposite sides of the mounting cavity, mounting portions disposed on a same one of the two opposite sides of the mounting cavity being evenly arranged at intervals.

12 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the mounting portions disposed on the same one of the two opposite sides of the mounting cavity are of same thickness.

13 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the mounting portions disposed on different ones of the two opposite sides of the mounting cavity are of different thickness.

14 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one air treatment device comprises a plurality of air treatment devices, each of the plurality of air treatment devices having a first retaining bar and a second retaining bar, the first retaining bar and the second retaining bar being arranged apart from each other, the first sliding surface being in slidable fit with the first retaining bar, and the second sliding surface being in slidable fit with the second retaining bar.

15 . The air treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a guide slot is formed at the mounting opening between at least two adjacent mounting portions of the plurality of mounting portions, the guide slot being configured to guide two adjacent air treatment devices to corresponding mounting portions of the plurality of mounting portions.

16 . An air conditioner comprising:

another housing; and

the air treatment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air treatment apparatus is disposed within said another housing.

17 . The air conditioner according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions comprises:

a guide rail portion extending along a first direction, the guide rail portion having the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface; and

a guide portion disposed at the mounting opening, the guide portion being connected to an end of the guide rail portion adjacent to the mounting opening, and the guide portion being configured to guide the at least one air treatment device to the guide rail portion.

18 . The air conditioner according to claim 17 , wherein the guide rail portion comprises a first guide rail portion and a second guide rail portion, each of the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion having an elongated structure, the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion being arranged apart from each other along a second direction, the first sliding surface being located on a side of the first guide rail portion facing away from the second guide rail portion, the second sliding surface being located on a side of the second guide rail portion facing away from the first guide rail portion, and the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

19 . The air conditioner according to claim 18 , wherein the guide portion has an elongated structure extending along a curve, the guide portion being smoothly connected between the first guide rail portion and the second guide rail portion.

20 . The air conditioner according to claim 17 , wherein the guide portion has a connection surface, the connection surface comprising a first guide surface and a second guide surface, the first guide surface being connected to the first sliding surface, and the second guide surface being connected to the second sliding surface.