Housing assembly, air-conditioner outdoor unit, and air-conditioning apparatus
A housing assembly includes a panel having a plurality of sub-panels including a first sub-panel and at least one second sub-panel, the first sub-panel being fitted with an electric control box of an air-conditioner outdoor for shielding the electric control box. According to the housing assembly provided in the present disclosure, when an electric control box is to be maintained, only the first sub-panel is removed to expose the electric control box, without removing two panels to expose the electric control box, thereby reducing the difficulty of electric control maintenance and improving the convenience of electric control maintenance.
1 . A housing assembly for an air-conditioner outdoor unit, comprising:
a panel, the panel including a plurality of sub-panels, the plurality of sub-panels including a first sub-panel, an upper second sub-panel, and a lower second sub-panel, the first sub-panel being adapted to an electric control box of the air-conditioner outdoor unit for shielding the electric control box, wherein two sides of the first sub-panel along a height of the air-conditioner outdoor unit are respectively provided with the upper second sub-panel and the lower second sub-panel the upper second sub-panel is a top sub-panel that is above and adjacent a side of the first sub-panel, the lower second sub-panel is a bottom sub-panel that is below and adjacent a bottom side of the first sub-panel, each sub-panel of the plurality of sub-panels includes a panel body and a flap, each flap is connected to the panel body at an end, and each flap is provided with an avoidance space, wherein the avoidance space is oriented relative to an end edge of the panel body and faces a middle of the panel body in a recessed setting, and wherein the plurality of sub-panels have multiple avoidance spaces that are in communication, the avoidance space of the upper second sub-panel is connected upwards through to a top surface of the housing assembly, and the avoidance space of the lower second sub-panel is connected downwards through to a bottom surface of the housing assembly.
2 . The housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a shell that is provided with a catch and a plughole, and the catch comprises:
a connecting portion connected to the upper second sub-panel, the lower second sub-panel, or the shell;
a first hooking portion bent from and connected to the connecting portion and passing through the plughole; and
a second hooking portion bent from and connected to the connecting portion and passing through the plughole, the second hooking portion being bent in a direction opposite the first hooking portion.
3 . The housing assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first hooking portion and the second hooking portion are structurally the same, and the first hooking portion and the second hooking portion are arranged mirror symmetrically on both sides of the connecting portion.
4 . The housing assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a mounting cavity is provided in the shell, the mounting cavity has an open end, the open end of the mounting cavity includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening corresponds to the electric control box, and the upper second sub-panel or the lower second sub-panel is adapted to the second opening;
the upper second sub-panel and the lower second sub-panel each have a one-to-one correspondence to the second opening; and
the first sub-panel and the top sub-panel are arranged along a height of the shell, and a bottom side of the first sub-panel is provided with the lower second sub-panel.
5 . The housing assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the mounting cavity is provided with a third opening opposite the open end of the mounting cavity, and the housing assembly further comprising:
a back panel detachably connected to the shell for opening or closing the third opening.
6 . The housing assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the back panel is structurally identical to the upper second sub-panel.
7 . The housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-panel is provided with a collar and the collar is in a clearance fit with a slot provided at a bottom of the upper second sub-panel so that the first sub-panel is adapted to rotate relative to a shell of the housing assembly;
the lower second sub-panel has a top and a bottom, and the top of the lower second sub-panel is configured to support and engage the bottom of the first sub-panel.
8 . The housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one flap of the first sub-panel, the upper second sub-panel or the lower second sub-panel comprises:
is provided with a connecting hole for mounting a fastener.
9 . The housing assembly according to claim 8 , wherein
the housing assembly includes the fastener, and the at least one flap is connected to a shell of the housing assembly through the fastener.
10 . The housing assembly of claim 9 , wherein the at least one flap comprises:
a first connecting flap, one end of the first connecting flap being connected to the end portion of the panel body, and the other end of the first connecting flap being configured to be oblique towards the middle of the panel body; and
a second connecting flap, the second connecting flap being bent from and connected to the other end of the first connecting flap and configured to be oblique away from the middle of the panel body, wherein the second connecting flap and the first connecting flap enclose the avoidance space, the second connecting flap is connected to the shell through the fastener, and a top of the fastener is located in the avoidance space of the at least one flap.
11 . The housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:
each flap comprises:
a first connecting flap, one end of the first connecting flap being connected to the end portion of the panel body, and the other end of the first connecting flap being configured to be oriented obliquely towards the middle of the panel body; and
a second connecting flap, the second connecting flap being bent from and connected to the other end of the first connecting flap and configured to be oriented obliquely away from the middle of the panel body, wherein the second connecting flap and the first connecting flap enclose the avoidance space, the second connecting flap is connected to a shell of the housing assembly through a fastener, and a top of the fastener is located in the avoidance space, and
the shell comprises:
a side panel and a bent edge, the bent edge being parallel to the second connecting flap, wherein the bent edge has a rear extension portion that connects a rear edge of the bent edge to the side panel, and the rear extension portion is angled from back to front toward the middle of the panel body, a front extension portion extends from the bent edge and the front extension portion defines a front edge of the shell, wherein a connection portion of the first connecting flap and second connecting flap is located at a rear side of the front edge of the shell while the second connecting flap is connected to bent edge through the fastener.
12 . The air-conditioner outdoor unit, comprising:
the housing assembly according to claim 1 ; and
the electric control box, wherein the electric control box is arranged corresponding to the first sub-panel of the housing assembly and is shielded by the first sub-panel.
13 . An air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
an air-conditioner indoor unit; and
the air-conditioner outdoor unit according to claim 12 , wherein the air-conditioner outdoor unit is connected to the air-conditioner indoor unit.