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Granted Patent B2
US 10,718,545 · App. 15/552,240 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Air conditioner

Inventors: Ajiki Tomohito (Kanagawa, JP); Shinji Goto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
F24F13/1413F24F1/0014F24F1/0047F24F13/0227F24F13/142F24F2013/1433F24F2013/1446
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Patent No.
US 10,718,545
App. No.
15/552,240
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an air conditioner capable of guiding air in a desired direction with an adjusted speed without marring the appearance to solve the above-described problems. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into an indoor room through an air outlet simultaneously sucking indoor air through an air inlet, wherein a air conditioner comprises, a main flap configured to guide a direction of air discharged from a air outlet in a preset direction, and a sub-flap configured to guide the direction of air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction, wherein a length of a main flap in a direction where air flows is longer than that of the sub-flap in the direction where air flows.

Claims (25)

1. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into a room through an air outlet and to simultaneously suck indoor air through an air inlet,

wherein the air conditioner comprises:

a main flap configured to guide air discharged from the air outlet in a preset direction, wherein the main flap comprises:

a first guide configured to guide air discharged from the air outlet downward, and

a second guide rotatably connected to an end of the first guide and configured to guide the air guided downward by the first guide in a different direction; and

a sub-flap configured to guide the air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction,

wherein a length of the main flap in an airflow direction is longer than a length of the sub-flap in the airflow direction.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the main flap extends downward from the air outlet.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second guide in the airflow direction is greater than a length of the sub-flap in the airflow direction.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, as the sub-flap rotates about a rotation shaft installed at one end of the sub-flap, a distance between another end of the sub-flap and the second guide is changed.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a vertical length of the main flap is greater than a vertical length of the sub-flap.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second guide includes a flow path forming surface formed on one surface of the second guide,

the sub-flap includes a flow path forming surface formed on a lower surface of the sub-flap, and

an air flow path is formed between the flow path forming surface of the second guide and the flow path forming surface of the sub-flap.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein:

a rotation shaft of the second guide is disposed at an upper end of the flow path forming surface of the second guide, and

the rotation shaft of the sub-flap is disposed at an upper end of the flow path forming surface of the sub-flap.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet has a rectangular shape,

the main flap has a plate shape installed at the air outlet, and

the sub-flap has a plate shape installed at the air outlet.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 7 , wherein the main flap is configured to surround the sub-flap when the second guide rotates about the rotation shaft.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprises an elevating device configured to move up the main flap and down with respect to the air outlet.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the main flap comprises a first rotating shaft configured to rotate the second guide.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising a second rotating shaft configured to rotate the sub-flap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2017
From: GOTO, SHINJI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043338/0655 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2015-029165 · Feb 18, 2015 · national
JP 2015-154111 · Aug 4, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0133527 · Sep 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180038613A1 · Feb 8, 2018