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Granted Patent B2
US 11,397,022 · App. 16/491,048 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Air conditioner

Inventors: Taro Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
F24F11/89F24F1/0047F24F13/20F24F13/32F24F2013/205
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Patent No.
US 11,397,022
App. No.
16/491,048
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air conditioner including an electrical-component box to accommodate therein electrical components on a lower surface of the air conditioner in an installation state in which the air conditioner is installed in a ceiling, wherein the electrical-component box includes an electrical-component box body having a box shape with a lower surface opened in the installation state, and including a body-side engaging portion protruding outward from a side surface, and a plate-like lid capable of closing the opening and including a lid-side engaging portion to be engaged with the body-side engaging portion, and wherein the lid is capable of being suspended from the electrical-component box body by engaging the lid-side engaging portion with the body-side engaging portion, and the lid includes a temporary item-placement portion on which items can be temporarily placed in a suspended state in which the lid is suspended from the electrical-component box body.

Claims (9)

1. An air conditioner comprising an electrical-component box to accommodate therein electrical components on a lower surface of the air conditioner in an installation state in which the air conditioner is installed in a ceiling, wherein the electrical-component box includes

an electrical-component box body having a box shape with a lower surface opened in the installation state, and including a body-side engaging portion protruding outward from a side surface, and

a plate-like lid including a flat portion capable of closing the opening and including a lid-side engaging portion to be engaged with the body-side engaging portion,

the lid is capable of being suspended from the electrical-component box body by engaging the lid-side engaging portion with the body-side engaging portion, and

the lid includes a temporary item-placement portion on which items can be temporarily placed in a suspended state in which the lid is suspended from the electrical-component box body;

wherein the temporary item-placement portion is a bent edge portion formed in such a manner that the lower end portion of the lid is bent at a 180-degree angle from the flat portion in the suspended state, the bent edge portion including a surface extending perpendicularly to the flat portion, on which items are placed, together with a surface extending parallel to the flat portion, which prevents the items from dropping, and

wherein the bent edge portion is accommodated inside of the electrical-component box body when the lid is in a closed state.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a protruding portion is formed on the flat portion of the lid, the protruding portion protruding obliquely upward from the flat portion of the lid in the suspended state, on which items can be temporarily placed.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portion is a cut and raised portion formed by cutting and raising the flat portion of the lid in the suspended state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: NAKAMURA, TARO; SUZUKI, YOHEI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050270/0485 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200072489A1 · Mar 5, 2020