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Granted Patent B2
US 11,131,479 · App. 16/093,755 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit

Inventors: Yoshinori Miyata (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Kotake (Tokyo, JP); Yasutomo Hirai (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Iinuma (Tokyo, JP); Yoshinori Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,131,479
App. No.
16/093,755
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit on which maintenance work can be performed without removing a wire from a control box is provided. An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit according to the present invention is an air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit to be embedded in an indoor ceiling surface. The indoor unit includes a housing, a heat exchanger installed in the housing, a drain pan installed below the heat exchanger, a wire extending into the housing from outside, and a control box connected with the wire in the housing and installed below the drain pan. The housing includes a cutout part at a lower end part of a side plate as a side surface of the housing, and a wire pass-through plate is detachably fitted to the cutout part. The wire pass-through plate includes a hole through which the wire passes. The control box is adjacent to the wire pass-through plate.

Claims (31)

1. An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit to be embedded in an indoor ceiling surface, the air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit comprising:

a housing;

a heat exchanger installed in the housing;

a drain pan installed below the heat exchanger;

a wire extending into the housing from outside; and

a control box connected with the wire in the housing and installed below the drain pan, wherein

the housing includes

a cutout part in a lower end part of a side plate, which forms an exterior side surface of the housing, and

a wire pass-through plate detachably fitted to the cutout part,

the wire pass-through plate includes a hole through which the wire passes, and

the control box is located adjacent to the wire pass-through plate,

wherein a lower surface plate of the control box has protrusions that engage with the side plate so that the side plate supports the lower surface plate, and the protrusions are configured to be disengaged from the side plate to allow the control box to separate from a remainder of the indoor unit if the control box is displaced toward a center of the housing.

2. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 1 , wherein the wire pass-through plate is formed integrally with the control box.

3. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 1 , wherein

the control box includes a control board provided with a component of an electric circuit on a component mounting surface, and

the control board is installed in the control box with the component mounting surface facing downward.

4. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 3 , wherein

the drain pan includes a water collection container protruding downward,

the water collection container is located along the side plate including the cutout part,

the control box has an escape shape for avoiding the water collection container, and

the control board is located beside the water collection container, wherein the control board is horizontally aligned with the water collection container.

5. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 3 , wherein

the drain pan includes a water collection container protruding downward,

the water collection container is located along the side plate including the cutout part,

a section of the wire is located along the lower surface plate as a lower surface of the control box,

the control box includes a control board housing part that houses the control board,

the section of the wire has a height from the lower surface of the control box and is located below the water collection container, the height being lower than a height of the control board housing part from the lower surface of the control box, and

the control board housing part is located beside the water collection container.

6. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 4 , further comprising an internal wire, wherein the internal wire connects, through a gap between the water collection container and the side plate, the control box with an electric component located above the drain pan in the housing.

7. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 3 , wherein the control box has a center of gravity on an upper surface side of the control box.

8. The air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit of claim 5 , further comprising an internal wire, wherein the internal wire connects, through a gap between the water collection container and the side plate, the control box with an electric component located above the drain pan in the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2018
From: MIYATA, YOSHINORI; KOTAKE, YASUYUKI; HIRAI, YASUTOMO; IINUMA, TAKAHIRO; FUJII, YOSHINORI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047165/0011 →
Continuity (1)
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