Window Connected Or Mounted Patents (Class 62/262)
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Patent number: 11946656Abstract: An auxiliary mounting device and mounting method for a saddle-type window air conditioner. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a base and two damping assemblies; the base is provided on a window, one of the damping assemblies is provided on one end of a connecting portion close to an indoor portion, and ends thereof are respectively connected to the base and the indoor portion; and the other damping assembly is provided on one end of the connecting portion close to an outdoor portion, and ends thereof are respectively connected to the base and the outdoor portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Shutao Zhou, Wei Guo, Long Zhang
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Patent number: 11940177Abstract: An air treatment apparatus (10), such as a dehumidifier or latent cooling system, has a desiccant wheel (12) having a plurality of similar internal structures (14), a shroud (16), at least a first fan (18, 20), a motor (30), an axle (32), slip rings (34), and sliding contacts (36). The similar internal structures are coated with a desiccant, and may be shaped as blades, cylinders, boxes, teeth, or corrugations. The shroud divides the wheel into an active area where the desiccant removes moisture to provide treated air (22), and a regeneration area where the desiccant is heated to release the adsorbed moisture from the air (28). Switches, such as magnetic switches, apply electrical power to heaters in the similar internal structures as they rotate into the regeneration area thereby heating and drying the desiccant.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MakeSHIFT Innovations, LLCInventor: William R. Nixdorf
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Patent number: 11920804Abstract: An environmental control unit for providing heated or cooled air to an enclosed environment, such as a building structure or temporary shelter. Air passes through the environmental control unit and the air is heated or cooled by a temperature control system of the environmental control unit. The heated or cooled air is provided to the enclosed environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventor: Derek P. Esso
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Patent number: 11913666Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, an air duct assembly mounted in the housing, and a lower panel. The housing includes a face frame. An opening is formed at a lower portion of the face frame. The lower panel includes an air outlet in communication with the air duct assembly. A periphery of the lower panel is detachably connected with an edge of the opening or the air duct assembly, and the opening is configured to expose the air duct assembly when the lower panel is opened.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Qiang Qin
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Patent number: 11898767Abstract: An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided capable of minimizing noise generation. The air conditioner may include an indoor motor configured to drive a fan to blow indoor air and an outdoor motor configured to drive a fan to blow outdoor air. In addition, the air conditioner may include a controller configured to set a rotational speed of the indoor motor to drive a fan to blow indoor air based on operation modes and a maximum rotational speed of the outdoor motor to drive a fan to blow outdoor air and change a rotational speed of the outdoor motor within a range not exceeding the maximum rotational speed based on indoor environment information and a user-set value.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ji Hyun Jang, Donghwal Lee, Bohee Park, Sungho Seo, Hyunjin Park
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Patent number: 11891985Abstract: Provided is a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine. The filter device includes a housing including a filter, at least one attaching element configured for attaching the housing to a drive end side of the generator, such that the air is guidable through the filter into the generator. Further, a wind turbine is provided which includes a filter device for providing air for a generator of the wind turbine. Furthermore, a method for arranging a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/SInventor: Claus Michaelsen
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Patent number: 11852361Abstract: A support member for air-carrying pipes of portable air conditioners which can be applied to windows (W), comprises a first module provided with a slit made to accommodate the air pipe and at least one second module made to be coaxially sliding on the first module. The second module is continuously mobile with respect to said first module to make the length of the support member modifiable.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIOInventor: Andrea Moro
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Patent number: 11846453Abstract: Disclosed herein are evaporator assemblies for heat pump systems. The evaporator units can comprise a housing defining an interior chamber, an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet can form an air flow path through the interior chamber, and an evaporator unit can be positioned within the interior chamber such that the air flow path contacts the evaporator unit. The air inlet having a semi-circular cross section through which air flows into the interior chamber, the semi-circular cross section having a straight edge and a curved edge. A velocity magnitude of the air flowing from the air inlet into contact with the evaporator unit can deviate less than 0.1 m/s from the average air velocity across the surface area of the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Piyush Porwal, Khurram Sajjad, Harsh Patel
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Patent number: 11841148Abstract: A split air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. A piping system interconnects the indoor unit with the outdoor unit. The indoor unit has an indoor heat exchanger for cooling or heating air in the indoor unit. The outdoor unit has a compressor, a first outdoor heat exchanger, and a second outdoor heat exchanger. The compressor is configured to drive a refrigerant via the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger in a refrigerant circuit. The piping system is configured to circulate an energy transport media from the first outdoor heat exchanger via the piping system to the indoor heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Israel Martinez Galvan
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Patent number: 11795953Abstract: An air mover is provided. The air mover includes a housing, a spacer, a co-axial motor, a first fan and a second fan. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. A first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet are formed on the housing. The first inlet is formed on the first housing member and the second inlet is formed on the second housing member. The spacer is disposed between the first housing member and the second housing member. The co-axial motor includes a shaft, wherein the co-axial motor is disposed on the spacer. The shaft includes a first free end and a second free end. The first free end extends in a first direction, and the second free end extends in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Jhih-Jhong Chen, Chun-Wei Chen, Wen-Hsiang Lin
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Patent number: 11781758Abstract: A climate control system coupled within an opening of a structure, with the opening separating an internal area within the structure and an exterior area external to the structure, the climate control system straddling the opening. The climate control system includes: an interior unit disposed at the opening within the internal area; an exterior unit disposed at the opening in the exterior area; and a connector between the interior unit and the exterior unit that extends through the opening, the connector including: a circulation hose that extends through the opening to connect the exterior unit and the interior unit, and a controls system configured to operate the interior unit and the exterior unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TREAU, INC.Inventors: Kipp Bradford, Kas DeCarvalho, Thomas Brendler
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Patent number: 11767991Abstract: An AC outdoor equipment cover is a protective shade cover for window air conditioners. The device is made from a lightweight durable material, that is both portable and collapsible for shipping and subsequent storage. The device slips around and over the upper part of a window mount air conditioner by forming a sloped cover from the outer distal edge of the external air conditioner housing and the window or building structure above the unit. It is envisioned that this cover will be at an approximate angle of thirty degrees (30°).Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Calleen K. Marshall, Joseph P. Gorman
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Patent number: 11768007Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a terminal unit. The terminal unit includes a housing having a first panel bordering a return airflow path, a second panel bordering an additional airflow path, and a separating wall disposed between and bordering the return airflow path and the additional airflow path. The terminal unit also includes a sound attenuator formed by the first panel and the separating wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Christian C. Herbeck, Corey K. Vongsalay, Michael J. Salchert, Tyler J. Williams
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Patent number: 11761643Abstract: A base member includes a substantially horizontal main body that supports one or more components of a heating and cooling unit. The main body includes a conditioned space portion about a first side of the main body and a non-conditional space portion about a second side of the main body. A substantially vertical separation wall extends up from the main body and separates the conditioned space portion from the non-conditioned space portion. A lip is formed at least partially about the non-conditioned space portion. At least one drainage hole extends through the non-conditioned space portion. A surface of the non-conditioned space portion is sloped towards the at least one drainage hole. A drain pan is disposed about the conditioned space portion. At least one drainage tube is in fluid communication with the drain pan. A surface of the drain pan is sloped towards the at least one drainage tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Allied Air Enterprises LLCInventors: Jeffery Paul Gedcke, Joseph Ephraim Whisenhunt, Colin Mullins, Randy Brian Palm, Joseph Nathaniel Faulk
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Patent number: 11754314Abstract: A water receiving tray for a window air conditioner includes a tray body and a wiring body. The tray body includes a water tank. The wiring body is provided at a side of the tray body proximal to an outdoor part of the window air conditioner. The wiring body includes a wiring groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Yu, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Ali Zhao, Yu Liu, Wenjun Shen, Yuhang Tang
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Patent number: 11754331Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a condenser section and a plurality of panels configured to abut one another in a common plane to form a divider panel assembly. Each panel of the plurality of panels is sequentially insertable into and removable from the condenser section.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Curtis A. Trammell, Curtis W. Caskey, Roderick R. Sentz, Zhiwei Huang, Gregory Ulizio
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Patent number: 11746791Abstract: A method for servicing a blower motor installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle may include rotating a scroll housing subassembly of the HVAC assembly from an installed position to an extraction position. The method may include detaching a first securing element, the first securing element being distributed on the scroll housing subassembly and an evaporator housing subassembly of the HVAC assembly. The method may include removing the scroll housing subassembly from the HVAC assembly in a direction of extraction. The method may include that the scroll housing subassembly reaches the extraction position by axial rotation in a direction orthogonal to the direction of extraction. The method may include that the extraction position is a position at which the scroll housing subassembly is cleared for moving in the direction of extraction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Rademacher, Jason Kreucher, Richard Sikorski
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Patent number: 11698198Abstract: This invention provides an isothermal turbo-compressor-expander-condenser-evaporator in a single integral arrangement that is suitable for a variety of compact arrangements, such as a window air-conditioner and/or automotive-based unit. This arrangement avoids the use of rotary fluid joints and maintains the entire fluid cycle, including compression, condensation, expansion and evaporation within a single rotating shaft-based structure, with the compressor/condenser section and the expansion/evaporator section separated from each other in separate spaces and/or plena by a rotating, insulated barrier disc and associated seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Appollo Wind Technologies LLCInventor: Peter A. Swett
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Patent number: 11674705Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a display, a storage configured to store power consumption information and time information which are required to increase or decrease an indoor temperature by a unit temperature according to an outdoor temperature, a sensor, and a processor configured to predict, based on a desired temperature being input, at least one of a power consumption or a required time for the indoor temperature to reach the desired temperature by the sensor based on information stored in the storage, and provide at least one of the predicted power consumption or the required time through the display.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngju Joo, Jun Hwang, Heechan Kang, Minkyong Kim, Kwangil Nam, Jeonguk Park, Hyeongjoon Seo, Hyunwoo Ock, Sangwoo Lee
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Patent number: 11661199Abstract: An air conditioning system that is designed to be retroactively added to, and removed from, an existing aircraft, vehicle, boat or similar confined space. The air conditioning system includes a cooler module that is carried into a first compartment to circulate and cool the air. The cooler module contains a condenser, an evaporator and a compressor. A heat exchanger module is mounted into a vented second compartment. The heat exchanger is capable of exchanging heat with the ambient air. The heat exchanger module is connected to the cooler module with tubes that contain a heat exchanger fluid. In order for the tubes to pass through a compartment barrier, fluid couplings are mounted through the barrier. The tubes connect to the fluid couplings on either side of the barrier. A control unit is provided within the pressurized cabin and/or cockpit for controlling the operations of the cooler module.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventor: Peter Schiff
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Patent number: 11655998Abstract: A panel assembly for an air conditioner includes a face frame and an air inlet panel. The face frame includes an air inlet and an air outlet located above the air inlet. An air outlet surface of the air outlet extends obliquely backward in a direction from bottom to top. The air outlet surface is a plane on which an end surface of the air outlet is located. The air inlet panel is provided at the air inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Liu, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Zhisheng Lei, Hui Yu, Yuhang Tang
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Patent number: 11655987Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a housing including a separation groove dividing the housing into two parts, a mounting base movably mounted in the separation groove, and a sealing member connected with the mounting base. The sealing member is fitted with the mounting base by deformation, and the sealing member is configured to be driven by the mounting base to switch between a storage state and a working state. In the storage state, the sealing member is received in the separation groove. In the working state, the sealing member is at least partially outside the separation groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Yu, Zhigang Xing, Yu Liu, Kangwen Zhang, Zhisheng Lei
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Patent number: 11635227Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a door cover including a vent and an opening and closing member configured to be inserted into the door cover through an opening of the vent along an extension direction of the vent. The opening and closing member includes an air door and is movable between an open position at which the air door does not close the vent and a closed position at which the air door closes the vent.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Junhua Zhou, Shengchang Hu, Jiajun Wang, Huoxu Huang
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Patent number: 11624514Abstract: A window air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, a water receiving pan below the heat exchanger, and a filter screen. The water receiving pan includes mounting portions for connecting to heat exchanger flanges. At least one mounting portion has a slot to cooperatively receive a filter screen fitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Hui Yu, Zhisheng Lei, Kangwen Zhang, Yu Liu, Yuhang Tang
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Patent number: 11624515Abstract: A chassis for a window air conditioner includes an indoor part and an outdoor part arranged along a length direction of the chassis. The indoor part includes an air inlet hole at a bottom wall of the indoor part. The air inlet hole penetrates the chassis in a thickness direction of the indoor part.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Hui Yu, Yu Liu, Jing Tan, Ali Zhao, Jianping Meng, Yuhang Tang, Wenjun Shen
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Patent number: 11619241Abstract: An assembly includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket includes a first member that includes a plurality of fingers and a first channel between the plurality of fingers. The first channel includes a plurality of teeth. A first flange extends from the first member and includes a first engagement surface. The second bracket includes a second member and a third member spaced from the second member. A second channel is formed between the second member and the third member. A second flange extends from the second member on an opposite side of the second member from the third member. The second flange includes a second engagement surface. In an installed configuration, the first bracket is secured to the second bracket; the first engagement surface faces the second engagement surface; and the plurality of fingers are inserted into the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLCInventors: Nicholas Servies, Jonathan Spoerke
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Patent number: 11619402Abstract: A climate control system coupled within an opening of a structure, with the opening separating an internal area within the structure and an exterior area external to the structure with the climate control system straddling the opening. The system consists essentially of: an interior unit disposed at the opening within the internal area; an exterior unit disposed at the opening in the exterior area; and a connector between the interior unit and the exterior unit that extends through the opening, the connector including: a circulation hose that extends through the opening to connect the exterior unit and the interior unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Treau, Inc.Inventors: Kipp Bradford, Kas DeCarvalho, Thomas Brendler
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Patent number: 11614257Abstract: A housing assembly includes a face frame and a face plate. The face frame includes a main vent and a plurality of first snap joint members located at two opposite sides of the main vent. The face plate includes an air hole in communication with the main vent and a plurality of second snap joint members distributed at two opposite sides of the face plate and arranged centrosymmetrically. The plurality of second snap joint members are configured to be fitted with the plurality of first snap joint members in one-to-one correspondence.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Junhua Zhou, Wei Rao
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Patent number: 11608993Abstract: A sealing device for a window air conditioner includes a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member. The second adjusting member includes a sliding space. The first adjusting member extends into the sliding space. The second adjusting member is slidable relative to the first adjusting member. One of an outer peripheral wall of the first adjusting member and an inner wall of the second adjusting member includes a plurality of buckles spaced apart from one another along a moving direction of the second adjusting member. Another one of the outer peripheral wall of the first adjusting member and the inner wall of the second adjusting member includes an elastic protruding portion in switchable contact fit with the plurality of buckles during movement of the second adjusting member.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiawen Liang, Ali Zhao, Zhisheng Lei
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Patent number: 11578879Abstract: A window type air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger and a motor disposed in the shell. Rotating shafts at two ends of the motor are provided with an indoor fan and an outdoor fan. A thermal insulation partition is disposed on a bottom plate of the shell and divides the shell into an indoor side and an outdoor side. The thermal insulation partition includes a front clapboard fixed on the bottom plate of the shell and a thermal insulation volute disposed on the front clapboard. The indoor heat exchanger and the indoor fan are located in the thermal insulation volute. An integrated bracket is provided with a first mounting part for mounting and fixing the outdoor heat exchanger, a second mounting part for mounting and fixing the motor, and third mounting parts for connecting and fixing the front clapboard.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: CHONGQING HAIER AIR CONDITIONER CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD.Inventors: Shutao Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Wenquan Song, Yanfei Wang, Baifa Zhu, Guangbao Qiao, Ruofeng Wang
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Patent number: 11566798Abstract: An electric control box assembly includes an outer box body, an inner box body provided in the outer box body and including an insulating member, an electric control board provided in the inner box body, and a component provided in the outer box body and located outside the inner box body. The component is connected with the inner box body.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Huoxu Huang
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Patent number: 11566810Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a chassis, an air duct assembly detachably connected with the chassis, a face frame including a detachment opening configured to allow the air duct assembly to pass through, a first panel configured to open or close the detachment opening, and a second panel configured to cooperate with the first panel to cover a surface of the face frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD, MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiang Qin, Xiansong Wang, Xinchang Chen, Zhenmin Cui, Tao Rao
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Patent number: 11536469Abstract: A saddle-type window air conditioner comprises an indoor part, an outdoor part and a connecting part. The connecting part includes an indoor connecting box and an outdoor connecting box sleeved in each other. The indoor connecting box is connected with the indoor part, the outdoor connecting box is connected with the outdoor part, and the connecting part is provided with locking assemblies. Each of the locking assemblies includes a lock sleeve, a lock core, a push button and a rack. The lock sleeve is disposed on the indoor connecting box located on an outer side or on the outdoor connecting box, and is provided with a lock hole; the rack is disposed on the outdoor connecting box located on an inner side or on the indoor connecting box; the push button is connected with the lock core and configured to push the lock core to move; and the lock core is provided with a lock pillar.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Chuanling Si, Guangbao Qiao, Ruofeng Wang, Qiang Zhang, Wenquan Song, Yanfei Wang, Luyan Liu
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Patent number: 11525584Abstract: The method of modifying an air conditioner for heating takes advantage of the features and operation of a conventional limited space air conditioner, preferably a portable room air conditioner. A hood or manifold is placed over the vents or grille that normally exhausts cold air into the room, and a flexible duct hose is connected between the hood or duct and an exhaust vent installed in a window or ceiling to exhaust cold air produced by the air conditioner outside the building. The duct from the condenser or hot air side of the air conditioner, which would normally be exhausted outside the building, is open to the room in need of heating. Thus, the hot air produced by normal operation of the air conditioner is used to heat the room.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Inventor: Giovanni D. Volo
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Patent number: 11506412Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit comprises a converter main circuit that rectifies and smooths an AC power supply, and allows a DC voltage to be generated across a main circuit capacitor, an inverter main circuit that converts the DC voltage generated by the main circuit capacitor into an AC voltage, a compressor motor driven by the inverter main circuit, an outdoor fan, a fan motor that rotationally drives the outdoor fan, and a microcomputer that controls the outdoor unit. When the fan motor rotates due to outside wind hitting the outdoor fan and enters a power generating state during a standby power saving mode of the outdoor unit, the microcomputer prevents the outdoor unit from shifting to a non-operating state from the standby power saving mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hidetoshi Yamakawa
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Patent number: 11506403Abstract: Provided is an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus having high reliability. A protective net disposed over an air inlet at a rear surface of a casing includes a frame body defining an outer periphery of the protective net, and a plurality of vertical bars and a plurality of horizontal bars crossing each other inside the frame body and defining a plurality of ventilation openings. Each horizontal bar has an upper surface having a downwardly open V-shape in vertical cross-section formed by combining a rear upper surface inclined downward and rearward and a front upper surfaced inclined downward and forward. When it snows, snow on the horizontal bar slides off a downward slope without freezing into ice on the horizontal bar. Accordingly, a reduction in an opening area of the ventilation openings due to ice does not occur.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetaka Yamauchi, Kazuho Ito
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Patent number: 11498163Abstract: A method of installing an air conditioning unit in an opening. The method includes securing a bracket to a sill of the opening between a first and second environment where the bracket has a pivot arm disposed and extending within the first environment. The method also includes positioning a first unit of the air conditioning unit on top of the bracket; moving the first unit on top of the bracket onto the pivot arm; and rotating the pivot arm and first unit downward so that the first unit is disposed in the first environment and extending downward below the sill of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Treau, Inc.Inventors: Grace Li, Kipp Bradford, Dean DiPietro, Vincent Domenic Romanin, Steve Gennrich
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Patent number: 11441791Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a housing including an outdoor portion and an indoor portion spaced apart from each other to form an accommodation groove, and a seal assembly including a rotary mounting base fixed at the housing, a fixation member rotatably connected with the rotary mounting base and configured to rotate out of the accommodation groove, and a seal mating member coupled to the fixation member and configured to rotate out of the accommodation groove when the fixation member rotates out of the accommodation groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhisheng Lei, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Yu Liu, Hui Yu, Yuhang Tang
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Patent number: 11435093Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air-conditioning outdoor device and an air conditioner unit. The air-conditioning outdoor device comprises: an outdoor unit housing; a primary air return port and an air outlet port provided on a front panel on a side of the outdoor unit housing away from an installation wall; and a supplementary air return port provided on a side panel of the outdoor unit housing adjacent to the front panel; wherein the primary air return port and the supplementary air return port both communicate with an air return chamber inside the outdoor unit housing. The air-conditioning outdoor device of the present disclosure can effectively increase the air flow volume through the air port of the air-conditioning outdoor device.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of ZhuhaiInventors: Handong Xue, Youfu Xie, Kai Yu, Lin Yang, Hui Zhang, Chaosheng Deng, Yaguo Zhang
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Patent number: 11428420Abstract: There is disclosed an outdoor unit an outdoor unit that may attach a cover to a case by using a magnetic member and have an empty space formed between the case and the cover as large as the thickness of the magnetic member, wherein air or a sound-proof or meta material may be filled in the empty space and a cover for covering the case of the outdoor unit may include several pieces that are detachably connected with each other like Lego pieces, and the cover may be attached to the other area of an outer surface of the outdoor unit except the area having an inlet for sucking external air and an outlet hole for discharging the external air drawn into the outdoor unit via the inlet outside again.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sangjin Sung, Dongsoo Lee, Sunghyun Ki, Seungyup Kim
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Patent number: 11421910Abstract: A single-unit air conditioner may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, and a front panel. The housing may define an outdoor and indoor portion between a first lateral panel and a second lateral panel. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger assembly and the indoor heat exchanger assembly. The front panel may be slidably disposed on the housing at the indoor portion. The front panel may extend from a first lateral end to a second lateral end. The first lateral end may be selectively engaged with the first lateral panel. The first lateral end may include a lateral ridge directed inward toward a complementary attachment tab formed on the first lateral panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Robert Edward Baumann, Neil Vincenti, Brian Bernard McKay
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Patent number: 11408637Abstract: An improved cover for covering and sealing an air conditioning unit that is otherwise exposed to the room in which it is installed. The cover is easily mounted to or removed from the wall or surface from which the air conditioner projects and in the preferred embodiment is made from a fabric that is also easily cleaned and stored when not in use. Around the periphery of the cover's open end is a flange to which one element of a separable fastening system is affixed; the other element of the fastening system may have an integral adhesive backing and can be easily installed on the wall or surface. Mating the separable elements of the fastening system seals the enveloped air conditioner and its sleeve from air, noise and bug or insect infiltration. Other alternative embodiments and fastening methods are disclosed for an improved cover that is easy to install, remove, clean and store.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventor: Roopnarine
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Patent number: 11384945Abstract: Disclosed is the window unit of indoor air conditioning device. The disclosed device is split into two sections, with one being inside a room and the other hanging outside of the exterior wall. The two sections are connected together via a conduit channel, which is also used as a low-profile conduit, using flexible piping. The flexible piping are breakingly coupled within the conduit using snap connectors or twist-off connectors. The conduit being placed over a windowsill, wherein the windowsill supporting the weight of both containers.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Ahron M. Aryeh
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Patent number: 11306963Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an inner container delimiting an interior and having an opening, a first reinforcement part anchored to in the opening of the inner container and has a screw hole and extends in an axial direction, and at least one coupling part. A built-in part is disposed in the interior and has an opening. The built-in part is fastened by the at least one coupling part pushing through the opening of said built-in part in an axial direction and engages into the first reinforcement part. The first reinforcement part has a side facing toward the interior and on the side facing toward the interior has an atrium, a cross-section of the atrium being greater than that of the screw hole. The coupling part has a peg, a cross-section of the peg being greater than that of the screw hole and the peg engages into the atrium.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Andreas Lindel, Felix Wiedenmann, Markus Arbogast, Bernd Wolfsteiner
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Patent number: 11280538Abstract: The bifunctional compression refrigerator located inside a building includes a thermally insulated cabinet (1) with an evaporator (3), a motor-driven compressor (4), a condenser (5), a temperature controller (10), a first temperature sensor (11), and a ventilation module (12) including a housing (13), an inlet ventilation pipe (14), and outlet ventilation pipe (15), and a fan (16). The inlet ventilation pipe (14) and the outlet ventilation pipe (15) are arranged on the opposite sides of the housing (13). The fan (16) is installed inside the housing (13) between the inlet ventilation pipe (14) and the outlet ventilation pipe (15). The housing (13) is arranged on the thermally insulated cabinet (1). The condenser (5) is 20 installed inside the housing (13). The housing (13) is configured to have access to an outdoor air outside the building.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventor: Vladimir Kirillovich Ivanov
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Patent number: 11255335Abstract: A blower assembly includes a housing including an inner shell and an outer shell that define a flow passage therebetween. The inner shell also at least partially defines a cavity. The blower assembly also includes a fan coupled within the housing such that the fan also at least partially defines the cavity. The blower assembly further includes a motor configured to rotate about an axis. The motor is coupled to the inner shell and is positioned within the cavity radially inward of the flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Sahand Pirouzpanah, Joseph A. Henry
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Patent number: 11226118Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for cooling and/or dehumidifying an interior space, such as the interior of a shelter or tent that provides for simplified manufacturing, simplified inspection and servicing, reduced noise, reduced vibration, reduced weight, increased ruggedness and health monitoring. Structural components of the apparatus are fabricated from foam-filled molded parts with interlocking components, and the unit is assembled and tested without any outside cover, but once the cover is installed, additional structural strength is obtained from the cover. A refrigerant flow sensor along with other sensors are used to determine actual real time cooling capacity measurements and health monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Mainstream Engineering CompositionInventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
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Patent number: 11137148Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air introduced to an inside of a housing and a fan for blowing the air having heat exchanged by the heat exchanger to an outside of the housing, the air conditioner capable of blowing air at various airflows by controlling a door configured to selectively open a first portion and a second portion, different from the first portion, of an air outlet of the housing and controlling a guide member configured to controlling a flow path inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun-Muk Choi, Kyeong Ae Lee, Je Gu Lee, Dong Yoon Lee, Byung Woo Jeon, Kwon Jin Kim
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Patent number: 11105516Abstract: A panel assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a base panel having a sheet and a flange formed around a perimeter of the sheet, where the flange includes a plurality of openings, a stiffener bracket configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, and a liner panel configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, where the plurality of openings is configured to interchangeably couple to the stiffener bracket and the liner panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Amit R. Chothave, Karan Garg, Stephen C. Wilson, Sriram Ramanujam
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Patent number: 11067298Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner to prevent deterioration of cooling or heating performance caused by re-introduction of cooling or heating air into a heat exchanger. The air conditioner includes a housing including an air discharge plate having a plurality of holes and an outlet, a heat exchanger located inside the housing, a blower fan configured to blow air heat-exchanged with the heat exchanger toward the air discharge plate or the outlet, a blade rotating between a guide position to guide a direction of air blown from the blower fan and discharged through the outlet and a closing position to close the outlet, wherein the blade includes a first blade and a second blade spaced apart from the first blade and configured to guide air blown from the blower fan toward the air discharge plate when the first blade is located at the closing position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki Jun Kim, Dae Dong Kim, Se Woong Youn, Chang Heon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Sang Ki Cho, Do-Hoon Kim, Jong Moon Lee, Jun Hwang, Keun Jeong Jang, Jung Won Kim, Se Joo Na, Bu Youn Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho