Cooling Air Conditioner Patents (Class 454/201)
  • Patent number: 11441795
    Abstract: An electric control box (100) for an air conditioner and an air conditioner with the same are provided. The electric control box includes a housing (1); a cooling fin (2) running through the housing (1) and having a part located inside the housing (1) and another part located outside the housing (1); an inner water-guiding part (3) located inside the housing (1) and below the cooling fin (2); an outer water-guiding part (4) located outside the housing (1) and below the inner water-guiding part (3), the inner water-guiding part (3) and the outer water-guiding part (4) defining a water guide passage (a) configured to guide water (b) inside the housing (1) to the outside of the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Junfei He, Shilin Qiu
  • Patent number: 11415329
    Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a casing and a positioning device. The casing includes a cabinet including an outdoor part and an indoor part spaced apart from each other to form a receiving groove. The positioning device has a locked state and an unlocked state, and is configured to extend further into the receiving groove in the locked state than in the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Kangwen Zhang, Hui Yu
  • Patent number: 11085653
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing, a condenser positioned at a first location within the housing, an evaporator positioned at a second location within the housing, a pump that is positioned between the condenser and the evaporator and circulates a refrigerant between the condenser and the evaporator, and at least two air movers that are positioned so that the pump is between the air movers and the air movers are between the condenser and the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Premium Home Comfort, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt M. Swanson, Devin Sidell
  • Patent number: 11029443
    Abstract: Tools, methods and systems for detecting and reporting the presence of an obstruction to an AC system of the present disclosure are able to detect the presence of the obstruction using one or more sensors connected to the air conditioning unit and displaying an alert on the computer system of the AC system when the sensors detect the presence of the obstruction. By displaying an alert at the computer system's output device, the presence of the obstruction is brought to the user's attention, allowing the user to take remedial action as needed before initiating the air conditioning system into operation, preventing the obstruction from harming the components of AC system if the system was initiated while the obstruction was still present. Additionally, the AC system may further disable or prevent the operation and initiation of itself when the sensors of the air conditioning system detect the presence of an obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Z. Akselrod, Anthony Di Loreto, Steve McDuff, Kyle D. Robeson
  • Patent number: 9976758
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the instal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akimoto Suzuki, Masato Ishikawa, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Youhei Koyanagi, Takuya Goto, Shinji Kawai, Katsuya Ishigami, Yosuke Naito
  • Patent number: 9841198
    Abstract: Air conditioner units and operating methods are provided. A unit includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and a compressor. The unit further includes a bulkhead disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The unit further includes a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead. The unit further includes a dehumidification system which includes an evaporator, a condenser, and an auxiliary compressor in fluid communication with the evaporator and the condenser. The unit further includes a humidity sensor disposed within the outdoor portion, and a controller in communication with the compressor, the auxiliary compressor and the humidity sensor. The controller is configured to deactivate the auxiliary compressor when the compressor is active and an outdoor humidity level sensed by the humidity sensor is above a predetermined humidity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Timothy Scott Shaffer, Michael John Kempiak
  • Patent number: 9702576
    Abstract: An air moving system includes an air moving device including a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and an opening for connection with an airflow duct, the housing including a plurality of air intake vents. A first volume of air can enter the housing through the opening and a second volume of air can enter the housing through the plurality of intake vents. The rotary fan assembly directs the first and second volumes of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Airius IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Raymond B. Avedon
  • Patent number: 9285071
    Abstract: A system for supporting a condenser above a ground surface generally includes a beam that elevates the condenser above the ground surface, the beam incorporating or coupled to a wall sleeve on one end and a frame on the other end and adapted to allow a line set from the condenser to pass through at least a portion of an interior channel or passageway of the beam into the wall sleeve. In use, the beam is joined to a sleeve and placed in a hole in the building structure, such as a foundation wall, and secured to resist rotational force. The beam is joined to a frame, the condenser is placed on the frame, and the line set is run through the beam and sleeve. Thereby, the condenser becomes elevated above the ground on the condenser supporting system. The beam may be cantilevered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: J.F.R. Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay F. Rowland
  • Publication number: 20130130611
    Abstract: This invention is a modular all-season air conditioner cover (for ground supported or window supported A/C units). The cover includes fixed side wall intake air louvers interleaved around the main cover assembly side walls to shield the air condition unit from the outdoor elements without restricting intake air flow toward the A/C coils. In each embodiment of the invention, a plurality of interleaved exhaust face louvers having overlapping depending edges are included, that are both used to channel rain water away from the air condition unit and are free to articulate to and away from the A/C fan air exit face grate and the adjacent surfaces of the main cover assembly to which they are attached. The articulated louvers are moved from a resting to an open position by air pressure from the fan driven cooling air being drawn through the A/C unit coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Michael DINICOLAS
  • Patent number: 8357031
    Abstract: This invention is a modular all-season air conditioner cover (for ground supported or window supported A/C units). The cover includes fixed side wall intake air louvers interleaved around the main cover assembly side walls to shield the air condition unit from the outdoor elements without restricting intake air flow toward the A/C coils. In each embodiment of the invention, a plurality of interleaved exhaust face louvers having overlapping depending edges are included, that are both used to channel rain water away from the air condition unit and are free to articulate to and away from the A/C fan air exit face grate and the adjacent surfaces of the main cover assembly to which they are attached. The articulated louvers are moved from a resting to an open position by air pressure from the fan driven cooling air being drawn through the A/C unit coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Dinicolas
  • Patent number: 7258606
    Abstract: A modular heating, ventilation and air conditioning system including a rectangular sleeve that can be secured through an exterior wall of a building for moving air between an exterior of the building and the interior of the building, an electrical outlet fitted with an electrical outlet adapter pan that connects the outlet within the sleeve, a through-wall air conditioning unit fitted with an air conditioning adapter collar that connects the air conditioning unit within the sleeve, a heater unit fitted with a heater unit adapter pan that connects the heater unit within the sleeve and an electrical system control module including a thermostat and control pad assembly, a first switch and a second switch that selectively activates the sockets of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Carlos Patrick Reid
  • Patent number: 6887149
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a cooling system having a housing with an intake and an output vent. The output vent comprising a framework configured to couple to the housing. Directional louvers pivotably mounted in the framework. A mesh grill mounted on the framework with the mesh grill configured with the openings such that the ratio of opening area to grill material area is more than forty percent (40%). Another embodiment provides that the directional louvers include a plurality of vertical louvers and a plurality of horizontal louvers. An alternative embodiment provides that the openings are configured in a polygon shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: AdobeAir, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger C. Palmer, David C. Roberts
  • Patent number: 6715310
    Abstract: A blower for an air conditioner with better effect in cold-air circulation in the present invention is to provide a faceplate and at least one cold-air blower, the faceplate having at least one wind outlet and at least one wind inlet, each of the cold-air blowers having an evaporator and a fan, each of the fans having a wind-blown opening aligned with each of the wind outlets of the faceplate, whereby the evaporators of the cold-air blowers are capable of sucking in air in a short distance directly from the wind inlets of the faceplate to become cold air that will be promptly and powerfully blown out of the wind outlets of the faceplate by the fans of the cold-air blowers so as to achieve a better effect in cold-air circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventor: Chin-Sheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 6701738
    Abstract: In an air conditioner having an electrical equipment mount device containing at least one circuit board on which electrical parts connected to wires are mounted, plural wire abutting portions are formed on a wire fixing face so as to be different in height from said wire fixing face, and a wire is fixedly pinched between a wire press member and one of the wire abutting portions that is selected in accordance with the diameter of the wire. The wire fixing face has a conduit fixing member having a conduit fixing face to which one end portion of a conduit having electrical wires inserted therein is fixed. Plural engaging holes are formed in the wire fixing face, and the conduit fixing member is equipped with plural engaging members which are fixedly engageable with the engaging holes of the electrical equipment mount plate. The engaging members are located at different positions on the conduit fixing member with respect to the conduit fixing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Masakazu Hosoya, Akira Okada, Junichi Goya
  • Publication number: 20030221437
    Abstract: A blower for an air conditioner with better effect in cold-air circulation in the present invention is to provide a faceplate and at least one cold-air blower, the faceplate having at least one wind outlet and at least one wind inlet, each of the cold-air blowers having an evaporator and a fan, each of the fans having a wind-blown opening aligned with each of the wind outlets of the faceplate, whereby the evaporators of the cold-air blowers are capable of sucking in air in a short distance directly from the wind inlets of the faceplate to become cold air that will be promptly and powerfully blown out of the wind outlets of the faceplate by the fans of the cold-air blowers so as to achieve a better effect in cold-air circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Chin-Sheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20030209024
    Abstract: Turbo fan having an axial fan flow characteristic, and an air conditioner having the turbo fan applied thereto, the turbo fan including a hub 30 having a boss 33 coupled to driving means, a plurality of blades 40 arranged along an edge of the hub 30 at fixed intervals, each having a part of an inner side end 41 thereof connected to the edge, and a shroud 50 having an inlet, an outlet, and a wall between the inlet and the outlet formed to enclose at least a part of an outer side end 43 of each of the blades 40 for inducing an air discharge direction the same with an axial direction of the driving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventor: Nee Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20030110789
    Abstract: The invention includes a saddle air conditioner. The saddle air conditioner includes a remote unit having a first channel extending from a back of the remote unit. The saddle air conditioner also includes a local unit having a second channel extending from a back of the local unit. The first channel and the second channel overlap to form a bridge disposed between the remote unit and the local unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Nihat O. Cur, Guolian Wu, Douglas David Leclear, Andrew David Litch, Jim J. Pastryk
  • Patent number: 6354936
    Abstract: An opening-closing structure of an inlet grille in an air conditioner including a front grille facing an inlet grille. A rotating shaft is connected to the inlet grille. A support member with non-circular connecting holes is connected to the front grille. A hinge is formed from the rotating shaft and support member, such that the shaft is inserted into the connecting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Noh, Chul Shin Chung
  • Patent number: 6066041
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided of the type having an indoor section, which includes a housing, evaporator coil and an indoor grille adapted to be mounted to the housing in spaced relation to the evaporator coil. The grille includes a front wall having a return opening therein to admit return air to be conditioned into the evaporator coil. The front wall also has an elongated opening adjacent to an edge thereof, which is adapted to receive a filter for insertion and removal of the filter into the space between the back wall of the indoor grille and the evaporator coil. The filter includes a rectangular frame having a leading edge and a trailing edge and laterally spaced edges interconnecting the leading and trailing edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Nestor Hernandez, David Hernandez
  • Patent number: 6022270
    Abstract: A front grille for a room air conditioning unit includes a planar front section, which includes an air inlet opening, an air outlet opening, and an opening configured to receive the unit's control panel when mounted on an air conditioning unit. The front section has a top wall, bottom wall, and left and right-hand side walls, each of which extend rearwardly of the front section and cooperate with one another to define a skirt element integrally formed with and extending rearwardly from the planar front section. An elongated recess is formed in the planar front section. One or more inserts, each of which is configured to be received in the recess in the front section, are provided. Each of the inserts has a distinguishing ornamental configuration thereon, which is different from the distinguishing ornamental configuration of the other inserts. Means are provided in the elongated recess and on each of the inserts for cooperating with one another to retain each of the inserts in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Eduardo Bascaran, Victoriano Zamora, Nestor Hernandez, Jose Oliva, David Hernandez
  • Patent number: 6006534
    Abstract: A grille for the indoor section of a room air conditioner has transversely extending latching structure formed on the inside of a pair of opposing walls. The transverse structures on one side thereof engage openings in the air conditioner indoor housing, which thereby receive and cooperate with the structure on one side of the grille. A flexible latch is provided on the indoor housing on the other side thereof to engage the transverse section on the inside wall of the other side of the grille. The flexible latch deforms to snap into engagement with the mating structure to attach the grille. Release of the latch to allow removal of the grille requires a tool to pass through an opening in the housing to deflect the latch to its unlatched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Juan Carlos Carne Correa
  • Patent number: 5881806
    Abstract: A system for controlling the operation of an air distribution fan and the operation of a motorized outside air damper of an air conditioning system, having heating and/or cooling and/or humidifying and/or dehumidifying operating modes. The system includes a fan recycling control for periodically energizing and de-energizing an air distribution fan in an air conditioning system in order to operate the air distribution fan for a first selectable time period after a second selectable time period from the end of the last operation of the air distribution fan. The last operation of the air distribution fan could have been due to the heating or cooling or humidifying or dehumidifying or constant fan modes of the air conditioning system, or due to fan operation initiated by the fan recycling control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: University of Central Florida
    Inventor: Armin Rudd
  • Patent number: 5379609
    Abstract: In an air conditioner having an air filter comprising a frame body and a mesh which are integrally formed, a specific portion 140 of the frame body 132 is wider than the other portions of the frame body, and a support post 130 which is engageable with a latch slot 131 on the main body is disposed at the widened portion, so that even when the joint between the frame body and the mesh is formed away from the support post, the mechanical strength of the post can be maintained. In addition, the width of the joint at the widened portion is substantially equal to that of the other portions of the joint, so that the mesh is uniformly fixed to the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Matsumoto, Yasutomo Akutu, Masao Koseki, Michio Kurakami, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Kiyoshi Koyama
  • Patent number: 5337580
    Abstract: A low profile room air conditioner. The low profile is achieved in part by the arrangement of components in its outside section. The fan that moves air through the outside section is of the axial flow type mounted so that its axis of rotation is substantially perpendicular to the base of the enclosure and so that the fan draws air into the outside section through the top of the enclosure. Air discharges from the outside section through an air discharge on a side of the enclosure. Louvers at the air discharge direct the air exiting the enclosure away from the air inlet. A slinger directs droplets of condensate drained from the inside refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger into the air flowing through the outside section. The air carries the condensate on to the outside refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger where it evaporates. The air flow carries the resultant water vapor out of the outside section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Guoquan Zhao, Yehia M. Amr, Peter R. Bushnell, Alan S. Drucker, Eric J. Nash
  • Patent number: 5329784
    Abstract: Leveling arms for a low profile room air conditioner which are pivotally mounted to a side of an air conditioner housing at an inner end and have an arcuate slotted opening adjacent an outer end. A threaded fastener or clamping bolt is threaded into the air conditioner housing and extends through the arcuate opening. The threaded fastener is loosened to allow the position of the associated arm to be adjusted. The arms have an inner surface providing a series of radial teeth which mesh with like teeth on the outer surface of the housing when the threaded fastener is tightened, thereby retaining the arms in the desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Kennedy, Richard F. Stewart
  • Patent number: 5295903
    Abstract: An extendable side curtain assembly for use in association with a window air conditioning unit that can be snap locked to the cabinet without the use of tools or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore S. Bolton, John H. Michaels
  • Patent number: 5253485
    Abstract: A room air conditioner for mounting in a window opening having a vertically sliding lower sash. The enclosure for the unit has front and rear portions separated by the vertical plane of the window opening, the compressor and condenser heat exchanger being mounted in the rear portion, and the evaporator heat exchanger being mounted in the front portion. A motor that is connected to an axial flow fan at one end and a coaxial centrifugal blower wheel at the other end is also located in the rear portion. The axial flow fan is operatively associated with the condenser heat exchanger and the centrifugal blower wheel is operatively associated with the evaporator heat exchanger. The forward enclosure portion and the evaporator heat exchanger extend above the bottom of the bottom rail of the lower sash, and the rear housing portion and the condenser heat exchanger extend above the bottom rail of the lower sash and substantially below the level of the window sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Kennedy, Richard F. Stewart
  • Patent number: 5251461
    Abstract: The baffle for preventing the recirculation of discharged air into the intake grille of a packaged terminal air conditioner is provided with means for attaching it to the grille structure without fasteners. A plurality of flexible fingers with snap latches on the ends thereof are inserted between a pair of spaced ribs on the grille, with the fingers being flexed inwardly during the insertion process and then flexing outwardly to engage the snap latches with a front edge of the vertical ribs when the baffle is in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Walter J. Fallows, III, Dennis C. Jones, John H. Michaels
  • Patent number: 5203400
    Abstract: In the present invention, for facilitating inspecting of a centrifugal type fan set in an air conditioner, a fan scroll is provided having a nose portion and a scroll portion of the fan scroll which are integrally molded, and the back of the fan scroll is mounted on a partitioning plate in the air conditioner. The scroll has a vent opening in its front portion and a discharge opening in its top portion, the two openings merging and being continuous and being large enough to permit removal of the fan therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Tsunekawa, Koji Mori, Fujio Suzuki, Yoshiki Ikari
  • Patent number: 5197299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a window-type air conditioner comprising a body provided with a first portion and a second portion, the portions being partitioned by a intermediate plate. The first portion includes an inlet portion for intaking air from an indoor room and an outlet portion for discharging heat exchanged (conditioned) air into the indoor room. The inlet and outlet portions are relatively thin and are mounted at a window of the room extending forward to communicate with the room and isolate the second portion from the window. The second portion includes an operating portion which is mounted at an outside wall of the room. This invention allows for greater visibility through the window in which the air conditioner is mounted, and greatly reduces the operational noise from entering the indoor room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung D. Sohn, Kyeng H. Ro
  • Patent number: 5193355
    Abstract: A structure is provided in which fundamental component parts including a base plate and an outer casing are integrally formed of resin moldings 2 and 3 on the indoor side and the outdoor side, and a bulk head 4 formed of a sheet metal is provided as a partition between the indoor side and the outdoor side, so that the number of fundamental parts is small and that an improvement in quality can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Matsumi
  • Patent number: 5184475
    Abstract: A self-contained air conditioner which has a body including an outer casing having a louver area, the outer casing and the louver area being molded from resin in one piece, the louver area being made of a plurality of wedge-shaped slats each having a thick base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Matsumi