Abstract: An indoor heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger shell, a side plate structure including shell side plates arranged at both ends of the heat exchanger shell, heat exchange fins installed at the shell side plates provided in the heat exchanger shell, refrigerant pipes passing through the heat exchange fins, and connection pipes protruding from an end of the heat exchanger shell and each connected to ends of two refrigerant pipes on same side.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a main body, a fan configured to form an airflow inside the main body, a motor including a shaft to which the fan is coupled, and a motor cover to which the motor is fixed. The motor cover includes a body including a rear surface formed in a truncated cone shape, and a vortex breaker which protrudes toward the fan from the rear surface body along an outer periphery of the body, so as to prevent air, which is discharged from the fan, from forming a vortex.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window air conditioner drain that includes a main body having a drain side and an interfacing side. The drain side includes a funnel structure that narrows to a tube attachment portion of the funnel structure. The window drain further includes a magnetic attachment mechanism configured for magnetically attaching the main body to a window air conditioner such that the main body covers a drainage hole of the window air conditioner. Further disclosed is a window air conditioner drain kit incorporating the window air conditioner drain, and a kit that includes the window air conditioner drain, magnets and/or a flexible tube.

Abstract: A self-contained HVAC system is a single structure having a sequential arrangement of coupled housings. At least two housings are offset with respect to one another in two dimensions. HVAC components are disposed throughout and within the coupled housings. The HVAC components include operational components interconnected by electrical lines and fluid-carrying lines where the HVAC components are operable to generate at least one of heated air and cooled air.

Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a chassis, a housing including an indoor-side housing and an outdoor-side housing respectively arranged at two sides of the chassis, an electric control box installed at the chassis and located in the outdoor-side housing, a junction box arranged in the indoor-side housing, and a wiring plate arranged at the chassis and including a power supply wire slot, a strong electric wire slot, and a weak electric wire slot isolated from each other. A power wire electrically connected to the electric control box is arranged in the power supply wire slot. A strong electric wire electrically connected to at least one of the electric control box or the junction box is arranged in the strong electric wire slot. A weak electric wire electrically connected to the electric control box is arranged in the weak electric wire slot.

Abstract: A ducted air conditioner includes a housing, a heat-retaining and drainage assembly, a fan assembly and an air conditioning device. The heat-retaining and drainage assembly is disposed in the housing, and includes a first heat-retaining member and a second heat-retaining member. The first heat-retaining member includes a first dividing plate. The second heat-retaining member is stacked with the first heat-retaining member, the second heat-retaining member includes a second dividing plate connected to the first heat-retaining member. An inner space of the housing is divided to a first cavity and a second cavity, an arrangement direction of the first cavity and the second cavity is perpendicular to a stacking direction of the first heat-retaining member and the second heat-retaining member. The fan assembly is disposed in the first cavity. The air conditioning device is disposed in the second cavity, and located between the first heat-retaining member and the second heat-retaining member.

Abstract: An auxiliary mounting device and a mounting and use method for a saddle window air conditioner. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a base and a bolt. The base is located below a connection section of a saddle window air conditioner, and forms a certain distance away from the connection section. One end of the bolt is connected to the base, and the other end of the bolt passes through the connection section and is threadedly connected to the connection section. During mounting, the one end of the bolt and the connection section move towards each other, and the connection section gradually moves towards the direction close to the base, thereby implementing slow descending of the saddle window air conditioner.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes an insulation box that has a space that receives a heat exchanger, an insulation panel that is disposed between the insulation box and an outer panel and that has an air inlet passage and an air outlet passage, and a casing to which the outer panel is attached. The casing contains the insulation box and the insulation panel. The insulation box has a first outside-air introduction passage that is located apart from the space and that is communicable with an outside of the casing. The insulation panel has a second outside-air introduction passage that is located apart from the air outlet passage and that is communicable between the first outside-air introduction passage and the air inlet passage.

Abstract: An air blower, including a volute, a centrifugal wind wheel, and a motor. The volute includes an end plate, a side plate extending from an edge of the end plate, and a cavity formed by the end plate and the side plate; the centrifugal wind wheel is disposed in the cavity; the end plate includes an air inlet, and two ends of the side plate are disposed side by side to form an air outlet; the end plate further includes a support beam opposite to the air inlet, and the motor is disposed on the support beam.

Abstract: Provided is an axial fan including a pair of fan units, wherein each of the pair of fan units includes a rotor, a motor, and a housing, the rotor includes an impeller cup configured to rotate about a rotation axis, and a fan extending radially from the impeller cup, the motor is provided inside the impeller cup, the housing includes a housing portion housing the rotor, and a base portion supporting the motor, a connection portion is provided to an axial end surface of the base portion and on an inner peripheral side relative to the impeller cup, and the pair of fan units is connected to each other via the connection portions in a direction of the rotation axis.

Abstract: An electric component box installed in an outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes: an electronic component accommodation unit that accommodates an electronic component; an intake port through which air is drawn in from outside the electric component box; a discharge port through which air is discharged from inside the electric component box; and a cooler disposed in an airflow path extending from the intake port to the electronic component accommodation unit and that cools air.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that may include a case in which a heat exchanger is disposed and having an air inlet and an air outlet; a discharge pipe that communicates with the air outlet and extends outside of the case; and a kit having a discharge port in which the discharge pipe is fixed, and configured to be disposed at a window frame. The kit may include a main board in which the discharge port is formed; at least one sub-board configured to be movable up and down with respect to the main board; a rack connected with one of the main board or the at least one sub-board and forming a plurality of grooves spaced apart from each other in an upward-downward direction; and a holder connected with the other one of the main board or the at least one sub-board and having a protrusion inserted into one of the plurality of grooves to restrict upward-downward movement of the at least one sub-board.

Abstract: Mounting frames for an air conditioning unit that secure the unit in a window while allowing portions of the frame and the air conditioning unit to be pivoted in and out of the window opening for safe and timely egress from the window, if needed. In addition, described herein is a device or securing a window optionally having an air condition unit installed wherein the securing device prevents unauthorized opening of the window from the outside.

Abstract: An auxiliary mounting device and mounting method for a saddle-type window air conditioner. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a base and an airbag; the base is located on a window, an upper end of the airbag is connected to a connecting portion of the saddle-type window air conditioner, a lower end of the airbag is connected to the base), an air hole is provided on the airbag, and a plug is provided at the air hole. When mounting the saddle-type window air conditioner, the airbag is inflated first, and then the saddle-type window air conditioner, together with the base and the airbag, is placed on the window, the base sits on the window, then the airbag is deflated, and the connecting portion gradually descends, along with the deflation of the airbag, in the direction towards the base, thereby enabling the saddle-type window air conditioner to fall slowly. The auxiliary mounting device has a simple structure and is easy to operate.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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°).

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.