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US 11,236,927 B2Granted
Indoor system and indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Kimata, Makoto Kurihara
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Abstract
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a main body including a main board that is provided with a control terminal compatible with a plurality of expansion units. The main board is connected to an expansion board provided with at least one expansion terminal that is a connection terminal compliant with the same standard as the control terminal, and is connected to at least one of the plurality of expansion units via the expansion board.
Claims6
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
- a main body including a main board that is provided with a control terminal compatible with a plurality of expansion components,
- wherein the main board
- is directly connected to an expansion board provided with at least one expansion terminal that is a connection terminal compliant with the same standard as the control terminal, and
- is indirectly connected to at least one of the plurality of expansion components via the expansion board,
- wherein in a case where one of the plurality of expansion components, excluding the at least one of the plurality of expansion components, includes the expansion board,
- a wiring line extending from the expansion board is connected to the control terminal, and
- a wiring line extending from the at least one of the plurality of expansion components that includes no expansion board is connected to the at least one expansion terminal,
- whereby the main board is connected to the at least one of the plurality of expansion components that includes no expansion board via the expansion board,
- wherein in the at least one of the plurality of expansion components that includes no expansion board, a standard board configured to fulfill a standard function of the at least one of the plurality of expansion components that includes no expansion board is provided, and
- wherein the main board includes a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the expansion board directly connected to the main board and
- each of the at least one expansion component indirectly connected to the main board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.