# US 11,441,791 B2 · Window air conditioner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,791 B2 - Document ID: US11441791B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/704,886 - Filed: 2019-12-05 - Published: 2020-08-06 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-03 - Assignees: Gd Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd.; Midea Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Gd Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd.; Midea Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Zhisheng Lei; Zhigang Xing; Kangwen Zhang; Yu Liu; Hui Yu; Yuhang Tang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441791B2 ## CPC - F24F 1/027: mounted in wall openings, e.g. in windows - F24F 1/031: penetrating a wall or window - F24F 13/32: Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units - F24F 13/20: Casings or covers - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) ## Abstract 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A window air conditioner comprising: 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; 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; and an angle positioning assembly connecting the rotary mounting base with the fixation member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The window air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the angle positioning assembly is configured to position the fixation member at an angle with respect to the rotary mounting base. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The window air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the angle positioning assembly includes: a plurality of positioning grooves provided at one of the rotary mounting base and the fixation member and arranged in a circular shape; and a positioning projection provided at another one of the rotary mounting base and the fixation member, the positioning projection being configured to be fitted with one of the plurality of the positioning grooves to position the fixation member at the angle with respect to the rotary mounting base. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The window air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the position projection is one of a plurality of positioning projections of the angle positioning assembly that are arranged in a ring shape, and configured to be fitted with the plurality of positioning grooves in a one-to-one correspondence. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The window air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein: at least a portion of the fixation member is disposed in the accommodation groove; the seal assembly further includes a slide block in a sliding fit with the fixation member and configured to slide relative to the fixation member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The window air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the seal assembly further includes a plurality of connection members configured to adjust a length of the seal assembly, at least one of the connection members being detachably coupled with the slide block, and any two neighboring ones of the connection members being detachably coupled with each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The window air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein: each of the connection members includes an insertion portion; each of the connection members and the slide block includes an insertion chamber; and the insertion portion of each of the connection members is configured to be inserted into and detached from the insertion chamber of the slide block or another one of the connection members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The window air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein an inner wall of one of the insertion portion and the insertion chamber includes an elastic projection, an inner wall of another one of the insertion portion and the insertion chamber includes a groove, and the elastic projection is extendable into the groove. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The window air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein: the elastic projection is provided in the insertion chamber; in an inserting and detaching direction of the connection member, the elastic projection has two inclined guide surfaces opposite to each other, first ends of the two inclined guide surfaces being fixed at the inner wall of the insertion chamber, and second ends of the two inclined guide surfaces extending obliquely toward each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The window air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the seal assembly further includes a slide positioning assembly disposed at the fixation member and configured to be fitted with the slide block to position the slide block at a position with respect to the fixation member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The window air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the slide block extends into a slide cavity in the fixation member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein the slide positioning assembly includes a rotation member configured to be in a threaded fit with the fixation member and to pass through the fixation member, the rotation member is configured to be rotated to adjust a length of a portion of the rotation member extending into the slide cavity, and is configured to abut against the slide block to position the slide block. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the fixation member includes an escape hole communicating with the slide cavity; the slide positioning assembly includes: a plurality of fitting buckles at an outer peripheral wall of the slide block and arranged spaced apart from each other along a moving direction of the slide block; and an elastic buckle deformably disposed at an inner peripheral wall of the escape hole and configured to be in an inclined fit with or disengaged from one of the fitting buckles; and the slide positioning assembly is configured to allow the slide block to move: only in a direction away from the fixation member when the elastic buckle engages with the one of the fitting buckles; and in both the direction away from the fixation member and a direction approaching the fixation member when the elastic buckle disengages from the one of the fitting buckles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The window air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein the elastic buckle includes: a deformation portion having a flat-plate shape and deformably disposed at the fixation member; and a snap portion formed at a free end of the deformation portion and configured to position the slide block when fitting with one of the fitting buckles. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the fixation member includes an escape hole communicating with the slide cavity; and the slide positioning assembly includes: a plurality of fitting buckles at the slide block and arranged spaced apart from each other along a moving direction of the slide block; and an elastic latch member deformably disposed at the escape hole and including a lock buckle configured to engage with or disengage from one of the plurality of the fitting buckles, the elastic latch member being configured to deform to disengage the lock buckle from the one of the plurality of fitting buckles. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The window air conditioner according to claim 15, wherein: the slide block has a mating cavity, and the plurality of fitting buckles are formed at a peripheral wall of the mating cavity; and the lock buckle extends into the mating cavity to engage with the at least one of the fitting buckles. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The window air conditioner according to claim 16, wherein: the slide block includes an opening extending in a sliding direction of the slide block and communicating with the mating cavity, and the plurality of the fitting buckles are formed at a side of the opening in a width direction; and the elastic latch member further includes: a cantilever segment having one end coupled with an inner peripheral wall of the escape hole and being in a sliding fit in the opening; a pressing portion disposed at another end of the cantilever segment and located outside the mating cavity; and a latch portion disposed at the another end of the cantilever segment, the lock buckle being disposed at the latch portion, and the latch portion extending into the mating cavity to enable the lock buckle to engage with the one of the fitting buckles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the slide block includes a plurality of fitting buckles arranged at intervals in a sliding direction of the slide block; and the fixation member includes: an escape hole communicating with the slide cavity; and a press button disposed at the escape hole and configured to be pressable, the press button including a lock buckle configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of the fitting buckles when the press button is reset and to disengage from the at least one of the plurality of fitting buckles when the press button is pressed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The window air conditioner according to claim 18, wherein the press button includes: a cantilever segment having one end coupled with an inner wall of the slide cavity, the lock buckle being disposed at the cantilever segment and spaced apart from the one end of the cantilever segment; and a press button body coupled with the cantilever segment and spaced apart from the one end of the cantilever segment, the press button body extending in a direction perpendicular to the cantilever segment and at least a portion of the press button body extending into the escape hole. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The window air conditioner according to claim 19, wherein the lock buckle and the press button body are located at a free end of the cantilever segment, and the lock buckle is located at one side of one end of the press button body away from the cantilever segment.