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US 11,906,195 B2Granted
Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsTsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhito Kojima, Hisanori Ikeda
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Abstract
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a back casing and a first top panel having a first pivot axis under the back casing, the first top panel being configured to be attached to the back casing. The first top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening downward from the back casing around the first pivot axis.
Claims19
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
- a back casing;
- and
- a first top panel having a first pivot axis under the back casing, the first top panel being configured to be attached to the back casing, wherein
- the first top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening downward from the back casing around the first pivot axis,
- the indoor unit comprising an electric component box, wherein
- when the first top panel opens downward, a downward-opening pivot path region including a path along which the first top panel moves is shaped, and
- an upper portion of the electric component box is formed to be disposed outside the downward-opening pivot path region such that a front portion of the upper portion is lower than a back portion of the upper portion,
- the first top panel further includes, in a lower portion of the first top panel, a bent portion that connects a first front portion and a bottom portion,
- the electric component box includes a remote-control communication unit in a lower portion of the electric component box, and
- the remote-control communication unit is disposed inside the bent portion of the first top panel.
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An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
- a back casing;
- and
- a first top panel having a first pivot axis located at a bottom rear of the first top panel and under the back casing, the first top panel being configured to be attached to the back casing,
- wherein the first top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening downward from the back casing around the first pivot axis,
- wherein the indoor unit comprises a second top panel having a second pivot axis located at a top rear of the second top panel and above the back casing, the second top panel overlapping an inside of the first top panel, and
- wherein the second top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening upward from the back casing around the second pivot axis.
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An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
- a back casing;
- and
- a first top panel having a first pivot axis under the back casing, the first top panel being configured to be attached to the back casing, wherein
- the first top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening downward from the back casing around the first pivot axis,
- the indoor unit comprises a second top panel having a second pivot axis above the back casing, the second top panel overlapping an inside of the first top panel,
- the second top panel is configured to be detached from the back casing by opening upward from the back casing around the second pivot axis, and
- the second top panel includes a second top portion having a grid shape and configured to be an air inlet within the left-right width of the heat exchanger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.