# US 5,706,672 A · Air conditioner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,706,672 A - Document ID: US5706672A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/601,860 - Filed: 1996-02-15 - Granted: 1998-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 1995-04-20 - Assignees: Fujitsu General Limited - Inventors: Satoi Miyazaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706672A ## CPC - F24F 1/022: comprising a compressor cycle - Y10T 74/18936: Slidable connections - Y10T 403/606: Leaf spring - 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) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An air conditioner of the invention is formed of a main body in a box form with a partition panel for dividing indoor and outdoor heat converter rooms, a base holder situated in the main body under the opening, a damper supported on the base holder for covering an opening of the partition panel to be movable relative to the opening of the partition panel, a control part movably disposed on the base holder, and an elongated connection member for connecting the control part and the damper to move the damper by operating the control part. The connection member is made of a synthetic resin and includes at both ends connecting devices integrally formed therewith to be connected to the control part and the damper. Also, a holding device is integrally formed with the base holder. The holding device guides the connection member and includes a holding part with a substantially C-shaped cross section for holding the connection member therein. Therefore, the damper and the control part can be easily assembled together with the connection member through the holding device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air conditioner, comprising: a main body in a box form including an indoor heat converter room, an outdoor heat converter room, and a partition panel for dividing the indoor and outdoor heat converter rooms and having an opening therein, a base holder situated in the main body under the opening and being made of a synthetic resin, a damper supported on the base holder for covering the opening of the partition panel, said damper being moved relative to the opening of the partition panel for opening and closing the same and having first connecting means integrally formed with the damper, a control part movably disposed on the base holder and having second connecting means integrally formed with the control part, an elongated connection member for connecting the control part and the damper to move the damper by operating the control part, said connection member being made of a synthetic resin and having at both ends third and fourth connecting means integrally formed with the connecting member, said first and third engaging means being formed of a peg and a slot engaging together and said second and fourth connecting means being formed of a peg and a slot engaging together, and holding means made of a synthetic resin and integrally formed with the base holder, said holding means guiding the connection member therein and having a holding part with a substantially C-shaped cross section for holding the connection member therein so that the damper and the control part can be easily assembled together with the connection member through the holding means. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a sectional form which vertically crosses a longitudinal direction of the above-described connection member is of rectangular forms. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the above-described connection member is positioned along a plurality of plane surfaces which are connected at predetermined angles, and recesses are formed at a position where the connection member crosses a connection line of each of the above-described plane surfaces. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the above-described recesses are formed by making section areas which vertically cross the above-described connection member small, and narrow. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) An air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the above-described stair parts are formed to face the above-described connection lines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the above-described holding means is projectingly provided in the direction apart from the above-described base holder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the above-described holding part is positioned with a section opening facing a direction apart from the above-described base holder. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the above-described holding part continues along the above-described connection member for predetermined lengths. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein catch portions for holding the above-described connecting member within said holding means are provided at an opening of the above-described holding part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) An air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein the above-described holding part is formed along a plurality of plane surfaces connected at predetermined angles, and the above-described catch portions are provided at the portions of the connection line of each of the above-described plane surfaces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) An air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein slits are formed at the portions which hold the above-described catch portions in the direction along the direction where the above-described holding part continues. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the above-described damper has support parts which are fixed at the above-described base holder, and a plate part which is connected to the above-described support parts, and the above-described plate part rotates around the above-described support parts with hinge parts between them. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) An air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein the above-described hinge parts are thin hinges which are formed integrally with the above-described support parts and the above-described plate part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) An air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein the above-described damper is supported at the above-describe base holder by fixing means which presses engagement parts of sagittal forms into mounting holes, and one of the above-described engagement part and the above-described mounting hole is formed at the above-described base holder as a part of it, while the other of the above-described engagement part and the above-described mounting hole is formed at the above-described support part as a part of it. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the control part is a slide lever having a main body positioned along an outer surface of the base holder, and an insertion fragment connected to the main body and having a sagittal form inserted into an inner surface side of the base holder.