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US 7,596,960 B2Granted
Indoor unit in air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJae Buem Bae
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Abstract
An indoor unit of an air conditioner is provided. The indoor unit has an improved airflow structure, for a rapid air conditioning of the room, a user's convenience, and an efficiency of the air conditioner.
Claims27
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:
- a rear cover disposed at a rear side of the indoor unit and through which indoor air is sucked;
- a front frame disposed at a front side of the indoor unit and through which the indoor air is discharged;
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange of the indoor air sucked through the rear cover;
- an air guide located at an inner space formed by the rear cover and the front frame, for guiding airflow;
- a blower fan for forcibly flowing the indoor air;
- an air guide hole formed at a middle portion of the air guide and through which the air is passed;
- and
- an upper air guide and a lower air guide, the upper air guide being formed at an upper side portion a front side of the air guide to guide cool air, and the lower air guide being formed at a lower side portion of the front side of the air guide and spaced apart from the upper air guide, for guiding the cool air in a discharge direction,
- wherein the air guide comprises a wind direction shifter part smoothly curvedly formed at both side ends of the air guide, for guiding the discharged air.
6 more elements
An indoor unit of an air conditioner comprising:
- a front frame forming a front appearance of the indoor unit;
- a rear cover forming a rear appearance of the indoor unit;
- a blower fan disposed behind the front frame;
- an air guide including:
- an air guide hole formed at a middle portion of the air guide, for guiding an indoor air sucked through the rear cover by the blower fan,
- an upper air guide and a lower air guide for guiding the indoor air sucked through the air guide hole, and
- a wind direction shifter mounting part formed at both side ends of the air guide;
- a wind direction shifter mounted inside the wind direction shifter mounting part;
- and
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange.
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An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:
- a rear cover disposed at a rear side of the indoor unit;
- a front frame disposed at a front side of the indoor unit;
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange;
- a blower fan for sucking indoor air through the rear cover and forcibly flowing the indoor air toward an inner space and an outer space of the indoor unit;
- and
- an air guide including an air guide hole for flowing the air, and an upper air guide formed at a front upper portion of the air guide, for guiding the indoor air sucked through the air guide hole to be discharged toward both side portions of the indoor unit,
- wherein the air guide comprises a wind direction shifter part smoothly curvedly formed at both side ends of the air guide, for guiding the discharged air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.