Indoor unit for air-conditioning apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsNaoya Matsunaga, Masaaki Maruyama
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Abstract
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes vanes, vane shafts and, which are disposed at the ends of the vanes, vane bearings and, which hold the vane shafts and, and motors, each of which is mounted on a corresponding one of the vane shafts and each of which causes a corresponding one of the vanes to rotate. Each of the vane shafts is provided with a rib, and each of the vane bearings, which hold the corresponding vane shafts, is provided with a hook portion. When one of the vane shafts moves by a reference movement amount in a direction toward the corresponding vane shaft, the corresponding rib and the corresponding hook portion engage with each other, so that movement of the vane shaft is restricted.
Claims4
An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a vane assembled within the air-conditioning apparatus;
- first and second vane shafts that are disposed at opposing ends of the vane, the second vane shaft including a vane shaft side engagement portion;
- a first vane bearing holding the first vane shaft;
- a motor attached to the first vane shaft and configured to rotate the vane;
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- a second vane bearing holding the second vane shaft and including a vane bearing side engagement portion,
- wherein the vane shaft side engagement portion and the vane bearing side engagement portion include a configuration that prevents the vane from being displaced from the air-conditioning apparatus, the configuration including the vane shaft side engagement portion being positioned at a gap of fixed distance from the vane bearing side engagement portion and being aligned to engage the vane bearing side engagement portion by movement of the second vane shaft in a direction toward the first vane shaft and in an amount equal to the gap of fixed distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.