Window air conditioner with easy installation method

Abstract

An air conditioner includes an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, and a connection unit supportively coupled between the indoor and outdoor units at a position that an indoor housing is supported at an interior wall side of the wall while an outdoor housing is supported at an exterior wall side of the wall. The connection unit has a channel communicating between the indoor and outdoor housings that an indoor component of the indoor unit are operatively connected with an outdoor component of the outdoor unit through the channel, such that the connection unit not only forms a support to retain the indoor and outdoor units in position but also provides a communication to link the indoor component with the outdoor component.

1 . An air conditioner for installing into a wall, comprising:
 an indoor unit which comprises an indoor housing, an electricity panel housed in said indoor housing, and an evaporator module received in said indoor housing;   an outdoor unit which comprises an outdoor housing, a compressor housed in said outdoor housing, and a condenser module received in said outdoor housing; and   a connection unit, which is extended through said wall, supportively coupled between said indoor and outdoor units at a position that said indoor housing is supported at an interior wall side of said wall while said outdoor housing is supported at an exterior wall side of said wall, wherein said connection unit has a channel communicating between said indoor and outdoor housings that said electricity panel and said evaporator module of said indoor unit are operatively connected with said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit through said channel, such that said connection unit not only forms a support to retain said indoor and outdoor units in position but also provides a communication to link said electricity panel and said evaporator module with said compressor and said condenser module.   
   
   
       2 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said connection unit comprises two spaced apart connecting rods extending from said indoor housing to said outdoor housing through said wall to keep said indoor and outdoor housings in stably manner, wherein each of said connecting rods has a hollow structure to define said channel at each of said connecting rods for communicating said indoor housing with said outdoor housing. 
   
   
       3 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said indoor housing is supported at a wall position higher than said outdoor housing. 
   
   
       4 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said indoor housing is supported at a wall position higher than said outdoor housing. 
   
   
       5 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein a refrigerant suction line runs through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect said evaporator module with said compressor, wherein a capillary tube and a power line run through said channel of another said connecting rod that said capillary tube is communicatively connected between said evaporator module and said condenser module while said power line is electrically connected among said electricity panel, said compressor, and said condenser module. 
   
   
       6 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 4 , wherein a refrigerant suction line runs through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect said evaporator module with said compressor, wherein a capillary tube and a power line run through said channel of another said connecting rod that said capillary tube is communicatively connected between said evaporator module and said condenser module while said power line is electrically connected among said electricity panel, said compressor, and said condenser module. 
   
   
       7 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 5 , wherein each of said connecting rods has an end detachably coupled with said outdoor housing, a power adaptor provided at said end of said corresponding connecting rod to detachably couple with said power line, and first and second quick-connect fittings provided at said ends of said connecting rods to detachably couple with said capillary tube and said refrigerant suction line respectively. 
   
   
       8 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein each of said connecting rods has an end detachably coupled with said outdoor housing, a power adaptor provided at said end of said corresponding connecting rod to detachably couple with said power line, and first and second quick-connect fittings provided at said ends of said connecting rods to detachably couple with said capillary tube and said refrigerant suction line respectively. 
   
   
       9 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 8 , further comprising a rod sleeves set for guiding said connecting rods through said wall, wherein said rod sleeves set comprises a plate and two sleeves spacedly extended from said plate for extending through said wall, wherein said connecting rods are passing through said sleeves respectively to support said indoor and outdoor units at said interior and exterior wall sides of said wall respectively. 
   
   
       10 . The air conditioner, as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said outdoor unit further comprises a movable cover detachably enclosing said outdoor housing such that when said movable cover is detached from said outdoor housing, said electricity panel and said evaporator module of said indoor unit are easily connected with said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit through said connection unit, and when said movable cover is detached from said outdoor housing, said outdoor housing is enclosed to protect said compressor and said condenser module. 
   
   
       11 . A method of installing an air conditioner at a wall, comprising the steps of:
 (a) forming two spaced apart holes on said wall;   (b) passing two connecting rods through said holes, wherein each of said connecting rods has a tubular structure to define a channel therewithin, wherein said connecting rods are spacedly extended from a back panel of an indoor housing of an indoor unit,   (c) supporting said indoor housing of said indoor unit and an outdoor housing of an outdoor unit via said connecting rods at a position that said indoor unit is supported at an interior wall side of said wall while said outdoor unit is supported at an exterior wall side of said wall, wherein said connecting rods form a support to retain said indoor and outdoor units in a stably manner; and   (d) operatively connecting an electricity panel and an evaporator module of said indoor unit with a compressor and a condenser module of said outdoor unit through channels, wherein said connecting rods also provides a communication link to operatively connect said indoor unit with said outdoor unit.   
   
   
       12 . The method, as recited in  claim 11 , wherein said indoor housing is supported at a wall position higher than said outdoor housing. 
   
   
       13 . The method, as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:
 (d.1) running a refrigerant suction line through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect said evaporator module with said compressor;   (d.2) running a capillary tube through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect between said evaporator module and said condenser module; and   (d.3) running a power line through said channel of one of said connecting rods to electrically connect between said electricity panel and said compressor.   
   
   
       14 . The method, as recited in  claim 12 , wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:
 (d.1) running a refrigerant suction line through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect said evaporator module with said compressor;   (d.2) running a capillary tube through said channel of one of said connecting rods to communicatively connect between said evaporator module and said condenser module; and   (d.3) running a power line through said channel of one of said connecting rods to electrically connect between said electricity panel and said compressor.   
   
   
       15 . The method, as recited in  claim 13 , wherein each of said connecting rods has an end detachably coupled with said outdoor housing, a power adaptor provided at said end of said corresponding connecting rod to detachably couple with said power line, and first and second quick-connect fittings provided at said ends of said connecting rods to detachably couple with said capillary tube and said refrigerant suction line respectively. 
   
   
       16 . The method, as recited in  claim 14 , wherein each of said connecting rods has an end detachably coupled with said outdoor housing, a power adaptor provided at said end of said corresponding connecting rod to detachably couple with said power line, and first and second quick-connect fittings provided at said ends of said connecting rods to detachably couple with said capillary tube and said refrigerant suction line respectively. 
   
   
       17 . The method, as recited in  claim 11 , between the steps (a) and (b), further comprising a step of mounting a rod sleeves set on said wall, wherein said rod sleeves set comprises a plate and two sleeves spacedly extended from said plate for extending through said holes of said wall, wherein said connecting rods are passing through said sleeves respectively to support said indoor and outdoor units at said interior and exterior wall sides of said wall respectively. 
   
   
       18 . The method, as recited in  claim 16 , between the steps (a) and (b), further comprising a step of mounting a rod sleeves set on said wall, wherein said rod sleeves set comprises a plate and two sleeves spacedly extended from said plate for extending through said holes of said wall, wherein said connecting rods are passing through said sleeves respectively to support said indoor and outdoor units at said interior and exterior wall sides of said wall respectively. 
   
   
       19 . The method, as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:
 detaching a movable cover from said outdoor unit to operatively connect said electricity panel and said evaporator module of said indoor unit with said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit through said channels; and   attaching said movable cover to said outdoor unit to enclose said outdoor housing so as to protect said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit.   
   
   
       20 . The method, as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:
 detaching a movable cover from said outdoor unit to operatively connect said electricity panel and said evaporator module of said indoor unit with said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit through said channels; and   attaching said movable cover to said outdoor unit to enclose said outdoor housing so as to protect said compressor and said condenser module of said outdoor unit.