Air conditioner
Abstract
An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a wall-mounted indoor unit which includes a heat exchanger, a blower, and a housing that accommodates the heat exchanger and the blower therein, and which is fixed to a wall surface, and a discharge unit which is disposed above the indoor unit outside the indoor unit, in which the housing includes a suction port that opens upward, the discharge unit includes a discharge device disposed above the suction port, at least a portion of air suctioned into the suction port passes through the discharge device, and a center of the discharge unit in a right-left direction of the indoor unit is disposed to be shifted to one side in the right-left direction with respect to a center of the indoor unit.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . An air conditioner comprising:
a wall-mounted indoor unit which includes a heat exchanger, a blower, a first control unit, and a housing that accommodates the heat exchanger, the blower, and the first control unit therein, and which is fixed to a wall surface; and a discharge unit which is disposed above the indoor unit outside the indoor unit, wherein the housing includes a suction port that opens upward, the discharge unit includes a discharge device disposed above the suction port, a second control unit that controls the discharge device, and a case that accommodates the discharge device and the second control unit therein, a center of the discharge unit in a right-left direction of the indoor unit is disposed to be shifted to one side in the right-left direction with respect to a center of the indoor unit, a dimension of the discharge unit in the right-left direction is smaller than a dimension of the indoor unit in the right-left direction, the first control unit is positioned on the one side with respect to the heat exchanger and the blower inside the housing, the second control unit is positioned on the one side with respect to the discharge device inside the case, and at least a portion of the second control unit is disposed to be superimposed above the first control unit, the case includes a first ventilation hole provided in a portion out of a wall portion of the case on an upper side, the portion being positioned above the discharge device, and a second ventilation hole provided in a portion out of a wall portion of the case on a lower side, the portion being positioned below the discharge device, and at least portion of air that has flowed into the case through the first ventilation hole from above the discharge unit passes through the discharge device in a vertical direction, and air that has passed through the discharge device in the vertical direction is discharged below the discharge unit through the second ventilation hole and suctioned into the suction port.
2 . (canceled)
3 . The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the discharge unit on the one side is disposed at the same position in the right-left direction as an end portion of the indoor unit on the one side.
4 . (canceled)
5 . (canceled)
6 . The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge device is driven based on a signal received from the first control unit.
7 . The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein the discharge unit includes
a signal wiring that electrically connects the discharge device and the first control unit, an end portion of the case on the one side is provided with a lead-out hole through which the signal wiring is led out, and a portion of the first control unit on the one side is provided with a connection portion to which the signal wiring is connected.
8 . The air conditioner according to claim 7 , wherein the discharge unit includes a power supply wiring connected to a power source separate from the indoor unit.
9 . The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the power supply wiring is led out from the lead-out hole.
10 . (canceled)
11 . (canceled)
12 . The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein the discharge unit includes a terminal to which a wireless adapter is connected.
13 . The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the power supply wiring is connected to the second control unit from the one side.
14 . The air conditioner according to claim 9 , wherein the power supply wiring is connected to the second control unit from the one side.
15 . The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein a portion of the signal wiring and a portion of the power supply wiring pass between the indoor unit and the wall surface.
16 . The air conditioner according to claim 9 , wherein a portion of the signal wiring and a portion of the power supply wiring pass between the indoor unit and the wall surface.
17 . The air conditioner according to claim 13 , wherein a portion of the signal wiring and a portion of the power supply wiring pass between the indoor unit and the wall surface.
18 . The air conditioner according to claim 14 , wherein a portion of the signal wiring and a portion of the power supply wiring pass between the indoor unit and the wall surface.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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