Air conditioner

Abstract

An air conditioner comprises: a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a heat exchanger in the housing, a blower in the housing configured to move air through the air inlet, and thereafter to the heat exchanger, to be discharged through the air outlet, a first motor and a second motor disposed in the housing, a rotating shaft including a first shaft connected to the first motor, and a second shaft connected to the second motor, a first blade configured to adjust a direction of air moved by the blower and discharged from a first portion of the outlet, and disposed on a first side of the rotating shaft to receive power from the first motor, and a second blade configured to adjust a direction of air moved by the blower and discharged from a second portion of the outlet, and disposed on a second side of the rotating shaft to receive power from the second motor, and the first motor may be disposed on a first side in an extending direction of the rotating shaft, and the second motor may be disposed on a second side in the extending direction of the rotating shaft.

1 . An air conditioner comprising:
 a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet;   a heat exchanger in the housing;   a blower in the housing configured to move air through the air inlet, and thereafter to the heat exchanger, to be discharged through the air outlet;   a first motor and a second motor disposed in the housing;   a rotating shaft comprising a first shaft connected to the first motor and a second shaft connected to the second motor;   a first blade configured to adjust a direction of air moved by the blower and discharged from a first portion of the outlet, and disposed on a first side of the rotating shaft to receive power from the first motor; and   a second blade configured to adjust a direction of air moved by the blower and discharged from a second portion of the outlet, and disposed on a second side of the rotating shaft to receive power from the second motor,   wherein the first motor is disposed on a first side in an extending direction of the rotating shaft, and the second motor is disposed on a second side in the extending direction of the rotating shaft.   
     
     
         2 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first coupler formed at one end of the first blade; and   a second coupler formed at one end of the second blade, and   wherein the first coupler and the second coupler are configured to couple together to form a shaft structure having a common rotation axis about which the first blade and the second blade are rotatable, wherein the first blade is on a first side of the shaft structure and the second blade is on a second side of the shaft structure.   
     
     
         3 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 the first coupler is at an upper end of the first blade, and the second coupler is at a lower end of the second blade.   
     
     
         4 . The air conditioner of  claim 3 , wherein
 the first motor is on one of the left side and the right side of the shaft structure; and   the second motor is on the other side of the left side and the right side of the shaft structure.   
     
     
         5 . The air conditioner of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a first insertion hole in the first coupler into which the first shaft is inserted; and   a second insertion hole in the second coupler into which the second shaft is inserted.   
     
     
         6 . The air conditioner of  claim 5 , wherein the air conditioner comprises:
 an insertion portion formed at an upper end of the first blade to be inserted into the second blade; and   a receiving portion formed to correspond to the insertion portion and at a lower end of the second blade to accommodate the insertion portion of the first blade, and   wherein the first coupler includes a left first coupler at a left side of the insertion portion and a right first coupler at a right side of the insertion portion, and wherein the second coupler includes a left second coupler at a left side of the receiving portion and a right second coupler at a right side of the receiving portion.   
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a first fixing panel in the housing to which the first motor is coupled; and   a second fixing panel in the housing to which the second motor is coupled.   
     
     
         8 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 the second blade is a front panel of the housing configured to cover the second portion of the air outlet, and   the front panel is rotatable about the common rotation axis.   
     
     
         9 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 the first blade and the second blade are arranged along a left and right direction of the air outlet.   
     
     
         10 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 the first motor and the second motor are both on a left side of the shaft structure or are both on a right side of the shaft structure.   
     
     
         11 . The air conditioner of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a belt configured to rotate the second blade by rotation of the second shaft,   wherein the first motor and the second motor are arranged along a front and a rear direction of the air conditioner,   the first shaft protrudes from the first motor toward the first blade and connects the first motor to the first blade; and   the second shaft protrudes from the second motor and is coupled to the second blade by the belt.   
     
     
         12 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein
 the first blade and the second blade together are configured to cover the air outlet, and   a first coupler and a second coupler are located in the air outlet.   
     
     
         13 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a discharge flow path in the housing between the blower and the air outlet to guide movement of air from the blower to the air outlet,   wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are located in the discharge flow path.   
     
     
         14 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a controller,   wherein the controller is configured to control the first motor and the second motor to:
 rotate the first shaft to rotate the first blade to adjust the direction of air discharged from the first portion of the air outlet toward a lower side of the air conditioner, or 
 rotate the second shaft to rotate the second blade to adjust the direction of air discharged from the second portion of the air outlet toward a front side or an upper side of the air conditioner. 
   
     
     
         15 . The air conditioner of  claim 14 , wherein
 the controller is further configured to control the first motor to rotate the first blade and the second motor to rotate the second blade to open the air outlet.   
     
     
         16 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 the shaft structure has a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and the first motor is on the first side and the second motor is on the second side.   
     
     
         17 . The air conditioner of  claim 10 , wherein
 the first motor and the second motor are configured so that the first shaft and the second shaft are rotatable about the common rotation axis.   
     
     
         18 . The air conditioner of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a fixing panel in the housing to which the first motor and the second motor are coupled.   
     
     
         19 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a controller,   wherein the controller is configured to control the first motor to rotate the first blade and the second motor to rotate the second blade to close the air outlet,   the first blade includes a first plurality of holes formed therethrough so that air discharged from the first portion is discharged through the first plurality of holes when the air outlet is closed, and   the second blade includes a second plurality of holes formed therethrough so that air discharged from the second portion is discharged through the second plurality of holes when the air outlet is closed.