Air-conditioner outdoor device and air-conditioner unit

• US 10,641,504 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GREE Electric Appliances Company Limited (GREE Electric Appliances Incorporated of Zhuhai), GREE Electric Appliances Incorporated of Zhuhai
• Original Assignee: GREE Electric Appliances Company Limited (GREE Electric Appliances Incorporated of Zhuhai)
• Inventors: Xue, Handong, Yu, Kai, Xie, Youfu
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin, Elizabeth J
• Application Number:
  US15/768,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20190195517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 789 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/10 Arrangement or mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/16 Arrangement or mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/30 for use inside the separate outdoor units
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/46 Component arrangements in separate outdoor units
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/52 with inlet and outlet arranged on the same side, e.g. for mounting in a wall opening
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/56 Casing or covers of separate outdoor units, e.g. fan guards
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/60 Arrangement or mounting of the outdoor unit
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/62 Wall-mounted

Abstract

An air-conditioner outdoor device and an air-conditioner unit are provided. The air-conditioner outdoor device includes a casing and a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed within the casing, a front plate of the casing is provided with an air outlet and two air inlets, the air outlet is located between the two air inlets, the heat exchanger is positioned closer to the front plate relative to a rear plate of the casing and faces the air outlet, and air flow entering the casing from the air inlets flows out of the casing from the air outlet after flowing through the heat exchanger. The air-conditioner unit comprises the air-conditioner outdoor device. The air-conditioner outdoor device of the present application improves the air intake and outlet manners to facilitate the installation of the air-conditioner outdoor device in a mounting hole through a wall and indoors.

Claims

1. An air-conditioner outdoor device, comprising:

a casing, a front plate of which is provided with two air inlets and one air outlet between the two air inlets; and

a heat exchanger, located at a position within the casing closer to the front plate relative to a rear plate of the casing and facing the air outlet, such that air flow entering the casing from the two air inlets flows out of the casing from the air outlet after flowing through the heat exchanger;

wherein the air-conditioner outdoor device further comprises;

a partition plate, which partitions an inner space of the casing into a front space and a rear space; and

a valve, for connecting the air-conditioner outdoor device and an air-conditioner indoor device, wherein the valve is disposed on a lateral plate of the casing; and

wherein;

the partition plate comprises;

a first plate portion, and a second plate portion connected to a side of the first plate portion adjacent to the valve;

the second plate portion extends obliquely from the first plate portion toward a front side and is connected to the lateral plate; and

the valve is disposed adjacent to the front plate and located behind a connection part between the second plate portion and the lateral plate.

2. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet and the two air inlets are arranged in a longitudinal direction.

3. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein an air inlet space is formed at both lateral sides and a rear side of the heat exchanger, and an air outlet space is formed between a front side of the heat exchanger and the front plate of the casing, and wherein the two air inlets communicate with the air inlet space, and the air outlet communicates with the air outlet space.

4. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein a dimension in a longitudinal direction of the air-conditioner outdoor device is greater than a dimension in a vertical direction of the air-conditioner outdoor device.

5. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein the casing is configured to be at least partially installed within a wall, and the front plate of the casing is configured to be substantially flush with an outer surface of the wall.

6. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 5, further comprising a support frame, wherein the casing comprises a portion for being installed within the wall and another portion for being located indoors, the portion located indoors being supported by the support frame.

7. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed within the front space.

8. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 7, further comprising a fan provided within the front space, wherein

the fan is located at a rear side of the heat exchanger to drive air flow to enter the front space from the two air inlets and blow the air flow towards the heat exchanger;

or

the fan is located at a front side of the heat exchanger to suck the air flow entering the front space from the two air inlets, so that the air flow flows through the heat exchanger and flows out of the casing from the air outlet.

9. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein a top cover of the casing comprises a front top cover and a rear top cover, and the front top cover covers the front space, the rear top cover covers the rear space, and at least the rear top cover is openable independently.

10. The air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 7, further comprising a compressor and an electrical box assembly, wherein the compressor is disposed within the rear space and/or the electrical box assembly is disposed within the rear space.

11. An air-conditioner unit, comprising an air-conditioner indoor device and the air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1.

12. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 11, wherein the air outlet and the two air inlets are arranged in a longitudinal direction.

13. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 11, wherein an air inlet space is formed at both lateral sides and a rear side of the heat exchanger, and an air outlet space is formed between a front side of the heat exchanger and the front plate of the casing, and wherein the two air inlets communicate with the air inlet space, and the air outlet communicates with the air outlet space.

14. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 11, wherein a dimension in a longitudinal direction of the air-conditioner outdoor device is greater than a dimension in a vertical direction of the air-conditioner outdoor device.

15. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 11, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed within the front space.

16. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 15, wherein the air-conditioner outdoor device further comprises a fan provided within the front space, wherein

the fan is located at a rear side of the heat exchanger to drive air flow to enter the front space from the two air inlets and blow the air flow towards the heat exchanger;

or

the fan is located at a front side of the heat exchanger to suck the air flow entering the front space from the two air inlets, so that the air flow flows through the heat exchanger and flows out of the casing from the air outlet.

17. The air-conditioner unit according to claim 11, wherein a top cover of the casing comprises a front top cover and a rear top cover, and the front top cover covers the front space, the rear top cover covers the rear space, and at least the rear top cover is openable independently.

18. A building, comprising:

a wall; and

the air-conditioner outdoor device according to claim 1, wherein the casing is at least partially installed within the wall, and the front plate of the casing is substantially flush with an outer surface of the wall.

19. The building according to claim 18, comprising a support frame, wherein a portion of the casing is installed within the wall and another portion of the casing is located indoors, the portion located indoors is supported by the support frame.