Air conditioner and method for controlling the same
US10126002B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Woo Seog Song
- Dong Yoon Lee
- Bu Youn Lee
- Dong Woon Kang
- Do Yeon Kim
- Do Hoon Kim
- Byung Ghun Kim
- Young Jae Kim
- Jun Woo Kim
- Hyun Ah Kim
- Yong Ho Seo
- Hyeong Joon Seo
- Byung Yul So
- Jae Hyoung Sim
- Joon Ho Yoon
- Jung Dae Lee
- Chang Seon Lee
- Chul Ju Lee
- Seung Beom Lim
- Keun Jeong Jang
- Min Gu Jeon
- Min Gi Cho
- Sung-June Cho
- Eun Sung Jo
- Hyeong Kyu Cho
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B30/70
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.
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