Intelligent plug for controlling an air conditioner system over a PLC network

US11619415B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI · CN

Inventors

• Jianming Tan · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Dongfeng Lai · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Tieying Ye · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Jie Tang · Ibaraki, JP
• Du Yang · Zhuhai, CN
• Quanzhou Liu · Beijing, CN
• Huantao Ye · Tangxia, CN
• Chenjie Li · Tangxia, CN
• Yufa Li · Zhuhai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B3/54
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A controller of an air-conditioning unit, and an air-conditioner. The air-conditioning unit uses a power line carrier communication (PLC) to communicate. The air-conditioning unit includes multiple air-conditioner indoor units and multiple air-conditioner outdoor units. The operation of the air-conditioning unit is controlled by a controller. The controller includes: a plug component configured to be plugged into a socket in a preset PLC communication network and a controller body component connected to the plug component and configured to receive a communication signal from a target device and transmit the communication signal to a device matching the target device, the target device including one of an air-conditioner indoor unit and an air-conditioner outdoor unit.