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Air conditioning unit

US9396718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJul 23, 2013
Grant dateJul 19, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K2210/509
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to an air conditioning unit having an air duct, having a fan for conveying an airflow through the air duct, having a heat exchanger for the thermal conditioning of the airflow and having an apparatus for noise reduction, which apparatus has a microphone, a loudspeaker and an evaluation and control unit, the microphone being arranged in a housing indentation of the duct wall of the air duct, the housing indentation having a wall and the loudspeaker being arranged at least partially in an opening of the duct wall of the air duct in a manner which is spaced apart from the microphone in the direction of the noise emission, wherein the wall of the housing indentation is curved at least partially, the housing indentation of the microphone being covered with a porous acoustically transparent material.

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