INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• Main Authors: YUN, YEON SEOB, HWANG, JUN, SHIN, HAE GYUN, HAN, DONG GI, CHOI, HYOUNG SEO, SHIN, MOON SUN, KIM, JIN GYUN, SONG, WOO SEOG, CHO, JAE YOUN, KIM, JUNG HO, KIM, JIN BAEK, JUNG, CHANG WOO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 24.04.2014
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; RANGES; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to an indoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved air discharge structure. In an aspect of the present invention, provided is the indoor unit of the air conditioner comprising: a panel which forms the appearance and has an opening; a mixed flow fan located inside the panel; a heat exchanger unit located at the rear of the mixed flow fan; an inlet port located at the rear of the heat exchanger unit to draw air from the rear of the heat exchanger unit into the mixed flow fan; an outlet port exposed toward the front of the panel through the opening to discharge the air passing the mixed flow fan through the front side of the panel; and a plurality of circular louvers which move in the outward direction from the center of the outlet port to open and close the outlet port. The indoor unit of the air conditioner has a simplified flow channel of air to increase operation efficiency of the indoor unit and enable miniaturization in size. Moreover, the indoor unit can separately open and close the left side and the right side of the outlet port, provide a beautiful design because an opening and closing unit is located below a disk, and open and close the outlet port with a small number of components.