The present application relates to the field of air conditioners, and in particular, to an air conditioner housing assembly and an air conditioner.
A traditional air conditioner housing usually includes a chassis, and a plurality of plates fixed to the upper side of the chassis. When the air conditioner is being assembled, the heat exchange components inside the air conditioner are mounted on the chassis, and subsequently the plurality of plates are fixed to each other to cover the chassis. However, the plate of this air conditioner housing is usually made of a plastic material, so the strength of the air conditioner housing is lower, resulting in an easy deformation of the air conditioner during transportation and being stacked. Moreover, multiple plates are difficultly positioned when they are fixed to each other, so the assembly efficiency is lower, and after the assembly is completed, the plates may be deformed and uncoordinated, the strength and anti-deformation of the air conditioner housing are further weakened.
The above is only used to assist in understanding the technical solution of the present application and may not constitute prior art.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an air conditioner housing assembly is provided. The air conditioner housing assembly includes:
In an embodiment, the housing is made of a plastic material, and the enclosure plate is made of a metal material.
In an embodiment, a projection of the chassis in the up-down direction is rectangular, the rectangular projection has a front edge and a rear edge extending in a horizontal direction, two side edges extending in a front-rear direction between the front edge and the rear edge, the enclosure plate includes two side enclosure plates and a rear enclosure plate, and each side enclosure plate is provided at each side edge, and the rear enclosure plate is provided at the rear edge.
In an embodiment, the housing includes an upper plate fixed to an upper side of the enclosure plate, a front plate fixed to the chassis and the two side enclosure plates, a rear plate fixed to the rear enclosure plate, each side of the front plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate rearwardly extending, each side of the rear plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate forwardly extending, and a side plate of the front plate is in abutment with a side plate of the rear plate in the front-rear direction.
In an embodiment, the positioning portion includes a first positioning slot provided at an upper side of each side enclosure plate and a plurality of second positioning slots provided at an upper side of the rear enclosure plate, the plurality of second positioning slots are distributed at intervals in a length direction of the rear enclosure plate, the positioning fit portion includes a positioning protrusion provided at each end of the upper plate in the horizontal direction and a plurality of positioning studs provided at a rear side of the upper plate, and each positioning protrusion is matched with each first positioning slot, and each positioning stud is matched with each second positioning slot.
In an embodiment, the first positioning slot and the second positioning slot are each of a v-shaped groove with an upward opening.
In an embodiment, each end of the upper plate is provided with a positioning support member protruding in the horizontal direction, each end of the chassis is provided with a positioning support member protruding in the horizontal direction, each side of the front plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a support fit member, and the positioning support member is matched with the support fit member to limit the front plate.
In an embodiment, the positioning support member is clamped to and is matched with the support fit member.
In an embodiment, the side plate of one of the front plate and the rear plate is provided with a clamping portion, the side plate of the other of the front plate and the rear plate is provided with a clamping fit portion, and the clamping portion is matched with the clamping fit portion, to make the rear plate be clamped to the front plate.
In an embodiment, the front side of the upper plate is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves, an upper end of the front plate and/or the rear plate is provided with a plurality of positioning bumps, and each positioning bump is inserted in each positioning groove.
In an embodiment, the air conditioner housing assembly further includes: a spacer plate. The spacer plate is provided in the containing space and fixed to the enclosure plate to divide the containing space into an upper containing cavity and a lower containing cavity, one of side plates of the rear enclosure plate is provided with an accommodation cavity for a remote controller, the spacer plate at the mounting port is provided with an avoidance groove corresponding to the mounting port, the side enclosure plate is provided with an avoidance notch corresponding to the mounting port, and the rear enclosure plate is provided with the avoidance notch corresponding to the mounting port.
According to another aspect of the disclosure, an air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes an air conditioner housing assembly as described above.
In an embodiment, the air conditioner is a mobile air conditioner.
In an embodiment, the air conditioner further includes a heat exchanger with a metal side plate. The enclosure plate is made of a metal material, the enclosure plate is screwed with the metal side plate, and the enclosure plate has a grounding structure.
The air conditioner housing assembly of the present application includes a chassis; an enclosure plate fixed to an upper side of the chassis, extending in an up-down direction and distributed around a periphery of the chassis; and a housing fixed to the enclosure plate and/or the chassis, an inner side of the housing is enclosed with the upper side of the chassis to form a containing space, the enclosure plate is located on the inner side of the housing. The enclosure plate is provided with a positioning portion, the housing is provided with a positioning fit portion, the positioning portion is matched with the positioning fit portion, and the housing is positioned through the enclosure plate. In the present application, the inner side of the housing is reinforced by using the enclosure plate, to improve the overall strength of the air conditioner, and after the housing is pre-positioned by using the enclosure plate when the air conditioner housing assembly is assembled, the housing is fixed to the enclosure plate or the chassis by such as screws, etc., the operation is simple and it is not easy to misalignment, the assembly efficiency and assembly accuracy of the air conditioner are improved.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the related art, the drawings in the description of the embodiments or the related art will be simply introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings described below are only some of the embodiments of the present application, other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to the structures shown in these drawings without any creative labor.
Reference numerals appearing in the figures are described in the following table.
The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.
It should be noted that if there are directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear) in the embodiments of the present application, all directional indications are only used to explain relative position relationships, movement, etc. among components in a particular posture (as shown in drawings), and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indication changes accordingly.
In addition, if the terms “first”, “second”, etc. appear in an embodiment of the present application, the terms “first”, “second”, etc. are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying its relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined with “first”, “second” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, “and/or” throughout the text includes three parallel solutions, for example, “A and/or B” includes A, or B, or A and B.
In the present application, an up-down direction refers to a direction perpendicular to a horizontal direction. The description of the orientation of each component in the air conditioner housing assembly in the present application applies to the orientation of the air conditioner in the normal use state after the air conditioner housing assembly is assembled, and does not apply to the orientation of the air conditioner during production, assembly or transportation.
The present application discloses an air conditioner housing assembly used with an air conditioner. The air conditioner can be a wall-mounted air conditioner, a window air conditioner, a mobile air conditioner, and the like.
Referring to
The chassis 100 can be of various shapes, considering the structure of the general air conditioner. In the embodiment, referring to
In an embodiment, referring to
In the process of fixing the upper plate 301 to the enclosure plate, in order to improve the assembly efficiency and assembly accuracy, the upper plate 301 is pre-positioned by the cooperation of the positioning portion and the positioning fit portion, and then the upper plate 301 is fixed to the enclosure plate, for example, by screws. In this embodiment, referring to
In an embodiment, when the front plate 302 is being assembled, it also will be fixed after pre-positioning. In an embodiment, referring to
In an embodiment, when the rear plate 303 is being assembled, it also will be fixed after pre-positioning. In an embodiment, referring to
In an embodiment, in order to further improve the positioning accuracy of the front plate 302 and the rear plate 303, referring to
In an embodiment, referring to
The present application also provides an air conditioner, which includes an air conditioner housing assembly, the specific structure of the housing assembly refers to the above-mentioned embodiments. Since the air conditioner adopts all technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, it has at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, which will not be repeated herein.
In an embodiment, the air conditioner is a mobile air conditioner, and because the air conditioner has an enclosure plate, the overall strength of the air conditioner is strengthened, and the heat exchange components and the like, in the air conditioner are no longer limited to being fixed to the chassis 100, but can also be fixed to the enclosure plate, so that they can be overlayed and distributed in the up-down direction, the floor area of the air conditioner is reduced and it is conductive to transporting and containing the mobile air conditioner.
In an embodiment, the enclosure plate is made of a metal material, and the air conditioner also includes a heat exchanger 500, which has a metal side plate 501, and the enclosure plate is screwed to the metal side plate 501, and the enclosure plate has a grounding structure. The heat exchanger 500 can be an evaporator, a condenser, and the like. In an embodiment, the heat exchanger 500 is the evaporator, each end of the evaporator in the horizontal direction is provided with a metal side plate 501, and the metal side plate 501 is screwed to both sides of the side enclosure plate 201. In this way, on the one hand, the evaporator can play a role of positioning for fixing; on the other hand, when the enclosure plate is provided with a grounding structure, the enclosure plate can be used to achieve protective grounding of the refrigeration system. The enclosure plate grounding structure can be implemented in a variety of ways. For example, the enclosure plate can at least partially protrude from the chassis 100 or the housing and electrically connected to a ground wire outside the containing space, or when the chassis 100 is also made of the metal material, the grounding is achieved by using the chassis 100 connected to the enclosure plate, or the enclosure plate is connected to a ground wire. In this way, the grounding of the heat exchanger 500 is achieved by screwing the enclosure plate made of the metal material to the metal side plate 501 of the heat exchanger 500, and the refrigeration system is electrically connected to the heat exchanger 500, to achieve the grounding of the refrigeration system, so that the complex grounding structure is omitted, the assembly is simple and the production cost is reduced.
The above mentioned is only an optional embodiment of the present application, not to limit the claimed scope of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation made under the inventive concept of the present application by using the content of the specification and the drawings of the present application, or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the claimed scope of the patent of the present application.
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The present application is a continuation application of PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/104866, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, which claims priority to and benefits of Chinese Patent Application No. 202020715345.6, entitled “Air Conditioner Housing Assembly and Air Conditioner”, and filed on Apr. 30, 2020. The entire contents of the aforementioned applications are incorporated in this application by reference for all purposes. No new matter has been introduced.
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