The present application relates to the field of air conditioning, and in particular, to a fresh air module and an air conditioner.
In the related industry, the air conditioners on the market are usually provided with fresh air modules, and fresh air of the outdoors can be introduced into the indoors by the fresh air modules, to replenish the amount of fresh air of the indoors and improve the air quality of the indoors.
To this end, a wind wheel assembly is usually needed to be configured in the fresh air module to guide the airflow to the indoors from the outdoors. However, the operation of the motor in the wind wheel assembly generates noise, and the noise is amplified by the airflow in the fresh air duct and enters the indoors.
The main objective of the present application is to provide a fresh air module and an air conditioner including the fresh air module, which aim to reduce the noise generated by the fresh air module.
In order to achieve at least the above objective, the present application provides a fresh air module, which includes:
In an embodiment, the motor cover is provided on and extends from an outer wall of the housing to locate the motor accommodating cavity outside of the fresh air duct.
In an embodiment, the fresh air module further includes a purification assembly disposed in the fresh air duct and located between the fresh air inlet and the fresh air outlet, to enable the airflow flows through the purification assembly.
In an embodiment, the purification assembly is located at one side of the wind wheel in an axial direction of the wind wheel to correspond to an air inlet side of the wind wheel.
In an embodiment, the fresh air module further includes a middle partition plate disposed in the fresh air duct and located at the air inlet side of the wind wheel, the middle partition plate is provided with a ventilation opening corresponding to the air inlet side of the wind wheel, and the purification assembly is of a pull-push type, mounted on the middle partition plate and located on an air inlet side of the ventilation opening.
In an embodiment, the housing includes a bottom housing and a cover, the bottom housing is provided with a front side facing a first direction and a rear side facing away from the first direction, the front side of the bottom housing is provided with an opening, the cover covers the front side of the bottom housing, the middle partition plate is arranged between the bottom housing and the cover, an air inlet cavity is formed between the cover and the middle partition plate, and an air outlet cavity is formed between the middle partition plate and the bottom housing, and the wind wheel is arranged in the air outlet cavity.
In an embodiment, the motor cover is provided on and extends from the rear side of the bottom housing, and the motor shaft is started from the motor body and extended into the air outlet cavity along the first direction to connect with the wind wheel.
In an embodiment, the motor cover is integrally formed with the bottom housing, a mounting opening is formed on the bottom housing, the motor accommodating cavity is communicated with the air outlet cavity through the mounting opening, and the partition member covers the mounting opening.
In an embodiment, the bottom housing is provided with a plurality of studs with openings facing the first direction, the plurality of studs are distributed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the mounting opening, a plurality of screws are arranged on the partition member, and each screw is screwed to a corresponding stud to fix the partition member to the bottom housing.
In an embodiment, a plurality of accommodating housings are arranged on a peripheral side of the motor cover, distributed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the motor cover, and integrally formed with the motor cover, an accommodating groove is formed in each accommodating housing and extended in the first direction, and each stud is arranged in a corresponding accommodating groove.
In an embodiment, a plurality of positioning ribs are provided on and extend from the bottom housing and distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the mounting opening, a plurality of notches are formed in a peripheral side of the partition member, and each positioning rib is inserted in a corresponding notch.
In an embodiment, a lower side of the motor cover is provided with a wiring port.
In an embodiment, water baffles are provided on and extend from an outer wall of the motor cover, and the water baffles are distributed on a periphery of the wiring port for shielding water flows flowing to the wiring port.
In an embodiment, a wire groove rib is provided on and extends from the rear side of the bottom housing, the wire groove rib and the bottom housing cooperates to form a wire groove extending along a wiring direction for accommodating a wire headed from the wiring port, the wire groove is bent along an extension direction thereof to form a water collecting elbow, and the water collecting elbow is arranged to avoid electronic components.
In an embodiment, a first rubber gasket is arranged between the motor body and the partition member, a second rubber gasket is arranged between the motor body and the motor cover, and the first rubber gasket and the second rubber gasket are distributed at two ends of the motor body in an extension direction of the motor shaft, to limit the motor body in the extension direction of the motor shaft.
In an embodiment, an annular step groove is formed on each of the partition member and the motor cover, and each of the first rubber gasket and the second rubber gasket is accommodated in a corresponding annular step groove to limit the motor body in a radial direction of the motor shaft.
The present application further provides an air conditioner, which includes:
In an embodiment, the air conditioner is any one of an indoor unit of a wall-mounted air conditioner, an indoor unit of a cabinet air conditioner, an air machine, an indoor unit of a ceiling type air conditioner or a mobile air conditioner.
In an embodiment, the air conditioner is the indoor unit of the wall-mounted air conditioner, the housing of the air conditioner includes a chassis, a frame and a panel, the fresh air module is mounted at an end of the chassis, the fresh air outlet of the fresh air module faces toward the panel, and the panel is provided with the second air outlet corresponding to the fresh air outlet.
According to the fresh air module of the present application, the motor cover is arranged outside the housing and located outside the fresh air duct. A motor accommodating cavity is formed in the motor cover and accommodates the motor body. A partition member is arranged between the motor accommodating cavity and the fresh air duct to separate the motor accommodating cavity from the fresh air duct. The motor shaft penetrates through the partition member and is connected to the wind wheel for driving the wind wheel. According to the fresh air module provided by the present application, the motor body is arranged outside the fresh air duct and is isolated from the fresh air duct through the partition member, thus the noise amplification effect of the air cavity is avoided, and the noise generated by the fresh air module is reduced.
In order to more clearly explain the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the related art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the related art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the structure shown in these drawings without creative work.
Description of reference signs in the figures is provided in the following table.
The realization of the objectives, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings in combination with the embodiments.
It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement situation, etc. between components in a specific attitude (as shown in the drawings). If the specific attitude changes, the directional indication also changes accordingly.
In addition, the descriptions related to “first”, “second” and the like in the present application are for descriptive purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, a feature defined by “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of such feature. In addition, the meaning of “and/or” in the full text includes three parallel solutions, taking “A and/or B” as an example, it includes solution A, solution B, or both solutions A and B.
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In an embodiment, the fresh air inlet 102 may be provided at a bottom of the housing 10 of the fresh air module, and the fresh air outlet 103 may be provided at a top, a front side, a left side or a right side of the fresh air module, and the positions of the fresh air inlet 102 and the fresh air outlet 103 can be designed according to the types of the air conditioners employing the fresh air module in practical applications. In this embodiment, the fresh air inlet 102 can be provided at the bottom of the housing 10, and the fresh air outlet 103 can be provided at a side of the housing 10. The fresh air inlet 102 and the fresh air outlet 103 are distributed in different radial directions of the fan assembly. Referring to
The motor includes the motor body 32 and the motor shaft 31. The motor body 32 is provided with a component for driving the motor shaft 31 to rotate. Air noise, mechanical noise, electromagnetic noise and the like are generated during the operation of the motor. For existing air conditioners, the motor is located in the air duct and the air duct diffuses the noises and amplifies the noises. In this embodiment, the motor cover 30 is located outside the fresh air duct 101, and a partition member 40 is provided between the motor accommodating cavity and the fresh air duct 101, thereby the motor accommodating cavity and the fresh air duct 101 are spaced apart from each other. The motor shaft 31 passes through the partition member 40 and is connected to the wind wheel 60 to drive the wind wheel 60. For the motor body 32 is disposed outside the fresh air duct 101 and isolated from the fresh air duct 101 by the partition member 40, the amplification of the noise by the air cavity is avoided, and the noise generated by the fresh air module is reduced.
It should be noted that the motor cover 30 is disposed on the housing 10, and the motor cover 30 may protrude beyond an outer wall of the housing 10, or be disposed in the housing 10, so long as the motor cover 30 is located outside the fresh air duct 101. The motor cover 30 may be disposed separately from the housing 10, or may be integrally formed with the housing 10, or may be configured as a part of the housing 10. It can be understood that when the motor cover 30 is located in the housing 10, the motor is prone to driving the housing 10 to vibrate and generate noise during working, and for the solid transmits sound faster, the noise is amplified. For this purpose, referring to
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For example, the motor cover 30 can be integrally formed with the bottom housing 11. A mounting opening is formed on the bottom housing 11, and the motor accommodating cavity is communicated with the air outlet cavity 1012 through the mounting opening. The partition member 40 covers the mounting opening. In this way, when to assemble the fresh air module, the operator only needs to install the motor and the wind wheel 60 in the first direction, and does not need to change between the front side and the rear side of the bottom housing 11 in the installation process. Thus the assembling efficiency is improved. Moreover, since the motor cover 30 is integrally formed with the bottom housing 11, there is no relative displacement between the motor cover 30 and the bottom housing 11, and the situation that the motor cover 30 and the bottom housing 11 collide with each other and generate noise under the vibration of the motor is avoided, and thus the noise of the fresh air module during working is further reduced.
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In an embodiment, the housing 200 is provided with an air inlet 201, a first air outlet 202 and a second air outlet 203. The air inlet 201 is in communication with the first air outlet 202. The fresh air module is mounted in the housing 200, the fresh air inlet 102 of the fresh air module is adapted to communicate with the outdoors through a fresh air tube, and the fresh air outlet 103 of the fresh air module is adapted to communicate with the second air outlet 203. Thus, the air conditioner has an indoor air circulation mode and a fresh air mode.
In the indoor air circulation mode, the indoor air enters the housing 200 through the air inlet 201, cold air or hot air is generated after heat exchange by a heat exchange assembly inside the housing 200, and then the cold air or hot air is blown back to the indoors from the first air outlet 202 to realize the indoor air circulation.
In the fresh air mode, the outdoor air enters the fresh air module through the fresh air tube, and clean fresh air is generated after purification by the purification assembly of the fresh air module. The fresh air is blown to the second air outlet 203 of the housing 200 from the fresh air outlet 103 of the fresh air module, and finally blown to the indoors from the second air outlet 203, to replenish the fresh air of the indoors.
In an embodiment, the housing 200 includes a chassis 211, a frame 212 and a panel 213. The fresh air module is mounted at an end of the chassis 211. The fresh air outlet 103 of the fresh air module faces toward the panel 213. Accordingly, the panel 213 is provided with the second air outlet 203 corresponding to the fresh air outlet 103, so that the fresh air is output by the air conditioner and accurately reaches where the user stays.
In addition, in order to prevent the fresh air from being directly blown to the user, the second air outlet 203 may be set to consist of a plurality of micropores penetrating through the panel 213. Therefore, after the fresh air is blown out from the plurality of micropores, the airflow is divided into small airflows with a smaller diameter, the speed of the airflows is reduced, the airflows become soft, and are not directly blown to the user, which avoids causing discomfort to the user.
The above are only exemplary embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation made by using the specification and drawings of the present application, or any direct or indirect application to other related technical fields under the inventive concept of the present application, is included in the claimed scope of the present application.
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This application is a continuation application of PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/129246, filed on Nov. 17, 2020, which claims priority to and benefits of Chinese Patent Application No. 202010241374.8, titled “Fresh Air Module and Air Conditioner” and filed on Mar. 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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