WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER

Abstract

A window air conditioner includes an indoor unit component configured to be arranged at an indoor side of a window, an outdoor unit component configured to be arranged at an outdoor side of the window, and a connection component configured to pass through the window and to connect the indoor and outdoor unit components and including an inner connection assembly having an inner end connected to the indoor unit component, an outer connection assembly having an outer end connected to the outdoor unit component, and a guide rail assembly connected to the inner and outer connection assemblies. One of the inner and outer connection assemblies is slidably positioned within another one of the inner and outer connection assemblies in an indoor-outdoor direction. The guide rail assembly is configured to enable the inner and outer connection assemblies to be relatively slidable in the indoor-outdoor direction.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application Nos. 202310354736.8 and 202320727633.7, which are entitled “WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER” and filed on Mar. 31, 2023 by WUHU MATY AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. and GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of household electrical appliances, and in particular, to a window air conditioner.

BACKGROUND

In the related art, a window air conditioner is straddled on a window through a mounting support. An indoor unit component and an outdoor unit component are mounted on the mounting support. Alternatively, the indoor unit component and the outdoor unit component are connected by a connection component, and a length of the connection component in an indoor-outdoor direction is adjustable to adapt to different wall thicknesses. However, the length adjustment of the existing connection component is difficult, which results in a low mounting convenience.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure aims to at least solve one of technical problems existing in the conventional art. Therefore, the present disclosure provides a window air conditioner, which has a simple and convenient span adjustment and high mounting convenience.

Provided is a window air conditioner. The window air conditioner includes an indoor unit component adapted to be arranged at an indoor side, an outdoor unit component adapted to be arranged at an outdoor side, and a connection component adapted to pass through a window and connect the indoor unit component to the outdoor unit component. The connection component includes an inner connection assembly, an outer connection assembly, and a guide rail assembly. The inner connection assembly has an inner end connected to the indoor unit component. The outer connection assembly has an outer end connected to the outdoor unit component. One of the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly is slidably positioned within another one of the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly in an indoor-outdoor direction. The guide rail assembly is connected to the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly and configured to enable the outer connection assembly and the inner connection assembly to be relatively slidable in the indoor-outdoor direction.

Therefore, by providing the guide rail assembly between the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly, a friction force during the adjustment of a relative position between the indoor unit component and the outdoor unit component is smaller, making the adjustments smoother and more fluid. In this way, the difficulty of adjusting a size of the connection component in the indoor-outdoor direction can be reduced, and adjustment convenience is improved, to improve a use experience and make the structure simple.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate; and the outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate. The outer lower connection plate passes through a space formed by a bottom plate and two side plates of the inner lower connection plate, and the outer upper connection plate passes through a space formed by a top plate and two side plates of the inner upper connection plate.

In some embodiments, a side plate of an inner lower connection plate is a first inner side plate, and a side plate of an outer lower connection plate is a second inner side plate. The guide rail assembly is arranged between the first inner side plate and the second inner side plate.

In some embodiments, a side plate of an inner upper connection plate is a first outer side plate. The first outer side plate covers a first inner side plate, and the first outer side plate is fixedly connected to the first inner side plate.

In some embodiments, a first inner side plate includes an upper segment and a lower segment. The lower segment is fixedly connected to a first outer side plate. The guide rail assembly is arranged between the upper segment and a second inner side plate. The upper segment is located at a side close to the second inner side plate and above the lower segment to form an avoidance groove between the upper segment and the first outer side plate. A side plate of an outer upper connection plate is a second outer side plate. The second outer side plate is located in the avoidance groove.

In some embodiments, a first outer side plate is provided with a lock member, and a second outer side plate has a plurality of engagement holes arranged at intervals in the indoor-outdoor direction. The lock member is configured to pass through the plurality of engagement holes at corresponding positions and extend into an avoidance groove to lock relative positions between the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly.

In some embodiments, a second inner side plate includes an outer segment and an inner segment. The guide rail assembly is arranged between the inner segment and the upper segment. The outer segment protrudes towards a second outer side plate relative to the inner segment. The outer segment is fixedly connected to the second outer side plate, and an inner end top of the inner segment is fixedly connected to a top plate of an outer upper connection plate.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the outer connection assembly includes a stop segment and a socketed segment that are arranged sequentially in a direction from the outdoor unit component to the indoor unit component. An orthographic projection of the socketed segment in a sliding direction is completely within an orthographic projection of an outer contour of the stop segment in the sliding direction. The stop segment has a top surface flush with a top surface of the inner connection assembly and a bottom surface flush with a bottom surface of the inner connection assembly, and the stop segment is in a stop fit with the inner end of the inner connection assembly to limit an ultimate move-in position where the socketed segment slides into the inner connection assembly.

In some embodiments, an outer end of the inner connection assembly has a first stop member extending towards the socketed segment, and an inner end of the socketed segment has a second stop member extending towards the inner connection assembly. The second stop member is in a stop fit with the first stop member to limit an ultimate move-out position where the socketed segment slides out of the inner connection assembly.

In some embodiments, the guide rail assembly includes a first guide rail connected to the inner connection assembly and a second guide rail connected to the outer connection assembly. The first guide rail is slidably engaged with the second guide rail. An outer end of the first guide rail has a third stop member. An inner end of the second guide rail has a fourth stop member. The third stop member is in a stop fit with the fourth stop member to limit an ultimate extending state of the guide rail assembly; and an outer end of the second guide rail has a fifth stop member. The third stop member is in a stop fit with the fifth stop member to limit an ultimate retracting state of the guide rail assembly.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be in part set forth below, become apparent in part from the following description, or can be learned by practice of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent and more understandable from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a window air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of a circled region A in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a window air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a circled region B in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a guide rail assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic exploded view of a connection component according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a window air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below, examples thereof are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, throughout which same or similar elements, or elements having same or similar functions, are denoted by same or similar reference numerals. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary, only used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limitation of the present disclosure.

In the description of the present disclosure, it needs to be understood that, orientation or position relationship indicated by terms such as “center,” “over,” “below,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” “top,” “bottom,” “in,” “out,” etc., is based on the orientation or position relationship illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and is merely for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the associated device or element must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.

It needs to be noted that, terms such as “first” and “second” are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the feature associated with “first” and “second” may include one or more features distinctly or implicitly. In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specifically defined, “plurality” means at least two.

A window air conditioner 1000 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure is described below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 7.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the window air conditioner 1000 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes an indoor unit component 200 adapted to be arranged at an indoor side, an outdoor unit component 300 adapted to be arranged at an outdoor side, and a connection component 100 adapted to pass through a window and be connected to the indoor unit component 200 and the outdoor unit component 300.

The outdoor unit component 300 may be movably connected to the connection component 100. After mounting is completed, the indoor unit component 200 and the outdoor unit component 300 are located at two sides of a wall, generally in the shape of a saddle, and are straddled on the wall.

Referring to FIG. 6, the connection component 100 includes an inner connection assembly 10, an outer connection assembly 20, and a guide rail assembly 30. The inner connection assembly 10 has an inner end connected to the indoor unit component 200. The outer connection assembly 20 has an outer end connected to the outdoor unit component 300. One of the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 is slidably positioned within another one of the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 in an indoor-outdoor direction. The guide rail assembly 30 is connected to the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 and configured to enable the outer connection assembly 20 and the inner connection assembly 10 to be relatively slidable in the indoor-outdoor direction.

The indoor-outdoor direction according to the present disclosure is a relative concept, and is an orientation in essence. A direction towards the indoor unit component 200 is an inner direction, and a direction towards the outdoor unit component 300 is an outer direction.

A relative position between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 is adjustable (the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 are relatively slidable in the indoor-outdoor direction). The inner connection assembly 10 may be formed as a box-type structure with an accommodation space. The outer connection assembly 20 may be formed as a plate body structure or another box-type structure with an accommodation space, and has an end extending into the inner connection assembly 10. A size adjustment of the connection component 100 may be realized by adjusting a length of a part of the outer connection assembly 20 extending into the inner connection assembly 10. Alternatively, the outer connection assembly 20 may be formed as a box-type structure with an accommodation space, and the inner connection assembly 10 is formed as a plate body structure or another box-type structure with an accommodation space. In addition, an end of the inner connection assembly 10 extends into the outer connection assembly 20. The size adjustment of the connection component 100 may be realized by adjusting a length of a part of the inner connection assembly 10 extending into the outer connection assembly 20.

The inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 realize relative sliding in the indoor-outdoor direction through the guide rail assembly 30. The guide rail assembly 30 may reduce a friction force during a relative movement between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20, making the size adjustment of the connection component 100 in the indoor-outdoor direction simpler and more convenient. In this way, an adjustment of the window air conditioner 1000 matching walls with different thickness becomes simpler and more convenient, and mounting convenience of the window air conditioner 1000 is improved.

With the window air conditioner 1000 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by providing the guide rail assembly 30 between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20, a friction force during the adjustment of the relative position between the indoor unit component 200 and the outdoor unit component 300 is smaller, making the adjustments smoother and more fluid. In this way, the difficulty of adjusting a size of the connection component 100 in the indoor-outdoor direction can be reduced, and adjustment convenience is improved, to improve a use experience and make the structure simple.

In some embodiments, the outer connection assembly 20 and the inner connection assembly 10 may be configured to be in a structural relationship where the outer connection assembly 20 and the inner connection assembly 10 are laminated to each other in an up-down direction. The outer connection assembly 20 is at least partially overlapped on the inner connection assembly 10. Moreover, the guide rail assembly 30 is provided between an inner top surface of the outer connection assembly 20 and an outer top surface of the inner connection assembly 10 or between an outer bottom surface of the outer connection assembly 20 and an inner bottom surface of the inner connection assembly 10. In other embodiments, the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 may be in a sleeved relationship, and the guide rail assembly 30 may be correspondingly provided at a top, bottom, or side part.

As shown in FIG. 6, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner connection assembly 10 includes an inner lower connection plate 11 and an inner upper connection plate 12 mounted at the inner lower connection plate 11. The outer connection assembly 20 includes an outer lower connection plate 21 and an outer upper connection plate 22 mounted at the outer lower connection plate 21. The outer lower connection plate 21 passes through a space formed by a bottom plate and two side plates of the inner lower connection plate 11, and the outer upper connection plate 22 passes through a space formed by a top plate and two side plates of the inner upper connection plate 12.

The inner upper connection plate 12 has a top plate and two side plates located at two sides of the top plate. The inner lower connection plate 11 has a bottom plate and two side plates located at two sides of the bottom plate. The side plates of the inner upper connection plate 12 are connected to the side plates of the inner lower connection plate 11 to form a case body structure. The outer upper connection plate 22 also has a top plate and two side plates located at two sides of the top plate. The outer lower connection plate 21 has a bottom plate and two side plates located at two sides of the bottom plate. The side plates of the outer upper connection plate 22 are connected to the side plates of the outer lower connection plate 21 to form a case body structure. The outer connection assembly 20 extends into the inner connection assembly 10. Correspondingly, the outer upper connection plate 22 extends into the inner upper connection plate 12, and the outer lower connection plate 21 extends into the inner lower connection plate 11, to realize the size adjustment of the connection component 100 in the indoor-outdoor direction by adjusting the outer connection assembly 20.

During mounting of the window air conditioner 1000, an installer is in an indoor space and places the outdoor unit component 300 to an outdoor space. The inner connection assembly 10 located in the indoor space remains fixed, and adjusting the outer connection assembly 20 may correspondingly make the outdoor unit component 300 move synchronously, instead of the indoor unit component 200 fixed at the indoor side moving, which can further reduce mounting difficulty and improve the mounting convenience of the window air conditioner 1000.

In some other embodiments of the present disclosure, a structure of the connection component according to the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, one of the inner upper connection plate 12 and the inner lower connection plate 11 is configured as a plate body, and the other one of the inner upper connection plate 12 and the inner lower connection plate 11 includes a side plate. In addition, one of the outer upper connection plate 22 and the outer lower connection plate 21 is configured as a plate body, and the other one of the outer upper connection plate 22 and the outer lower connection plate 21 includes a side plate. The corresponding side plates may be directly connected to the plate bodies.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, in some embodiments, a side plate of an inner lower connection plate 11 is a first inner side plate 13, and a side plate of an outer lower connection plate 21 is a second inner side plate 23. The guide rail assembly 30 is arranged between the first inner side plate 13 and the second inner side plate 23.

The first inner side plate 13 of the inner lower connection plate 11 is opposite to and spaced apart from the second inner side plate 23 of the outer lower connection plate 21. The guide rail assembly 30 is arranged in a gap between the first inner side plate 13 and the second inner side plate 23 and has two guide rails respectively connected to the first inner side plate 13 and the second inner side plate 23. In this way, the outer connection assembly 20 and the inner connection assembly 10 are slidably engaged with each other.

By making the guide rail assembly 30 be located between the first inner side plate 13 and the second inner side plate 23, the guide rail assembly 30 may be protected, to prevent dust, foreign matters, and the like from entering the guide rail assembly 30 and causing occurrence of clamping stagnation and abnormal noise phenomena in the guide rail assembly 30, thereby improving sliding stability of the guide rail assembly 30. In addition, a service life of the guide rail assembly 30 may be prolonged, to improve the use experience of the window air conditioner 1000 and reduce maintenance costs.

The slidable engagement between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the guide rail assembly 30 may be arranged between the side plates of the inner upper connection plate 12 and the side plates of the outer upper connection plate 22.

As shown in FIG. 6, a side plate of an inner upper connection plate 12 is a first outer side plate 14. The first outer side plate 14 covers a first inner side plate 13, and the first outer side plate 14 is fixedly connected to the first inner side plate 13.

The first outer side plate 14 overlaps with at least part of the first inner side plate 13, and the overlapping region may be fixedly connected through a fastener, a snap structure, or other structures, to make structural stability of the connection component higher.

By further protecting the guide rail assembly 30 at an outer side of the first inner side plate 13 by the first outer side plate 14, it is possible to improve a protection effect and allow the first outer side plate 14 and the guide rail assembly 30 to be located at two sides of the first inner side plate 13 to avoid occurrence of interference, to improve movement smoothness and reliability of the guide rail assembly 30.

A plurality of projection welding nuts may be provided at the first inner side plate 13, a plurality of via holes may be formed at the first outer side plate 14, and the fastener passes through the via holes and is threadedly fastened to the projection welding nuts. Alternatively, a plurality of snap holes may be formed at the first inner side plate 13, and a plurality of snaps may be provided at the first outer side plate 14, and the snaps are in an engagement fit with the snap holes to realize an assembly of the connection component.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, a first inner side plate 13 includes an upper segment 131 and a lower segment 132. The lower segment 132 is fixedly connected to a first outer side plate 14. The guide rail assembly 30 is arranged between the upper segment 131 and a second inner side plate 23. The upper segment 131 is located at a side close to the second inner side plate 23 and above the lower segment 132 to form an avoidance groove between the upper segment 131 and the first outer side plate 14. A side plate of an outer upper connection plate 22 is a second outer side plate 24. The second outer side plate 24 is in the avoidance groove.

The upper segment 131 extends in a vertical direction or a generally vertical direction. The lower segment 132 extends in a horizontal direction or a generally horizontal direction. The upper segment 131 is opposite to the second inner side plate 23. The two guide rails of the guide rail assembly 30 may be connected to the upper segment 131 and the second inner side plate 23, respectively. The lower segment 132 has an end connected to the upper segment 131 and another end extending away from the upper segment 131 and connected to the first outer side plate 14, allowing for a gap between the upper segment 131 and the first outer side plate 14. The gap is formed as the avoidance groove. The second outer side plate 24 may be correspondingly extended into the avoidance groove.

Generally vertical means a direction generally the same as the vertical direction and having an angle with the vertical direction, but the angle with the vertical direction is small. Correspondingly, generally horizontal means a direction generally the same as the horizontal direction and having an angle with the horizontal direction, but the angle with the horizontal direction is small.

Therefore, occurrence of interference between the outer connection assembly 20 and the inner connection assembly 10 may be avoided by forming the avoidance groove, to improve engagement stability. In addition, a plurality of side plates of the outer connection assembly 20 and a plurality of side plates of the inner connection assembly 10 may also be alternatively arranged, i.e., the first outer side plate 14, the second outer side plate 24, the first inner side plate 13, and the second inner side plate 23 are successively arranged alternatively. In this way, a movement between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 can be reduced, allowing both structural stability and reliability of the connection component 100 to be higher.

The lower segment 132 includes an upper plate and a lower plate. The upper plate and the lower plate are arranged opposite to each other in the up-down direction. The upper plate has an end connected to the upper segment 131 and another end connected to another end of the lower plate through a transition plate. A groove structure, which is opposite to the guide rail assembly 30, is formed by the upper plate, the transition plate, and the lower plate. Moreover, the lower segment 132 is used for being connected to the first outer side plate 14. A fastener of the lower segment 132 connected to the first outer side plate 14 may penetrate the transition plate and extend into the groove structure. Through the groove structure, occurrence of interference between the fastener and the guide rail assembly 30 is avoided, and a structural strength of the first inner side plate 13 may be improved, to improve a structural strength and structural stability of the inner connection assembly 10.

Referring to FIG. 6, a first outer side plate 14 is provided with a lock member (not shown), and a second outer side plate 24 is provided with a plurality of engagement holes 241 arranged at intervals in the indoor-outdoor direction. The lock member is configured to pass through the plurality of engagement holes 241 at corresponding positions and extend into an avoidance groove to lock relative positions between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20.

The plurality of engagement holes 241 are formed and arranged at intervals in an indoor-outdoor direction of the second outer side plate 24. In the indoor-outdoor direction, one column, two columns, or more columns of engagement holes 241 may be formed, and one, two, or more lock members may be provided correspondingly.

After a position adjustment between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20 is completed, the lock member may pass through the engagement holes 241, to complete locking of the relative position between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20, improving connection stability and reliability between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20.

The lock member may be configured as a pin, a stud, or other fastener, and the avoidance groove may be used for avoiding the pin or the stud and making an interior of the connection component 100 have a space for accommodating the lock member, to avoid occurrence of interference between the lock member and the guide rail assembly 30, improving the movement smoothness.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a second inner side plate 23 includes an outer segment 231 and an inner segment 232. The guide rail assembly 30 is arranged between the inner segment 232 and the upper segment 131. The outer segment 231 protrudes towards a second outer side plate 24 relative to the inner segment 232. The outer segment 231 is fixedly connected to the second outer side plate 24, and an inner end top of the inner segment 232 is fixedly connected to the top plate of the outer upper connection plate 22.

The inner segment 232 extends in the vertical direction or the generally vertical direction, and the outer segment 231 extends in the horizontal direction or the generally horizontal direction. An upper side edge of the inner segment 232 is provided with a flange, and the flange is connected to the outer upper connection plate 22. The outer segment 231 has an end connected to the inner segment 232 and another end extending away from the inner segment 232 and connected to the second outer side plate 24, which allows the inner segment 232 and the second outer side plate 24 to be oppositely arranged. A gap between the inner segment 232 and the second outer side plate 24 may be used for fixing the guide rail assembly 30, which is convenient to fixing of the guide rail assembly 30 and an improvement in space utilization.

As shown in FIG. 4, a connection plate is provided between the inner segment 232 and the outer segment 231 and has an end connected to the inner segment 232 and another end connected to the outer segment 232. An avoidance region (such as an avoidance notch) may be formed on the connection plate. The guide rail assembly 30 may at least partially pass through the avoidance region. Therefore, the avoidance region may be used for avoiding the guide rail assembly 30 while a connection strength and connection stability between the inner segment 232 and the outer segment 231 are improved through the connection plate, which avoids occurrence of the interference between the guide rail assembly 30 and the connection plate during a movement of the guide rail assembly 30, and can also further improve the movement smoothness and reliably of the guide rail assembly 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the outer connection assembly 20 includes a stop segment 201 and a socketed segment 202 that are arranged sequentially in a direction from the outdoor unit component 300 to the indoor unit component 200. An orthographic projection of the socketed segment 202 in a sliding direction is completely within an orthographic projection of an outer contour of the stop segment 201 in the sliding direction. The stop segment 201 has a top surface flush with a top surface of the inner connection assembly 10 and a bottom surface flush with a bottom surface of the inner connection assembly 10, and the stop segment 201 is in a stop fit with the inner end of the inner connection assembly 10 to limit an ultimate move-in position where the socketed segment 202 slides into the inner connection assembly 10.

A contour and a size of an orthographic projection of the stop segment 201 in the sliding direction are the same as a contour and a size of an orthographic projection of the inner connection assembly 10 in the sliding direction. A contour of an orthographic projection of the socketed segment 202 in the sliding direction is consistent with a contour of the orthographic projection of the stop segment 201 in the sliding direction and a contour of the orthographic projection of the inner connection assembly 10 in the sliding direction, however a size of the orthographic projection of the socketed segment 202 in the sliding direction is smaller than the size of the orthographic projection of the stop segment 201 in the sliding direction, allowing the socketed segment 202 to extend into the inner connection assembly 10. In addition, the top surface of the stop segment 201 may be flush with the top surface of the inner connection assembly 10 to improve aesthetics of the connection component 100. Moreover, a position of the socketed segment 202 may be limited, to improve the engagement stability.

A transition region between the stop segment 201 and the socketed segment 202 may be configured as an arc transition, to prevent an exposed part of the outer connection assembly 20 from being too sharp when the outdoor unit component 300 moves relative to the connection component 100, i.e., when the outer connection assembly 20 moves relative to the inner connection assembly 10, which can reduce safety hazards and improve assembly safety while mounting is convenient.

Referring to FIG. 7, an outer end of the inner connection assembly 10 has a first stop member 15 extending towards the socketed segment 202, and an inner end of the socketed segment 202 has a second stop member 25 extending towards the inner connection assembly 10. The second stop member 25 is in a stop fit with the first stop member 15 to limit an ultimate move-out position where the socketed segment 202 slides out of the inner connection assembly 10.

The outer connection assembly 20 has a position adjustment stroke relative to the inner connection assembly 10. An inner end point of the stroke is defined as the ultimate move-in position, and an outer end point of the stroke is defined as the ultimate move-out position. At the ultimate move-in position, abutting and position limit may be realized through a level difference between the socketed segment 202 and the top surface of the inner connection assembly 10. At the ultimate move-out position, the first stop member 15 may be correspondingly provided at a partially or entirely peripheral side of the inner connection assembly 10, and the second stop member 25 is correspondingly provided at a partially or entirely peripheral side of the socketed segment 202. Both the first stop member 15 and the second stop member 25 may be configured as a protruding block structure, to perform abutting and position limit through the first stop member 15 and the second stop member 25 when the outer connection assembly 20 moves to the ultimate move-out position, which can prevent the outer connection assembly 20 from being separated from the inner connection assembly 10, to improve the structural stability and reliability of the connection component 100.

The first stop member 15 may be formed at an end portion of the inner connection assembly 10 adjacent to the outer connection assembly 20, at least formed on the first inner side plate 13, and is formed as a boss structure or flange structure on an outer end of the first inner side plate 13, which can further improve the structural strength of the first inner side plate 13 while an abutting and position-limit effect is realized, allowing fixing stability and a fixing effect of the first inner side plate 13 on a windowsill to be better. Correspondingly, the second stop member 25, which is engaged with the first stop member 15, may be formed at an inner end of the second inner side plate 23, and is also formed as the boss structure or flange structure, which may be abutted with the boss structure or flange structure on the first inner side plate 13 stably.

The first stop member 15 may be formed at an outer end of the first outer side plate 14 and correspondingly formed as the boss structure or flange structure. Correspondingly, the second stop member 25 may be formed at an outer end of the second outer side plate 24 and correspondingly formed as the boss structure or flange structure, which is not specifically limited herein.

Referring to FIG. 5, in some embodiments, the guide rail assembly 30 includes a first guide rail 31 connected to the inner connection assembly 10 and a second guide rail 32 connected to the outer connection assembly 20. The first guide rail 31 is slidably engaged with the second guide rail 32. An outer end of the first guide rail 31 has a third stop member 311. An inner end of the second guide rail 32 has a fourth stop member 321. The third stop member 311 is in a stop fit with the fourth stop member 321 to limit an ultimate extending state of the guide rail assembly 30. An outer end of the second guide rail 32 has a fifth stop member 322. The third stop member 311 is in a stop fit with the fifth stop member 322 to limit an ultimate retracting state of the guide rail assembly 30.

Each of the third stop member 311, the fourth stop member 321, and the fifth stop member 322 may be configured as a stop plate. The third stop member 311 has an end connected to the first guide rail 31 and another end extending towards the second guide rail 32. Both the fourth stop member 321 and the fifth stop member 322 have an end connected to the second guide rail 32 and another end extending towards the first guide rail 31.

The first guide rail 31 and the second guide rail 32 are arranged alternatively. Moreover, the first guide rail 31 is slidably engaged with the second guide rail 32. In addition, the third stop member 311 on the first guide rail 31 is located between the fourth stop member 321 and the fifth stop member 322 of the second guide rail 32. In this way, when the second guide rail 32 moves to an end relative to the first guide rail 31, the third stop member 311 abuts with and is engaged with the fourth stop member 321. When the second guide rail 32 moves to another end relative to the first guide rail 31, the third stop member 311 abuts with and is engaged with the fifth stop member 322, to realize position limit in the ultimate retracting state and the ultimate extending state.

The guide rail assembly 30 has the ultimate retracting state corresponding to the ultimate move-in position of the outer connection assembly 20 and the ultimate extending state corresponding to the ultimate move-out position of the outer connection assembly 20. The third stop member 311 may be provided on the first guide rail 31. The fourth stop member 321 and the fifth stop member 322 are provided at the inner end and outer end of the second guide rail 32, respectively. The fourth stop member 321 is engaged with the third stop member 311 to limit the guide rail assembly 30 in the ultimate extending state. The fifth stop member 322 is engaged with the third stop member 311 to limit the guide rail assembly 30 in the ultimate retracting state. In this way, the first guide rail 31 is prevented from being disengaged from the second guide rail 32 in the ultimate states, to improve engagement stability of the first guide rail 31 and the second guide rail 32, to further improve engagement stability and reliability between the inner connection assembly 10 and the outer connection assembly 20.

In the description of the present disclosure, it needs to be understood that, orientation or position relationship indicated by terms such as “center,” “longitudinal,” “lateral,” “length,” “width,” “thickness,” “over,” “below,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” “top,” “bottom,” “in,” “out,” “clockwise,” “anti-clockwise,” “axial,” “radial” and “circumferential” is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and is merely for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the associated device or element must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.

In addition, the terms “first” and “second” are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features associated with “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features. In the description of the present disclosure, “plurality of” means at least two, unless otherwise specifically and explicitly defined.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, terms such as “install,” “connect,” “connect to,” “fix” and the like should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it may be a fixed connection or a detachable connection or connection as one piece; mechanical connection or electrical connection or communication; direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate; internal communication of two components or the interaction relationship between two components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present disclosure can be understood according to specific circumstances.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stipulated and defined otherwise, the first feature “on” or “under” the second feature may mean that the first feature is in direct contact with the second feature, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate. Moreover, the first feature “above” the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply mean that the level of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature “below” the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply mean that the level of the first feature is smaller than that of the second feature.

In descriptions of the present disclosure, descriptions with reference to the terms “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “examples,” “specific examples,” or “some examples” etc., mean that specific features, structure, materials, or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art can combine the different embodiments or examples and the features of the different embodiments or examples described in this specification without contradicting each other.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements, and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and ideas of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the claims as attached and their equivalents.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A window air conditioner comprising: an indoor unit component configured to be arranged at an indoor side of a window;an outdoor unit component configured to be arranged at an outdoor side of the window; anda connection component configured to pass through the window and to connect the indoor unit component to the outdoor unit component, the connection component including: an inner connection assembly having an inner end connected to the indoor unit component;an outer connection assembly having an outer end connected to the outdoor unit component, one of the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly being slidably positioned within another one of the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly in an indoor-outdoor direction; anda guide rail assembly connected to the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly and configured to enable the outer connection assembly and the inner connection assembly to be relatively slidable in the indoor-outdoor direction.

12. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate; andthe outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate, the outer lower connection plate passing through a space formed by a bottom plate and two side plates of the inner lower connection plate, and the outer upper connection plate passing through a space formed by a top plate and two side plates of the inner upper connection plate.

13. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate;the outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate; andthe guide rail assembly is arranged between a side plate of the inner lower connection plate and a side plate of the outer lower connection plate.

14. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate; anda side plate of the inner upper connection plate covers and is fixedly connected to a side plate of the inner lower connection plate.

15. The window air conditioner according to claim 14, wherein: the outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate;the side plate of the inner upper connection plate includes: a lower segment fixedly connected to the side plate of the inner upper connection plate; andan upper segment located above the lower segment and at a side close to a side plate of the outer lower connection plate; andthe guide rail assembly is arranged between the upper segment and the side plate of the outer lower connection plate.

16. The window air conditioner according to claim 15, wherein: an avoidance groove is formed between the upper segment and the side plate of the inner upper connection plate; anda side plate of the outer upper connection plate is located in the avoidance groove.

17. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate;the outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate;a side plate of the outer upper connection plate has a plurality of engagement holes arranged at intervals in the indoor-outdoor direction; anda side plate of the inner upper connection plate includes a lock member configured to pass through one of the plurality of engagement holes at a corresponding position to lock a relative position between the inner connection assembly and the outer connection assembly.

18. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the inner connection assembly includes an inner lower connection plate and an inner upper connection plate mounted at the inner lower connection plate;the outer connection assembly includes an outer lower connection plate and an outer upper connection plate mounted at the outer lower connection plate;a side plate of the inner upper connection plate includes: a lower segment fixedly connected to a side plate of the inner upper connection plate; andan upper segment located above the lower segment and at a side close to a side plate of the outer lower connection plate; anda side plate of the outer lower connection plate includes: an inner segment; andan outer segment protruding towards and fixedly connected to a side plate of the outer upper connection plate relative to the inner segment; andthe guide rail assembly is arranged between the inner segment and the upper segment;

19. The window air conditioner according to claim 18, wherein an inner end top of the inner segment is fixedly connected to a top plate of the outer upper connection plate.

20. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein: the outer connection assembly includes a stop segment and a socketed segment that are arranged sequentially in a direction from the outdoor unit component to the indoor unit component; andan orthographic projection of the socketed segment in a sliding direction is completely within an orthographic projection of an outer contour of the stop segment in the sliding direction.

21. The window air conditioner according to claim 20, wherein: a top surface of the stop segment is flush with a top surface of the inner connection assembly; anda bottom surface of the stop segment is flush with a bottom surface of the inner connection assembly; and

22. The window air conditioner according to claim 20, wherein: the stop segment is in a stop fit with an inner end of the inner connection assembly to limit an ultimate move-in position where the socketed segment slides into the inner connection assembly.

23. The window air conditioner according to claim 20, wherein: an outer end of the inner connection assembly has a first stop member extending towards the socketed segment;an inner end of the socketed segment has a second stop member extending towards the inner connection assembly; andthe second stop member is in a stop fit with the first stop member to limit an ultimate move-out position where the socketed segment slides out of the inner connection assembly.

24. The window air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein the guide rail assembly includes: a first guide rail connected to the inner connection assembly; anda second guide rail connected to the outer connection assembly and slidably engaged with the first guide rail.

25. The window air conditioner according to claim 24, wherein: the first guide rail includes a first stop member at an outer end of the first guide rail;the second guide rail includes a second stop member at an inner end of the second guide rail; andthe first stop member is in a stop fit with the second stop member to limit an ultimate extending state of the guide rail assembly.

26. The window air conditioner according to claim 24, wherein: the first guide rail includes a first stop member at an outer end of the first guide rail;the second guide rail includes a second stop member at an outer end of the second guide rail; andthe first stop member is in a stop fit with the second stop member to limit an ultimate retracting state of the guide rail assembly.