US 11,808,480 B2
Decorative panel and indoor unit
Yoshie Nakaya, Tokyo (JP); Tatsuo Furuta, Tokyo (JP); and Keisuke Tomomura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,150
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/043726
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110219, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389018 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/20 (2013.01) [F24F 2221/26 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative panel comprising:
a decorative-panel body mounted to an indoor-unit body, the decorative-panel body having a first recessed engagement part, a second recessed engagement part, and a first screw-insertion hole, the first screw-insertion hole being located between the first recessed engagement part and the second recessed engagement part;
a decorative-panel mounting component having a first mounting plate part, a second mounting plate part, a mounting surface part, a first protruding engagement part, and a second protruding engagement part, the mounting surface part being located between the first mounting plate part and the second mounting plate part and having a second screw-insertion hole, the first protruding engagement part and the second protruding engagement part being respectively provided to the first mounting plate part and the second mounting plate part, the first protruding engagement part and the second protruding engagement part being respectively engaged with the first recessed engagement part and the second recessed engagement part such that the first protruding engagement part and the second protruding engagement part are movable; and
a decorative-panel mounting screw used to, when the decorative-panel mounting screw is inserted through the second screw-insertion hole and the first screw-insertion hole and fastened into a screw-fastening hole provided in the indoor-unit body, cause the first mounting plate part and the second mounting plate part to deform such that the mounting surface part is displaced toward the indoor-unit body, and cause the first protruding engagement part and the second protruding engagement part to move to be closer toward each other than before the decorative-panel mounting screw is fastened into the screw-fastening hole.