US 11,885,514 B2
Air conditioner and method of controlling the same
Young-Jin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Ju-Hyun Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Young-Jae Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Byung Yul So, Incheon (KR); Yong-Gak Kim, Yongin-si (KR); In-Jung Baek, Seoul (KR); Na Yeong Byeon, Suwon-si (KR); Moo Gyo Seo, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Seung Cheon Yu, Yongin-si (KR); Sang Woo Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyo Kyu Lee, Seoul (KR); Jin Ho Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Min-Gi Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeong Kyu Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Jun Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); Do Yeon Kim, Uiwang-si (KR); Hyun Ah Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yong Ho Seo, Hwaseong-si (KR); Woo Seog Song, Yongin-si (KR); Hyun-Joo Song, Seongnam-si (KR); Young Sun Shin, Seoul (KR); Joon-Ho Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Bu Youn Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jung Dae Lee, Seoul (KR); Chang Seon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Min Gu Jeon, Suwon-si (KR); and Hee Jae Jeong, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,522.
Application 17/307,522 is a continuation of application No. 15/992,699, filed on May 30, 2018, granted, now 11,035,583.
Application 15/992,699 is a continuation of application No. 15/145,218, filed on May 3, 2016, granted, now 10,352,580.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0138017 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2015; application No. 10-2015-0147676 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2015; application No. 10-2015-0147677 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2015; application No. 10-2015-0147732 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2015; and application No. 10-2016-0036177 (KR), filed on Mar. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254846 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 1/0047 (2019.01); F24F 1/0057 (2019.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/42 (2018.01); F24F 1/0011 (2019.01); F24F 1/0022 (2019.01); F24F 1/0033 (2019.01); F24F 13/24 (2006.01); F24F 13/28 (2006.01); F24F 110/00 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 120/12 (2018.01); F24F 11/41 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/30 (2018.01) [F24F 1/0011 (2013.01); F24F 1/0022 (2013.01); F24F 1/0033 (2013.01); F24F 1/0047 (2019.02); F24F 1/0057 (2019.02); F24F 11/42 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 13/24 (2013.01); F24F 13/28 (2013.01); F24F 11/41 (2018.01); F24F 2110/00 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2120/12 (2018.01); F24F 2221/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a housing having a hollow substantially cylindrical shape and including a suction port provided along a central axis of the housing and configured to guide air into the housing, and a discharge port that is substantially annular and that is configured to discharge air through a substantially annular region between the housing and the suction port;
a heat exchanger provided in the housing, the heat exchanger having a hollow partial cylindrical shape and configured to receive a refrigerant;
a bridge extending in a radial direction of the housing across a portion of the discharge port and having a width along a circumference of the discharge port that is 5% or larger and 40% or less of the circumference of the discharge port; and
a display unit configured to provide a plurality of colors,
wherein the display unit is aligned with the bridge in the radial direction of the housing.