US 11,933,518 B2
Damping assembly for air conditioner and air conditioner
Huoxu Huang, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/802,889.
Application 16/802,889 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/125309, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201911204880.3 (CN), filed on Nov. 29, 2019; and application No. 201922129771.1 (CN), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0164689 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/24 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a pad including:
a connection base; and
a body connected to the connection base and extending in an extension direction away from the connection base, the body including:
a first member including a plurality of first mounting holes; and
a second member including at least one second mounting hole, the plurality of first mounting holes and the at least one second mounting hole being configured to hold refrigerant pipes of an air conditioner, and each of the plurality of first mounting holes and the at least one second mounting hole including a mounting opening configured to allow one of the refrigerant pipes to be snapped through;
wherein:
a direction pointing from a center of one of the plurality of first mounting holes to a center of another one of the plurality of first mounting holes is parallel to the extension direction of the body; and
the plurality of first mounting holes and the at least one second mounting hole are all arranged at a same side of the connection base along the extension direction of the body;
a fixation bracket configured to be connected to the pad and to a housing of the air conditioner, the fixation bracket including an accommodation groove having an open side and a closed side opposite to each other, with the open side facing the connection base, and the pad is accommodated in the accommodation groove; and
a snapping assembly configured to connect the fixation bracket with the pad, the snapping assembly including:
a snap at the fixation bracket and;
a groove at the pad.