US 12,259,153 B2
Air conditioner
Sang Ki Cho, Seoul (KR); Ki Jun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Dae Dong Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Chang Heon Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Moon Sun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); and Young Lae Jo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/221,481.
Application 18/221,481 is a continuation of application No. 17/032,677, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,739,976.
Application 17/032,677 is a continuation of application No. 15/992,409, filed on May 30, 2018, granted, now 10,788,238, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Application 15/992,409 is a continuation of application No. 15/720,052, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,458,673, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0141090 (KR), filed on Oct. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358434 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F24F 13/14 (2006.01); F24F 1/0003 (2019.01); F24F 1/0011 (2019.01); F24F 1/0057 (2019.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/14 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0011 (2013.01); F24F 1/0057 (2019.02); F24F 1/0003 (2013.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 2013/205 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a housing including a front frame, a side panel, and an outlet;
a heat exchanger inside the housing;
a blower fan configured to blow air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger toward the outlet; and
a discharge blade configured to move between a guide position at which a direction of air blown by the blower fan is controlled so that the air is discharged through the outlet, and a closing position at which the outlet is closed,
wherein the side panel includes a plurality of holes formed therein,
wherein the discharge blade includes a blade body rotatably disposed in the outlet, and a plurality of blade holes formed in the blade body to discharge air through the discharge blade, and
wherein air blown by the blower fan is discharged through the plurality of blade holes of the discharge blade and the plurality of holes of the side panel while the discharge blade is in the closing position.