US 12,287,112 B2
Middle air duct support member and air conditioner
Taisheng Liu, Guangdong (CN); Zhiqiang Liu, Guangdong (CN); Zhiqiang Yang, Guangdong (CN); and Zeping Li, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,309.
Application 17/546,309 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/119944, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201920874343.9 (CN), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099330 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.01); F24F 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/0254 (2013.01) [F24F 13/0209 (2013.01); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.02); F24F 13/18 (2013.01); F24F 2221/02 (2013.01); F24F 2221/26 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A middle air duct support member of an air conditioner, comprising:
an annular first support portion;
an annular second support portion arranged at an axial end of the annular first support portion, wherein the annular second support portion and the annular first support portion are manufactured separately; and
a reinforcement plate provided on one of the annular first support portion and the annular second support portion,
wherein the reinforcement plate is provided between the annular first support portion and the annular second support portion and is configured to abut against the other one of the annular first support portion and the annular second support portion,
wherein the reinforcement place is provided on an inner peripheral wall of the annular first support portion,
wherein the reinforcement plate is folded in an axial direction after extending inwardly in a radial direction, and
wherein at least part of the annular second support portion extends into the annular first support portion and part of the inner peripheral wall of the annular first support portion and a free end of the reinforcement plate abut against an outer peripheral wall of the annular second support portion.