US 11,982,463 B2
Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner
Gen Lu, Foshan (CN); Xing Liu, Foshan (CN); Zecheng Sun, Foshan (CN); and Shuyang Pi, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/427,028
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/112430
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/155675, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910100987.7 (CN), filed on Jan. 31, 2019; application No. 201920179237.9 (CN), filed on Jan. 31, 2019; and application No. 201920321931.X (CN), filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099334 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 13/28 (2006.01); F24F 1/0057 (2019.01); F24F 1/0073 (2019.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/28 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0057 (2019.02); F24F 1/0073 (2019.02); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 2013/207 (2013.01); F24F 2221/22 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner indoor unit comprising:
an electric control box;
a cleaner device including:
a filter screen rail assembly including a rail for a filter screen to move along; and
a cleaning assembly including a driving structure, a cleaning structure, a water pump, and a water cavity, the cleaning assembly being configured to drive a filter screen to move on the filter screen rail assembly to clean the filter screen, and including an electrical wire connection end;
an air intake grill arranged between the cleaning assembly and the electrical control box; and
an electrical wire arranged at the cleaning assembly and the filter screen rail assembly, one end of the electrical wire being connected to the electrical wire connection end, and another end of the electrical wire being connected to the electric control box, and the electrical wire including:
a first electrical wire extending towards the electrical control box, one end of the first electrical wire being connected to the cleaning assembly, and another end of the first electrical wire including a first connection terminal; and
a second electrical wire extending towards the cleaning assembly, one end of the second electrical wire being connected to the electric control box, and another end of the second electrical wire including a second connection terminal;
wherein:
at least a portion of the first electrical wire is fixed at the air intake grill, and at least a portion of the second electrical wire is fixed at the air intake grill;
the connector, the at least the portion of the first electrical wire, and the at least the portion of the second electrical wire are fixed at a front side of the air intake grill that is away from a rear side of the indoor unit, the rear side of the indoor unit is for hanging the indoor unit to a wall, a rear side of the air intake grill is adjacent to the rear side of the indoor unit;
the front side of the air intake grill includes:
a plurality of first limit members arranged at intervals along a length direction of the air intake grill; and
a plurality of second limit members each arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first limit members;
a receiving cavity and an opening communicating with the receiving cavity are formed by one of the plurality of first limit members and a corresponding one of the plurality of second limit members; and
the opening is for inserting the connector, the at least the portion of the first electrical wire, and the at least the portion of the second electrical wire into the receiving cavity.
 
17. An air conditioner comprising:
an outdoor unit; and
an indoor unit including:
an electric control box;
a cleaner device including:
a filter screen rail assembly including a rail for a filter screen to move along; and
a cleaning assembly including a driving structure, a cleaning structure, a water pump, and a water cavity, the cleaning assembly being configured to drive a filter screen to move on the filter screen rail assembly to clean the filter screen, and including an electrical wire connection end;
an air intake grill arranged between the cleaning assembly and the electrical control box; and
an electrical wire arranged at the cleaning assembly and the filter screen rail assembly, one end of the electrical wire being connected to the electrical wire connection end, and another end of the electrical wire being connected to the electric control box, and the electrical wire including:
a first electrical wire extending towards the electrical control box, one end of the first electrical wire being connected to the cleaning assembly, and another end of the first electrical wire including a first connection terminal; and
a second electrical wire extending towards the cleaning assembly, one end of the second electrical wire being connected to the electric control box, and another end of the second electrical wire including a second connection terminal;
wherein:
at least a portion of the first electrical wire is fixed at the air intake grill, and at least a portion of the second electrical wire is fixed at the air intake grill;
the connector, the at least the portion of the first electrical wire, and the at least the portion of the second electrical wire are fixed at a front side of the air intake grill that is away from a rear side of the indoor unit, the rear side of the indoor unit is for hanging the indoor unit to a wall, a rear side of the air intake grill is adjacent to the rear side of the indoor unit;
the front side of the air intake grill includes:
a plurality of first limit members arranged at intervals along a length direction of the air intake grill; and
a plurality of second limit members each arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first limit members;
a receiving cavity and an opening communicating with the receiving cavity are formed by one of the plurality of first limit members and a corresponding one of the plurality of second limit members; and
the opening is for inserting the connector, the at least the portion of the first electrical wire, and the at least the portion of the second electrical wire into the receiving cavity.