US 12,331,939 B2
Indoor unit of an air conditioner
Seongkuk Mun, Seoul (KR); Junseok Bae, Seoul (KR); Eunsun Lee, Seoul (KR); Kangyoung Kim, Seoul (KR); Hakjae Kim, Seoul (KR); and Taeyun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,335.
Application 18/387,335 is a continuation of application No. 16/978,138, granted, now 11,852,358, previously published as PCT/KR2019/002677, filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0027005 (KR), filed on Mar. 7, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0017449 (KR), filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068675 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0018 (2019.01); F24F 1/0007 (2019.01); F24F 1/0011 (2019.01); F24F 1/0029 (2019.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01); F24F 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/0018 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0007 (2013.01); F24F 1/0011 (2013.01); F24F 1/0029 (2013.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.02); F24F 13/082 (2013.01); F24F 13/1426 (2013.01); F24F 2013/1446 (2013.01); F24F 2013/146 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a casing having a suction inlet and a discharge outlet defined therein communicating an inner space of the casing with an indoor space;
a grill configured to adjust a discharge direction of air discharged to the discharge outlet;
a fan housing disposed in rear of the grill;
a fan configured to flow air introduced through the suction inlet;
a fan motor configured to rotate the fan; and
a tilting assembly disposed between the fan housing and the grill and configured to tilt the grill,
wherein the tilting assembly includes:
a first steering assembly configured to push or pull a first point located above or under a central axis of the grill to tilt the grill around the central axis of the grill, and/or a second steering assembly configured to push or pull a second point located at a left or right side around the central axis of the grill to tilt the grill around the central axis of the grill; and
a joint assembly tiltably coupled to the grill and providing a tilting center,
wherein the tilting center coincides with the central axis,
wherein the first steering assembly is installed on a structure of the fan housing, and
wherein the fan housing includes:
a rear fan housing having a fan suction inlet defined therein; and
a front fan housing disposed in front of the rear fan housing and coupled to the rear fan housing, wherein the front fan housing includes a motor installation portion on which the fan motor is installed.