US 12,331,941 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. 18/387,340.
Application 18/387,340 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.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068676 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 9 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 grille configured to adjust a discharge direction of air discharged to the discharge outlet;
a fan housing located in rear of the grille;
a steering assembly disposed between the fan housing and the grille and configured to tilt the grille,
wherein the steering assembly includes:
a steering body;
a steering actuator coupled to the steering body;
a moving rack movably coupled to the steering body and movable along the steering body under an operation of the steering actuator; and
an adjust assembly coupled to each of the moving rack and the grille so as to be rotatable relative thereto,
wherein the adjust assembly is configured to pushes or pull the grille while rotating relative to at least one of the moving rack or the grille under movement of the moving rack.