US 12,331,942 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. 18/387,342.
Application 18/387,342 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 2024/0068677 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 first steering assembly connected to a first point of the grille; and
a second steering assembly connected to a second point of the grille,
wherein an angle defined between a line connecting a tilting center of the grille and the first point to each other and a line connecting the tilting center and the second point to each other is a right angle.