US 12,366,367 B2
Air management apparatus or device
Yong Nam Kim, Seoul (KR); Keun Ho Ju, Seoul (KR); Yang Hwan No, Seoul (KR); Jeong Guen Choi, Seoul (KR); Min Kyu Oh, Seoul (KR); Seo Yeon Lee, Seoul (KR); So Young Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jea Seok Seong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/072,656.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0163424 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163426 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163428 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163430 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163431 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163432 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163437 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163438 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163441 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0163444 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0168728 (KR), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0172624 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 1/00 (2019.01); F24F 1/0011 (2019.01); F24F 1/0014 (2019.01); F24F 1/0029 (2019.01); F24F 1/0033 (2019.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.01); F24F 1/0063 (2019.01); F24F 1/0073 (2019.01); F24F 1/0087 (2019.01); F24F 1/035 (2019.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 13/06 (2006.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01); F24F 13/14 (2006.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 13/28 (2006.01); F24F 13/30 (2006.01); F24F 13/32 (2006.01); F24F 3/00 (2006.01); F24F 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/0033 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0011 (2013.01); F24F 1/0014 (2013.01); F24F 1/0029 (2013.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.02); F24F 1/0063 (2019.02); F24F 1/0073 (2019.02); F24F 1/0087 (2019.02); F24F 1/035 (2019.02); F24F 13/0236 (2013.01); F24F 13/06 (2013.01); F24F 13/085 (2013.01); F24F 13/14 (2013.01); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 13/28 (2013.01); F24F 13/30 (2013.01); F24F 13/32 (2013.01); F24F 2003/008 (2013.01); F24F 2006/008 (2013.01); F24F 2013/205 (2013.01); F24F 2221/36 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air management device for a livable space, comprising:
a housing enclosing a space therein, the space being divided into a primary space and a first secondary space, a heat exchanger and at least one impeller are disposed in the primary space, and the housing is configured to allow air in the primary space to flow by the heat exchanger based on the at least one impeller, and then flow past the impeller and through a front of the primary space to outside of the air management device, and the housing being configured to allow the air in the primary space to flow into the first secondary space without flowing by the heat exchanger and the impeller;
a humidifier provided in the first secondary space and having a tank to store liquid, an inlet duct and a first discharge duct, the air from the primary space is to flow from the primary space and through the inlet duct in the first secondary space without flowing by the heat exchanger and the impeller in the primary space, the humidifier being configured to vaporize the liquid from the tank and to mix with the air from the primary space provided through the inlet duct such that humidified air is exhausted from the humidifier by the first discharge duct; and
a first duct installed in the first secondary space to communicate with the first discharge duct and configured to pop-up from or retract into the first secondary space, the first duct allowing passage of the humidified air generated by the humidifier to the livable space when the first duct protrudes beyond a first surface of the housing.