US 12,435,904 B2
Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner
Qiwei Liu, Guangdong (CN); Fuxing Zhai, Guangdong (CN); Jian He, Guangdong (CN); Zhengqing Yi, Guangdong (CN); Shaosheng Guo, Guangdong (CN); and Peng Xie, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,866.
Application 17/740,866 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/127805, filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911108246.X (CN), filed on Nov. 13, 2019; and application No. 201921961260.X (CN), filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268481 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 13/14 (2006.01); F24F 1/0014 (2019.01)
CPC F24F 13/1413 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0014 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner indoor unit comprising:
a surface frame having an air inlet, a first air outlet formed in a front lower part of the surface frame, and at least one second air outlet formed on at least one of a left side and a right side of the surface frame, wherein the first air outlet extends forward through a front part of the surface frame and the first air outlet extends downward through a bottom part of the surface frame;
a breezeless member disposed on a front side of the surface frame and movable between a first position and a second position, the breezeless member comprising a first panel; and
a heat exchanger and a fan, disposed in the surface frame,
wherein:
the first panel is configured to open the first air outlet when the breezeless member is at the first position,
the first panel is configured to cooperate with the surface frame to close the first air outlet when the breezeless member is at the second position,
the surface frame has an air outlet channel in communication with both the first air outlet and the at least one second air outlet,
a guide portion is formed on a part of a bottom wall of the air outlet channel adjacent to the first air outlet, the guide portion being used to guide airflow towards the first air outlet,
in a rear-to-front direction, the guide portion extends obliquely and downward to guide a part of the airflow to a bottom part of the first air outlet, and
when the breezeless member is at the second position, the guide portion is opposite to or abuts against a bottom part of the first panel in a front and rear direction.