US 12,116,023 B1
Droplet-blocking air conditioning system inside train compartment
Sung-Ho Yun, Seoul (KR); Yong-Jun Jang, Anyang-si (KR); and Jae-Chul Kim, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Uiwang-si (KR)
Appl. No. 18/683,008
Filed by KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Uiwang-si (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/005113
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 12, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/022322, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0108159 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Int. Cl. B61D 27/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/34 (2006.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B61D 27/0018 (2013.01) [B60H 1/345 (2013.01); B60H 3/0608 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A droplet-blocking air conditioning system inside a train compartment, comprising:
an air conditioning system unit for regulating a temperature and a humidity of air inside the compartment;
an air supply regulation unit which uses downdraft air to supply the compartment with the air that has had the temperature and humidity regulated by the air conditioning system unit, thereby causing droplets remaining in the compartment to flow below the compartment due to the downdraft air;
an electronic motor which controls a degree of rotation of an air adjustment member according to a degree of rotation of a rotary shaft inside the air supply regulation unit; and
an air discharge unit for discharging the droplets and the downdraft air to an outside of the compartment,
wherein the air discharge unit includes:
a frame which is fitted into an outlet formed below a seat provided in the compartment and having an open upper side and lower side;
a grill which is provided above the frame and includes one or more ventilation holes to allow the droplets and the downdraft air to flow into an inner space of the frame; and
a filter which is disposed in the inner space of the frame and collects the droplets which pass through the grill to block the droplets from flowing into the compartment,
wherein the air supply regulation unit includes:
a main body which has a ventilation hole which is formed therebelow to supply the downdraft air to the compartment; and
the air adjustment member which is provided in an inner space of the main body and adjusts a flowing direction of the downdraft air to supply the downdraft air which passes through the ventilation hole directly to the seat or to form an air curtain surrounding a periphery of the seat.