US 12,467,637 B2
Ceiling machine
Qingsheng Tang, 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 Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,058.
Application 17/152,058 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/112045, filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201810777360.0 (CN), filed on Jul. 16, 2018; and application No. 201821126537.2 (CN), filed on Jul. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0140651 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0047 (2019.01); F24F 1/0063 (2019.01); F24F 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/0047 (2019.02) [F24F 1/0063 (2019.02); F24F 13/222 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling-embedded air conditioner comprising:
a housing comprising a top plate and an enclosing plate, the enclosing plate being connected to the top plate and surrounding a periphery of the top plate;
a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing and defining an air outlet channel with the enclosing plate;
a drain pan arranged below the heat exchanger;
a mounting shell arranged outside the enclosing plate and connected to the enclosing plate, the mounting shell comprising a through-hole extending through a top surface of the mounting shell in an up-down direction, at least a portion of an outlet pipe of the mounting shell extending through the through-hole in the up-down direction, the outlet pipe extending from the top surface of the mounting shell and out of the air conditioner in the up-down direction; and
a water pump arranged on the mounting shell outside the heat exchanger and spaced apart from the heat exchanger, the water pump having a water inlet and a water outlet, and the water inlet being in communication with the drain pan, the outlet pipe being in communication with the water outlet.