US 11,852,360 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. 17/072,807.
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 2021/0172617 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0011 (2019.01); F24F 1/0033 (2019.01); F24F 1/0014 (2019.01); F24F 13/14 (2006.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 1/0073 (2019.01); F24F 1/035 (2019.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01); F24F 1/0087 (2019.01); F24F 1/005 (2019.01); F24F 1/0063 (2019.01); F24F 13/28 (2006.01); F24F 13/30 (2006.01); F24F 1/0029 (2019.01); F24F 13/06 (2006.01); F24F 13/32 (2006.01); F24F 3/00 (2006.01); F24F 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/0033 (2013.01) [F24F 1/005 (2019.02); F24F 1/0011 (2013.01); F24F 1/0014 (2013.01); F24F 1/0029 (2013.01); 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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air management device, comprising:
a housing defining at least one interior space and extending from side to side, the housing being supported by a plurality of legs at a bottom of the housing, and the legs providing a space between the bottom of the housing and a floor of a livable space to allow passage of air through a bottom inlet formed at the bottom of the housing;
a heat exchanger installed in the at least one interior space and configured to exchange heat between a working fluid of a heat exchange cycle and air passing through the at least one interior space;
a plurality of impellers provided in the interior space to create an air flow from air of the livable space to pass through the bottom inlet and the heat exchanger and discharge to the livable space;
a first retractable fan configured to pop-up above an upper surface of the housing; and
a second retractable fan configured to pop-up above the upper surface of the housing;
wherein the interior space includes a primary space and first and second secondary spaces partitioned from and adjacent to the primary space, the heat exchanger and the plurality of impellers being provided in the primary space,
wherein the first retractable fan is provided in the first secondary space, and the second retractable fan is provided in the second secondary space.