CN117656760A

CN117656760A - Air conditioner and vehicle

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Publication number: CN117656760A
Application number: CN202211061143.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张银银
Original assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-31
Filing date: 2022-08-31
Publication date: 2024-03-08

Abstract

The invention discloses an air conditioner and a vehicle, wherein the air conditioner comprises a shell, a fan assembly and a heat exchanger, wherein an indoor air inlet, an indoor air outlet and an outdoor air inlet are formed in the shell, an air flow channel communicated with the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet and a fresh air channel communicated with the outdoor air inlet and the air flow channel are formed in the shell, so that external air flows into the fresh air channel and the air flow channel from the outdoor air inlet, the fan assembly is arranged in the air flow channel, and the heat exchanger is arranged in the air flow channel. The outdoor air inlet is arranged to allow air flow to enter the fresh air channel from the outdoor air inlet when the air conditioner moves forwards. When the fan assembly works, outdoor fresh air and indoor return air can be sucked through the action of the fan assembly in the airflow channel, and in the running process of a vehicle, the airflow of the vehicle is automatically poured into the outdoor air inlet, and even when the fan assembly does not need to be started, the fresh air can be automatically introduced by means of running power.

Description

Air conditioner and vehicle

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner and a vehicle.

Background

In order to adjust the freshness of indoor air, a common air conditioner generally sets a fresh air module independently, and relates to independent parts for realizing functions of the fresh air module, such as a fresh air channel shell, a wind wheel, an air pipe, a motor and the like, fresh air is generally introduced into a room through a pipeline by an independent motor driving fan, and complicated control logic is also required for controlling the fresh air, so that the complexity of a complete machine system is increased, the stability of the operation of the complete machine is also influenced due to the introduction of new equipment, the electric energy consumption of the complete machine is increased, and the fixed cost of the complete machine is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air conditioner and a vehicle, which can realize fresh air introduction without adding independent fresh air auxiliary equipment, and solve the problems of complex internal structure and electric energy consumption caused by adding a fresh air mechanism in the existing air conditioner.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an air conditioner for mounting on a vehicle, comprising:

the shell is provided with an indoor air inlet, an indoor air outlet and an outdoor air inlet, and an air flow channel communicated with the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet and a fresh air channel communicated with the outdoor air inlet and the air flow channel are formed in the shell, so that external air flows into the fresh air channel and the air flow channel from the outdoor air inlet;

a fan assembly disposed in the airflow passage; the method comprises the steps of,

a heat exchanger disposed in the airflow passage;

the outdoor air inlet is arranged to allow air flow to enter the fresh air channel from the outdoor air inlet when the air conditioner moves forwards.

Optionally, an air guiding structure is arranged at the outdoor air inlet, and when the air conditioner moves forwards, the air guiding structure can guide external air flow into the outdoor air inlet.

Optionally, the outdoor air inlet is arranged at the top of the shell;

the air guide structure is arranged at the rear side edge of the outdoor air inlet.

Optionally, the air guiding structure includes an air guiding plate disposed at the outdoor air inlet, and the air guiding plate has at least an open state of being opened forward, so as to allow air flow to enter from the outdoor air inlet to the fresh air channel when the air conditioner moves forward in the open state.

Optionally, one end of the air deflector is rotatably installed with the outdoor air inlet, so that the air deflector has a closed state of rotating to cover the outdoor air inlet and an open state of rotating to be opened forward.

Optionally, the back lateral wall of new trend passageway is equipped with the backstop muscle, backstop muscle with the tip that the aviation baffle rotated the installation is in fore-and-aft direction interval, the rear side of backstop muscle is used for with the aviation baffle is in when opening the state the rotatable tip edge of installing of aviation baffle offsets, in order to restrict the aviation baffle continues to rotate.

Optionally, the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet are arranged at the position of the shell, which is close to the lower part of the shell, and the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet are arranged in a front-back staggered way, so that the air flow channel extends along the front-back direction and is bent upwards.

Optionally, the indoor air outlet is positioned at the front side of the indoor air inlet; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the outdoor air inlet is arranged at the top of the shell.

Optionally, the outdoor air inlet is arranged at the top of the shell;

the novel air conditioner is characterized in that a box body structure with an upper end and a front side both being provided with openings is arranged in the shell, an inner cavity of the box body structure forms the fresh air channel, an upper port of the box body structure is in butt joint with the outdoor air inlet, and an opening at the front side of the box body structure is communicated with the air flow channel.

Optionally, the box structure includes:

a bottom plate;

the two side plates are arranged on the bottom plate and are arranged along the left-right direction;

the backboard is arranged on the bottom board and is connected with the rear side ends of the two side boards;

the bottom plate, the two side plates and the back plate enclose together to form the fresh air channel with the upper end and the front end opened.

Optionally, the backboard is in arc-shaped arrangement and is in arc transition connection with the bottom board. Optionally, a supporting part is arranged in the shell, the upper end of the supporting part is contacted with the box body structure, wherein,

a plurality of clamping grooves are formed in the supporting part at intervals, a plurality of convex ribs are arranged on the lower end face of the box body structure corresponding to the clamping grooves, and the convex ribs are clamped and matched in the clamping grooves; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the side end of the box body structure, which is close to the air flow channel, is provided with a non-return rib in a downward protruding mode, and the non-return rib is used for propping against the edge of the supporting part.

Optionally, the air conditioner further comprises a first cover plate corresponding to the outdoor air inlet, and the first cover plate is movably mounted on the outer surface of the shell or inside the shell and can open or close the outdoor air inlet; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the air conditioner further comprises a second cover plate corresponding to the indoor air inlet, the second cover plate is movably mounted on the outer surface of the shell or inside the shell, and the indoor air inlet can be opened or closed.

Optionally, the air conditioner further comprises a purification module arranged in the fresh air channel.

Optionally, two opposite wall surfaces of the fresh air channel along the left and right directions are provided with sliding grooves;

opposite ends of the purification module are respectively inserted into the two sliding grooves.

Optionally, the fan assembly comprises a cross flow wind wheel or a centrifugal wind wheel; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the fan assembly and the fresh air channel are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the heat exchanger, wherein the fan assembly is arranged on one side of the heat exchanger, which faces the indoor air outlet.

Optionally, the air conditioner further comprises a water pan, and the water pan is arranged at the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell;

the lower extreme of heat exchanger is located in the water collector, the heat exchanger orientation the outdoor air intake one side with the distance between the lateral wall that the water collector corresponds is D, the fresh air passageway the tip with distance between the heat exchanger is D, wherein, D is less than or equal to D/2.

The invention also provides a vehicle, which comprises the air conditioner, wherein the air conditioner at least comprises:

comprising the following steps:

a heat exchanger disposed in the airflow passage;

the outdoor air inlet is arranged so that when the air conditioner moves forwards, air flow can automatically enter the fresh air channel from the outdoor air inlet.

Optionally, the vehicle further comprises a vehicle body, and the air conditioner is arranged on the top of the vehicle body.

According to the technical scheme, when the fan assembly works, outdoor fresh air and indoor return air can be sucked through the action of the fan assembly in the air flow channel, an independent fresh air fan is not required to be added, so that the reliability influence factor of the whole machine caused by newly-added equipment is avoided, the whole machine is higher in reliability, in addition, the power of the vehicle can be utilized to automatically introduce the fresh air in the running process of the vehicle, namely, in the running process of the vehicle, the air flow of the vehicle is automatically filled into the outdoor air inlet and then is introduced into the air flow channel through the fresh air channel, the fresh air introduction amount is further increased when the fan assembly is matched, even the fan assembly does not need to be started, the fresh air can be automatically introduced by virtue of the running power itself under the condition that electric energy is not required to be consumed, the fresh air can be directly introduced into the room from the outdoor air inlet, electric energy is saved, and the inherent cost of the whole machine is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment (angle) of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment (at another angle) of the air conditioner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1 (indoor air intake open state);

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1 (closed indoor air intake);

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the outdoor air intake of FIG. 1 in a closed state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the air guiding structure and the box structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the air guiding structure and the box structure of FIG. 6 mated;

FIG. 8 is a schematic rear view of the case structure of FIG. 6;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of the support part in fig. 1.

Reference numerals illustrate:

reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name
				100	Air conditioner	4	Air guide structure
1	Shell body	41	Air deflector
				11	Indoor air inlet	42	Driving motor
12	Indoor air outlet	51	Side plate
				13	Outdoor air inlet	52	Bottom plate
14	Air flow channel	53	Stop rib
				15	Fresh air channel	54	Convex rib
16	Support part	55	Non-return rib
				161	Clamping groove	56	Sliding chute
2	Fan assembly	6	Purification module
				3	Heat exchanger	7	Water receiving tray

The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the case where a directional instruction is involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional instruction is merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a specific posture, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional instruction is changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.

The existing air conditioner generally needs to be additionally provided with a fresh air pipeline system for induced air, and part of fresh air schemes are limited by the indoor installation modes of the whole machine such as a wall mounted machine and a cabinet machine, and all need to be perforated on a wall, and then the fresh air induced air pipeline is distributed, so that the internal structure of the whole machine is complex, after-sale installation of the outside is more complicated, the workload is large, and the cost is high. Particularly, the technology that an independent fresh air channel of an independent motor driving fan is used for introducing fresh air through a pipeline is adopted, and complicated control logic is also needed for optimal control, so that the complexity of a control system is greatly increased. The independently operated fresh air fan can cause additional energy consumption, and is a great energy consumption challenge for users of such a motor home who carry limited electric energy.

In view of the above, the present invention provides an air conditioner and a vehicle, and fig. 1 to 9 are embodiments of the air conditioner provided by the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an air conditioner 100 includes a housing 1, a fan assembly 2 and a heat exchanger 3, wherein the housing 1 is provided with an indoor air inlet 11, an indoor air outlet 12 and an outdoor air inlet 13, an air flow channel 14 communicating the indoor air inlet 11 and the indoor air outlet 12, and a fresh air channel 15 communicating the outdoor air inlet 13 and the air flow channel 14 are formed in the housing 1, so that external air flows from the outdoor air inlet 13 into the fresh air channel 15 and the air flow channel 14, the fan assembly 2 is arranged in the air flow channel 14, the heat exchanger 3 is arranged in the air flow channel 14, and the outdoor air inlet 13 is arranged to allow air to flow from the outdoor air inlet 13 into the fresh air channel 15 when the air conditioner moves forward.

According to the technical scheme, when the fan assembly 2 works, outdoor fresh air and indoor return air can be sucked through the action of the fan assembly 2 in the air flow channel 14, an independent fresh air fan is not required to be added, so that the reliability influence factor of the whole machine caused by newly added equipment is avoided, the whole machine is higher in reliability, in addition, the power of a vehicle can be utilized to automatically introduce the fresh air in the running process of the vehicle, namely, in the running process of the vehicle, the air flow of the vehicle is automatically filled into the outdoor air inlet 13 and then is introduced into the air flow channel 14 through the fresh air channel 15, the fresh air introducing amount is further increased when the fan assembly 2 is matched, and even the fresh air can be automatically introduced by virtue of the running power without consuming electric energy under the condition that the fan assembly 2 is not required to be started, so that the fresh air can be directly introduced into the room from the outdoor air inlet 13, the electric energy is saved, and the inherent cost of the whole machine is reduced.

The front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction of the present invention are all opposite directions, the front-rear direction is the longitudinal direction of the housing 1, the left-right direction is the width direction of the housing 1, the up-down direction is the height direction of the housing 1, the longitudinal direction of the housing 1 coincides with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the front side is the head direction.

Considering the introduction of the outdoor fresh air, in an embodiment of the present invention, the outdoor air inlet 13 is provided with an air guiding structure 4, and when the air conditioner moves forward, the air guiding structure 4 can guide the external air flow to the outdoor air inlet 13. Namely, the air guide structure 4 is arranged to provide introduction for external fresh air, so that the fresh air flow in the fresh air channel 15 is ensured, and the phenomenon that fresh air cannot be achieved due to too little outdoor air filling amount is avoided.

Further, the outdoor air inlet 13 is disposed at the top of the housing 1, and the air guiding structure 4 is disposed at the rear side edge of the outdoor air inlet 13. The furthest's of having guaranteed the open degree of outdoor air intake 13 like this prevents that wind-guiding structure 4 from causing shielding to outdoor air intake 13, can guide along the direction of wind again simultaneously.

Specifically, the air guiding structure 4 includes an air guiding plate 41 disposed at the outdoor air inlet 13, where the air guiding plate 41 has at least an open state of being opened forward, so as to allow air flow from the outdoor air inlet 13 to the fresh air channel 15 when the air conditioner 100 moves forward in the open state. That is, the fresh air is introduced by adding an external part, in one implementation, the air deflector 41 is fixedly installed, it is understood that in order to ensure the air guiding effect, the air deflector 41 may be obliquely arranged, and in another embodiment, one end of the air deflector 41 is rotatably installed with the outdoor air inlet 13, so that the air deflector 41 has a closed state of rotating to cover the outdoor air inlet 13 and an open state of rotating to be opened forward. At this time, the air deflector 41 can be rotated to adjust its state, and can be used as a cover of the outdoor air inlet 13 at the same time, and when the air deflector 41 is in a closed state, the fresh air function is closed.

Considering that when the air deflector 41 is in an open state, the air deflector 41 is integrally protruded out of the casing 1 and is subjected to larger wind resistance, at this time, the air deflector 41 is subjected to larger impact force, and can be turned over continuously under the effect of the wind resistance, and when the air deflector 41 is severe, the air deflector 41 can be turned over to cause failure of the air deflector, for this purpose, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 7, the rear side wall of the fresh air channel 15 is provided with a stop rib 53, the stop rib 53 is spaced from the end part of the air deflector 41 rotatably installed in the front-rear direction, and the rear side of the stop rib 53 is used for propping against the edge of the end part of the air deflector 41 rotatably installed when the air deflector 41 is in the open state, so as to limit the air deflector 41 to continue rotating. The stop rib 53 extends up and down integrally, and can form a clamping groove with the wall surface of the fresh air channel 15, and the air deflector 41 is turned clockwise to be closed for example, when the air deflector 41 rotates anticlockwise, the edge of the air deflector 41 can be positioned in the clamping groove, and when windage is received, the air deflector 41 cannot continue to rotate under the limitation of the stop rib 53, so that the angle position can be maintained, and meanwhile, the formed clamping groove is opened upwards, and the air deflector 41 cannot be interfered when turned clockwise to be closed. It will be appreciated that the stop rib 53 is best in the mid-position when only one is provided.

In order to implement the arrangement of the air guiding structure 4, in other embodiments, the inner wall of the outdoor air inlet 13 located at the rear side is protruded forward to form the air guiding structure 4. And the air guiding structure 4 is not a separate installed part but is formed by the design of the external shape at the outdoor air intake 13 with the feature of introducing an external air flow barrier.

Further, the indoor air inlet 11 and the indoor air outlet 12 are disposed at a position below the housing 1, and the indoor air inlet 11 and the indoor air outlet 12 are disposed in a front-back direction in a staggered manner, so that the airflow channel 14 extends in the front-back direction and is disposed in an upward bending manner. That is, the air flow channel 14 is an inverted U-shaped flow path, can be matched with the fan assembly 2 to suck indoor return air and outdoor fresh air under negative pressure, and has better air quantity parameters.

It will be appreciated that the airflow direction in the airflow channel 14 is determined by the azimuth relationship between the indoor air inlet 11 and the indoor air outlet 12, in this embodiment, the indoor air outlet 12 is located at the front side of the indoor air inlet 11, the outdoor air inlet 13 is disposed at the top of the casing 1, and the fresh air channel 15 is disposed vertically and extends forward. In this embodiment, it is the front-to-back relationship between the indoor air inlet 11 near the rear of the complete machine and the indoor air outlet 12 near the front of the complete machine of the air flow channel 14 that defines the air flow direction of the air flow channel 14 from back to front, opposite to the running direction of the vehicle, and defines the air inlet side of the heat exchanger 3, so that the outdoor fresh air enters from the outdoor air inlet 13 at the top of the shell 1 from front to back, then changes the flow direction under the action of the fresh air channel 15, becomes back to front and merges into the air flow channel 14, and finally is mixed together into the vehicle. Preferably, the outdoor air inlet 13 is located at the middle position of the top of the shell 1, so that the outdoor air inlet 13 is located at the air inlet side of the heat exchanger 3, and the air flow channel 14 is convenient to be centrally arranged in the shell 1, namely, the technical scheme of the top fresh air inlet is provided in the embodiment.

In other embodiments, the indoor air outlet 12 is located at the front side of the indoor air inlet 11, the outdoor air inlet 13 is disposed at the top of the housing 1, and the fresh air channel 15 may be alternatively disposed along the up-down direction, which will not be described in detail herein.

In order to form the fresh air channel 15, the fresh air channel 15 may be directly formed inside the casing 1, referring to fig. 7, the outdoor air inlet 13 is formed at the top of the casing 1, a box structure with an opening at the upper end and the front side is arranged in the casing 1, the inner cavity of the box structure forms the fresh air channel 15, the upper port of the box structure is in butt joint with the outdoor air inlet 13, and the front side opening of the box structure is communicated with the air flow channel 14. That is, the fresh air channel 15 is not formed by directly setting the internal structure of the casing 1, but rather by reasonably setting the newly added box structure, at this time, the air deflector 41 is rotatably mounted on two opposite sides of the two box structures along the left-right direction, so that an air guiding channel with an angle is formed by matching with the opening of the box structure in the open state, or the upper end of the box structure is opened in the closed state, so that fresh air cannot enter from the outdoor air inlet 13.

Based on the above embodiment, in order to design the openings at the upper end and the front side of the box body structure, in one embodiment, the box body structure may be a closed mechanism, the upper end surface and the front side of the box body structure are processed to obtain the openings, in this embodiment, the box body structure includes a bottom plate 52, two side plates 51 and a back plate, the two side plates 51 are disposed on the bottom plate 52 and along the left-right direction, the back plate is disposed on the bottom plate 52 and connected with the rear ends of the two side plates 51, and the bottom plate 52, the two side plates 51 and the back plate enclose together to form the fresh air channel 15 with the upper end and the front end opening. The structure does not need to be processed again, and the upper end and the front side opening can be naturally realized only by assembling the corresponding plates into a whole, so that the processing is convenient. It will be appreciated that in this configuration, the stop rib 53 is provided on the inner side of the back plate.

Further, the back plate is arc-shaped and is in arc transition connection with the bottom plate 52. Namely, the back plate and the bottom plate 52 can be integrally formed plates, so that the whole fresh air channel 15 extends in the front-back direction, air flow can enter from the upper side along the direction of an arc and flow out from the front side, the resistance in the fresh air channel 15 is reduced, the direction of the fresh air flow is guided,

in order to ensure the connection strength between the fresh air channel 15 and the internal components of the casing 1, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 8 to 9, a supporting portion 16 is disposed in the casing 1, a plurality of slots 161 are formed on the supporting portion 16 at intervals, and a plurality of ribs 54 are disposed on the lower end surface of the box structure corresponding to the plurality of slots 161 to be engaged in the plurality of slots 161. The plurality of ribs 54 not only strengthen the strength of the fresh air channel 15, but also can cooperate with the clamping grooves 161 on the supporting portion 16 to realize assembly, and limit the positions of the fresh air channel 15 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of clamping grooves 161. For example, the extending direction of the wind wheel of the fan assembly 2 is a left-right direction, and the arrangement directions of the plurality of clamping grooves 161 and the plurality of ribs 54 are all left-right directions, so that the position of the fresh air channel 15 in the left-right direction is limited. When the box structure is formed by enclosing two side plates 51, a bottom plate 52 and a back plate, a plurality of ribs 54 are disposed on the bottom plate 52. May be integrally formed with the base plate 52.

Referring to fig. 6 again, the side end of the box structure, which is close to the air flow channel 14, is provided with a non-return rib 55 protruding downward, and the non-return rib 55 is used to abut against the edge of the supporting portion 16. That is, the front end of the bottom plate 52 is provided with the check rib 55, and the fresh air duct 15 can be restricted to the edge of the support portion 16 by the check rib 55, so that the position of the fresh air duct 15 can be prevented from moving. Specifically, the non-return rib 55 is provided in a long strip shape, and has a certain bonding area with the support portion 16, so that wind resistance can be resisted, and the support strength is increased. When the box structure is formed by enclosing two side plates 51, a bottom plate 52 and a back plate, the non-return rib 55 is arranged at the side end of the bottom plate 52, which is away from the back plate, namely, near the front side opening of the box structure, and the non-return rib 55 and the bottom plate 52 can be integrally formed.

It should be noted that, in the above two related technical features, the plurality of clamping grooves 161 and the plurality of ribs 54 cooperate and the non-return ribs 55 may be set simultaneously or alternatively, and in this embodiment, the two clamping grooves are set simultaneously, so that not only is the installation stable ensured, but also the positions in the front-back direction and the left-right direction are limited, and shaking is prevented.

In order to realize automatic rotation of the air deflector 41, in one embodiment, a driving motor 42 is disposed on one side plate 51, and the air deflector 41 is connected to the driving motor 42 through an anti-electric shaft. The driving motor 42 is positioned between the side plate 51 and the shell 1, so that driving can be realized, the fresh air channel 15 is not blocked, and meanwhile, the driving motor 42 is protected conveniently. At this time, the stop rib 53 can prevent the wind deflector 41 from rotating too much in moment and damaging the driving motor 42 while guiding the wind.

Furthermore, the box body structure is provided with folds corresponding to three edges of the opening edge of the outdoor air inlet 13, the folds can strengthen the strength of the whole fresh air channel 15 and completely shield the fit clearance after being installed in the shell 1, and meanwhile, the folds are larger than the area of the outdoor air inlet 13 formed on the upper surface of the shell 1 and form staggered shielding with the shell 1, so that rainwater is prevented from entering the whole machine beyond the edge of the outdoor air inlet 13.

In order to control the opening and closing of the fresh air function, in one embodiment, the air guide plate 41 directly plays the roles of air guide and opening and closing cover, in another embodiment, the air conditioner 100 further comprises a first cover plate which is arranged corresponding to the outdoor air inlet 13, the first cover plate is movably mounted on the outer surface of the shell 1 or inside the shell 1, and can open or close the outdoor air inlet 13, at this time, the whole outdoor air inlet 13 is upwards arranged, the first cover plate can open or close the outdoor air inlet 13 in a horizontal pushing manner, the opening and closing manner is similar to a skylight, and can also adjust different air inlet modes, the opening manner has smaller resistance in the running process of the vehicle, and it can be understood that the sliding manner of the first cover plate is not limited, the first cover plate can slide in the front-back direction or the left-right direction of the whole machine, and the fresh air can be driven to lift up-down through the part of the deep-going channel 15 to cover the outdoor air inlet 13 or fall to avoid the outdoor air inlet 13, so as to control the opening and closing of the outdoor air inlet 13. Referring to fig. 5, the whole machine has a mode of only indoor return air without fresh air.

In order to control the opening and closing of the indoor return air function, the air conditioner further comprises a second cover plate corresponding to the indoor air inlet 11, and the second cover plate is movably mounted on the outer surface of the shell 1 or inside the shell 1 and can open or close the indoor air inlet 11. Similarly, the second cover plate can slide in the front-back direction or the left-right direction of the whole machine, or can drive the second cover plate to lift up and cover the indoor air inlet 11 or fall down to avoid the indoor air inlet 11 through the up-down movement of the part penetrating into the air flow channel 14, so as to control the opening and closing of the indoor air inlet 11. Referring to fig. 4, the whole machine has a mode without indoor return air and pure fresh air.

It should be noted that, the above two related technical features, the first cover plate and the second cover plate may be set simultaneously or alternatively, and the obvious simultaneous setting effect is better, so that the whole machine has more working modes.

In order to ensure the cleanliness of the introduced fresh air, the air conditioner further comprises a purification module 6 arranged in the fresh air channel 15, and the purification module 6 is arranged on one side of the fresh air channel 15 facing the heat exchanger 3. After the outdoor fresh air is purified by the purification module 6, the fresh air is mixed with indoor return air after being subjected to heat exchange and temperature reduction by the heat exchanger 3, so that the freshness of the mixed air can be better ensured, and the experience of a user is improved.

The invention does not limit the installation mode of the fresh air module, specifically, two opposite wall surfaces of the fresh air channel 15 along the left and right directions are respectively provided with the sliding grooves 56, and two opposite ends of the purification module 6 are respectively inserted into the two sliding grooves 56. Purification module 6 is installed through smooth mode of inserting the complex, and the dismouting of being convenient for is changed, and outdoor new trend just mixes with indoor return air after purification module 6 purification earlier, and the air current is odorless when having guaranteed indoor air-out that can be better improves user's experience and feel.

It can be understood that when the fresh air channel 15 is formed by surrounding two side plates 51, the back plate and the bottom plate 52 together with part of the wall surface of the casing 1, two sliding grooves 56 are respectively provided on opposite sides of the two side plates 51 for the purification module 6 to be installed and matched.

The invention is not limited to the particular type of fan assembly 2, and in this embodiment, the fan assembly 2 includes a cross flow rotor or a centrifugal rotor. The fan assembly 2 is preferably a cross flow wind wheel, when in use, outdoor fresh air is introduced by utilizing negative pressure formed by the cross flow wind wheel, the axial length of the cross flow wind wheel is not limited, the length of the impeller can be arbitrarily selected according to different use requirements, and air flows through the impeller and is acted by the force of the blades twice, so that the air flow can reach a long distance, and the air flow has the advantages of no turbulence and uniform air outlet. In other embodiments, centrifugal wind wheels can be used, and the purposes of fresh air suction and indoor return air mixing can still be achieved, and detailed description is omitted here.

It can be understood that after the fresh air is introduced, the fresh air can be mixed with the indoor return air and then subjected to heat exchange through the heat exchanger 3, and also can be subjected to heat exchange respectively and then mixed, in this embodiment, the fan assembly 2 and the fresh air channel 15 are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the heat exchanger 3, wherein the fan assembly 2 is positioned on one side of the heat exchanger 3 facing the indoor air outlet 12. That is, when the air flow enters, the heat exchanger 3 is positioned at the tail end of the air flow introducing direction of the fresh air channel 15, the fresh air in the fresh air channel 15 is subjected to heat exchange through the heat exchanger 3, meanwhile, the indoor return air is subjected to heat exchange and temperature reduction through the heat exchanger 3, and then the heat exchange and the temperature reduction are mixed, and the embodiment limits that the outdoor air inlet 13 and the indoor air inlet 11 are both positioned at the air inlet side of the heat exchanger 3, and the fresh air can be mixed in the air flow channel 14 after heat exchange.

It should be noted that, in the above two related technical features, the selection of the fan assembly 2, the position of the fan assembly 2 and the fresh air channel 15 relative to the heat exchanger 3 may be defined simultaneously or alternatively, in this embodiment, the fan assembly 2 is selected as a through-flow wind wheel, and the fan assembly 2 and the fresh air channel 15 are separately disposed on the front and rear sides of the heat exchanger 3.

It should be noted that, the air conditioner with fresh air function provided by the invention can have multiple operation modes in different states of the vehicle by controlling the switch of the outdoor air inlet 13, the indoor air inlet 11 and the fan assembly 2, and the specific steps are as follows:

the modes that can be operated when the vehicle is parked in place are as follows:

mixed wind mode: opening the air deflector 41, opening the indoor air inlet 11, starting the fan assembly 2, running the whole machine at this time to provide mixed fresh air for users, sucking external fresh air and indoor return air by means of air duct negative pressure formed by rotation of the cross flow wind wheel in the air flow channel 14 at this time, mixing after passing through the evaporator, and supplying and conveying the mixed fresh air and the indoor return air into the vehicle.

Fresh air mode: the air deflector 41 is opened, the indoor air inlet 11 is closed, the fan assembly 2 is started, the whole machine operates to provide pure fresh air for users, and external fresh air is sucked by means of negative pressure of an air channel formed by rotation of a cross flow wind wheel of the air flow channel 14 system, and is supplied and conveyed into the vehicle after passing through the evaporator, as shown in fig. 4.

Indoor return air mode: the air deflector 41 is rotated to close the outdoor air inlet 13 and open the indoor air inlet 11, as shown in fig. 5, the fan assembly 2 is started or closed, and at this time, the whole machine operates to provide the user with the air supply, refrigeration and heating experience of a normal air conditioner without fresh air.

The modes that the vehicle can operate during travel are as follows:

the mixed air mode of large air volume is: when the motor home runs forward, the air deflector 41 is opened, the indoor air inlet 11 is opened, the fan assembly 2 is started, and the whole machine operates to provide strong and ultra-large air quantity mixed fresh air for a user, as shown in fig. 3. At this time, the outdoor air inlet 13 is also provided with power for the relative movement of the vehicle body and the air on the surface of the vehicle body, so that the fresh air inlet speed is further improved, and the air inlet quantity is increased.

A no power consumption mode; when the motor home runs forward, a user opens a fresh air system, opens an air deflector 41, opens or closes an indoor air inlet 11, starts or closes a fan assembly 2, and at the moment, the whole machine operates to provide pure fresh air for the user, namely, the whole machine can automatically guide the airflow entering a fresh air channel 15 by utilizing the top surface of the roof of the vehicle running process without opening the whole machine or consuming electric energy, and can supply the fresh air indoors.

Moreover, considering the inside drip problem, the air conditioner still includes water collector 7, and the bottom of casing 1 inner chamber is located to water collector 7, and in water collector 7 was located to the lower extreme of heat exchanger 3, the distance between the lateral wall that one side and the water collector 7 that the heat exchanger 3 was towards outdoor air intake 13 corresponds was D, and the distance between the tip of fresh air channel 15 and heat exchanger 3 was D, and wherein D is less than or equal to D/2. The arrangement is to ensure that when the outdoor air inlet 13 is opened, rainwater possibly entering from the top can be smoothly discharged into the water receiving disc 7 designed for the heat exchanger 3, and then discharged to the outside of the whole machine through the whole machine drainage system, so that the rainwater is prevented from entering into a vehicle room through the indoor air inlet 11 or the indoor air outlet 12.

Furthermore, the width dimension of the outdoor air inlet 13 in the front-rear direction of the whole machine is slightly smaller than the diversion inlet at the top of the fresh air channel 15 enclosed by the side plate 51 and the bottom plate 52, but is larger than the width of the air deflector 41, and the length dimension of the outdoor air inlet 13 in the left-right direction of the whole machine is smaller than the diversion inlet at the top of the fresh air channel 15 enclosed by the side plate 51 and the bottom plate 52, but is larger than the length of the air deflector 41, so that the air deflector 41 can smoothly pass through the outdoor air inlet 13 formed on the upper cover when the shell 1 is in split type and buckled by the bottom plate, the air deflector 4 and the box body structure are assembled into a whole at first during assembly, the whole is installed on the lower shell, and then the covering and fixing of the upper cover are completed. The fixed upper cover can be pressed downwards to fix the corresponding parts forming the air flow channel and the fresh air channel 15, and limit the movement of the parts in the up-down direction.

Referring to fig. 2 again, two opposite sides of the casing 1 are provided with air inlet grids, so that second outdoor air inlets are formed at two sides, an outdoor air outlet is further formed at the rear side of the casing 1, an outdoor air channel is formed between the second outdoor air inlets and the outdoor air outlet, an axial flow fan and an outdoor heat exchanger are arranged in the outdoor air channel, the outdoor heat exchanger is a condenser and is arranged at one side close to the outdoor air outlet, the axial flow fan is arranged at one side of the outdoor heat exchanger deviating from the outdoor air outlet, and the outdoor air channel is arranged at the side part of the indoor air channel to achieve better refrigerating effect. The heat exchanger 3 in the air flow channel 14 is an evaporator, and the refrigeration capacity can be improved by the simultaneous action of the evaporator and the condenser. Meanwhile, the direction of the rotating shaft of the axial flow fan in the outdoor air duct is vertical to the extending direction of the cross flow wind wheel in the air flow channel 14, so that the axial flow wind wheel and the air flow channel are vertically distributed, the internal structure is favorably and tightly arranged, and the miniaturization setting of the whole machine is facilitated. Meanwhile, the air flow channel 14 is formed by the inner air channel cover and the inner part of the shell 1, an electric control box part is arranged on the periphery of the inner air channel cover, a compressor part is arranged on the other side of the inner air channel cover relative to the electric control box part, and the electric control box part and the compressor part can be both positioned in an outdoor air channel and radiate heat along with outdoor air inlet.

It can be understood that the inner air duct cover may be used as the supporting portion 16 inside the casing 1, that is, the position of the inner air duct cover corresponding to the outdoor air inlet 13 is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves 161 arranged at intervals along the left-right direction, the outer surface of the inner air duct cover is not a regular plane, but has a certain shape, and the edge 16 of the supporting portion is the step position of the inner air duct cover.

The heat exchanger 3 has separated into first chamber section and second chamber section with the inner space of interior air duct lid, and the indoor air intake 11 of first chamber section intercommunication only includes the partial air current passageway 14 of upwards extending of indoor air intake 11 intercommunication, and the inside fan subassembly 2 that sets up of second chamber section, and the indoor air outlet 12 of intercommunication, fresh air passageway 15 is located the top of first chamber section, and receives interior air duct lid inner structure's restriction and first chamber section mutually independent, and the two corresponds heat exchanger 3's upper portion and lower part respectively, gets into the second chamber section after the heat transfer respectively that each other does not influence and mixes.

The present invention also provides a vehicle, including the air conditioner 100, where the vehicle includes all the technical features of the air conditioner 100, so that the vehicle also has technical effects brought by all the technical features, and the description is omitted herein.

Further, the vehicle further includes a vehicle body, and in this embodiment, the air conditioner is disposed at the top of the vehicle body, so that the air conditioner 100 of the vehicle is installed in an overhead manner. It will be appreciated that the bottom of the air conditioner 100 is not attached to the top of the vehicle body, but is spaced apart from the top of the vehicle body, and a plurality of through holes may be formed in the bottom of the housing 1 to allow water to drain from the interior of the housing 1 and air to be partially supplied to the outside.

The invention does not limit the specific type of the vehicle, taking the car as an example, the air conditioner 100 can meet the requirements of energy conservation and large air volume of the car as an example, the car as a house carries electric energy, but the electric energy is limited, the air conditioner 100 is applied to the car as a house, the consumption of the electric energy by the car as a house can be reduced, and in the running process of the car as a house, under the condition that the whole air conditioner 100 is not started, the air conditioner is automatically guided by roof airflow in the running process of the car, is automatically pushed by the air flow at the top of the car to flow to the purification module 6 along the automatic turning direction of the fresh air channel 15, and continuously flows through the heat exchanger 3 to enter the air channel 14, thereby automatically realizing the supply of the purified fresh air to the car without consuming any electric energy in the running process of the car as a house, saving the energy consumption of the running of the air conditioner for the carrying the electric energy of the car as a house in the running process, and meanwhile, the car as a house with an external commercial power environment is generally not needed in a house park and other places, so that the electric energy can be consumed only by the car as a house can be introduced to meet the requirements of the electric energy, and the requirements can be stored by the external fresh air.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by the description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An air conditioner for mounting on a vehicle, comprising:

a heat exchanger disposed in the airflow passage;

2. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the outdoor air inlet is provided with an air guide structure capable of guiding an external air flow to the outdoor air inlet when the air conditioner moves forward.

3. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 2, wherein said outdoor air intake is provided at the top of said housing;

4. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 2 or 3, wherein said air guiding structure includes an air guiding plate provided at said outdoor air intake, said air guiding plate having at least an open state of being opened forward to allow air flow from said outdoor air intake to said fresh air passage when said air conditioner is moved forward in said open state.

5. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 4, wherein one end of said air deflector is rotatably mounted with said outdoor air intake such that said air deflector has a closed state rotated to cover said outdoor air intake and said open state rotated to be opened forward.

6. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 5, wherein a rear sidewall of said fresh air passage is provided with a stopper rib spaced in a front-rear direction from an end portion of said air deflector rotatably mounted, a rear side of said stopper rib being adapted to abut against an end edge of said air deflector rotatably mounted when said air deflector is in said open state to restrict continued rotation of said air deflector.

7. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet are disposed at a lower position of the housing, and the indoor air inlet and the indoor air outlet are disposed in a front-rear direction offset so that the air flow passage extends in the front-rear direction and is upwardly curved.

8. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 7, wherein said indoor air outlet is located at a front side of said indoor air inlet; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the outdoor air inlet is arranged at the top of the shell.

9. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 1, wherein said outdoor air intake is provided at a top of said housing;

10. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 9, wherein said case structure includes:

a bottom plate;

11. The air conditioner of claim 10, wherein the back plate is disposed in an arc shape and is in arc transitional connection with the bottom plate.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein a supporting portion is provided in the housing, an upper end of the supporting portion is in contact with the case structure, wherein,

13. The air conditioner of claim 1, further comprising a first cover plate disposed corresponding to the outdoor air intake, the first cover plate being movably mounted to the outer surface of the housing or the inside of the housing, and being capable of opening or closing the outdoor air intake; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

14. The air conditioner of claim 1, further comprising a purification module disposed within the fresh air channel.

15. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 14, wherein said fresh air passage has a chute formed in both of the opposite wall surfaces in the left-right direction;

16. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the fan assembly comprises a cross flow rotor or a centrifugal rotor; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

17. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 16, further comprising a water pan provided at a bottom of said housing interior;

18. A vehicle comprising an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

19. The vehicle of claim 18, further comprising a body, wherein the air conditioner is disposed on top of the body.