CN215930066U

CN215930066U - Panel assembly and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN215930066U
Application number: CN202121493644.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王振勇; 廖岸辉; 文超
Original assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-01
Filing date: 2021-07-01
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2031-07-01

Abstract

The application provides a panel assembly and an air conditioner, wherein the panel assembly comprises a first connecting plate, and the first connecting plate is provided with a clamping groove; the second connecting plate is provided with a buckle matched with the clamping groove; wherein, the buckle includes the section of stretching out that extends to first connecting plate to and stretch into the lock section in the draw-in groove, stretch out the juncture of section and lock section and be provided with at least one bellying, in order to form point contact or line contact between buckle and draw-in groove. The bulge is arranged at the junction of the buckle extending section and the buckling section, so that point contact or line contact is formed between the buckle and the clamping groove, and the phenomenon that the friction extrusion sound generated between the contact surface of the buckle and the clamping groove influences the user experience is avoided; simultaneously, because the bellying sets up in the juncture of stretching out section and lock section, strengthened the buckle and stretched out the intensity between section and the lock section, avoided the buckle because of the not enough phenomenon that the buckle fracture appears of intensity.

Description

Panel assembly and air conditioner

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a panel assembly and an air conditioner.

Background

At present, a decorative plate and a rear panel of an indoor cabinet air conditioner are assembled and fixed through the matching of a buckle and a clamping groove, however, in the actual use process, due to the surface-to-surface contact and matching between the buckle and the clamping groove, the decorative plate and the rear panel expand with heat and contract with cold during the heating or refrigerating operation of the cabinet air conditioner, and further, the friction extrusion sound between the buckle and the contact surface of the clamping groove is caused, so that the user experience is influenced; simultaneously, after cabinet air conditioner long-time operation, receive the ageing influence of buckle part, perhaps because expend with heat and contract with cold lead to buckle and draw-in groove frequent friction and make the buckle wearing and tearing, appear the cracked phenomenon of buckle because of buckle intensity is not enough easily when taking off the decorative board. Therefore, how to solve the technical problems of friction extrusion sound and fracture of the buckle and the clamping groove between the decorative plate and the rear panel becomes the direction of efforts of the technicians in the field.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a panel assembly and air conditioner aims at solving the technical problem that there are friction extrusion sound and buckle fracture phenomenon in buckle and draw-in groove between decorative board and the rear panel.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a panel assembly comprising:

a first connecting plate having a slot;

the second connecting plate is provided with a buckle matched with the clamping groove;

wherein, the buckle includes the section of stretching out that extends to first connecting plate to and stretch into the lock section in the draw-in groove, stretch out the juncture of section and lock section and be provided with at least one bellying, in order to form point contact or line contact between buckle and draw-in groove.

In some embodiments, the side of the convex part facing the second connecting plate is a cylindrical cambered surface; or

One side of the convex part facing the second connecting plate is a spherical cambered surface.

In some embodiments, the protrusion extends along the intersection of the protruding section and the fastening section; or

The bellying is a plurality of, and a plurality of bellyings are along the juncture interval setting of stretch out section and lock section.

In some embodiments, the side surface of the clamping groove is attached to the side surface of the buckle, and the protruding portion is arranged on the side surface of the buckle.

In some embodiments, the protrusion extends in the thickness direction of the second connection plate.

In some embodiments, the end of the buckling section extending into the clamping groove is in contact with the bottom of the clamping groove;

a first bulge part is arranged on the inner bottom surface of the clamping groove; and/or

The tail end of the buckling section extending into the bottom of the clamping groove is provided with a first protruding part.

In some embodiments, a side of the buckle facing the second connecting plate is provided with a second convex part; and/or

One side of the buckle back to the second connecting plate is provided with a second bulge.

In some embodiments, a first guiding inclined surface is disposed on a side of the buckling section facing the second connecting plate, so that the buckling section is clamped into the clamping groove along the first guiding inclined surface during clamping of the buckle and the clamping groove.

In some embodiments, a side of the extending section facing away from the second connecting plate is provided with a second guiding inclined surface, so that the fastening section is separated from the clamping groove along the second guiding inclined surface in the process of disengaging the fastener from the clamping groove.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an air conditioner comprising a panel assembly as described in the first aspect.

The bulge is arranged at the junction of the buckle extending section and the buckling section, so that point contact or line contact is formed between the buckle and the clamping groove, and the phenomenon that the friction extrusion sound generated between the contact surface of the buckle and the clamping groove influences the user experience is avoided; simultaneously, because the bellying sets up in the juncture of stretching out section and lock section, strengthened the buckle and stretched out the intensity between section and the lock section, avoided the buckle because of the not enough phenomenon that the buckle fracture appears of intensity.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a panel assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an assembly of the panel assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a card slot provided in embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a card slot provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a clip provided in the embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of a clasp provided in embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a clip according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is another schematic top view of a card slot provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is another schematic structural diagram of a buckle provided in the embodiments of the present application.

The connecting structure comprises a first connecting plate 10, a clamping groove 11, a second connecting plate 20, a buckle 21, a 211 extending section, a 212 buckling section, a 213 boss, a 214 first boss, a 215 second boss, a 216 first guide inclined plane and a 217 second guide inclined plane.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the utility model. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not shown in detail to avoid obscuring the description of the utility model with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

At present, when the indoor cabinet air conditioner is in use, abnormal sound is often emitted at a panel, and the inventor researches show that the decorative plate and the rear panel are assembled and fixed through the matching of the buckle and the clamping groove, however, in the actual use process, because the buckle and the clamping groove are in surface-to-surface contact and match, the decorative plate and the rear panel expand with heat and contract with cold during the heating or refrigerating operation of the cabinet air conditioner, and further, the frictional extrusion sound between the buckle and the clamping groove contact surface influences the user experience; simultaneously, after cabinet air conditioner operated for a long time, because expend with heat and contract with cold lead to buckle and draw-in groove frequent friction and make the buckle wearing and tearing, appear the cracked phenomenon of buckle because of buckle intensity is not enough easily when taking off the decorative board.

Therefore, the present application provides a panel assembly, which is particularly suitable for mounting and fixing a decorative panel and a rear panel of an air conditioner, and will be described in detail below.

First, referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a panel assembly in an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 2 shows an assembled view of the panel assembly in the embodiment of the present application, wherein the panel assembly includes:

a first connection plate 10, the first connection plate 10 having a card slot 11;

a second connecting plate 20, the second connecting plate 20 having a buckle 21 matched with the clamping groove 11;

the buckle 21 includes an extending section 211 extending toward the first connecting plate 10 and a buckling section 212 extending into the card slot 11, and at least one protrusion 213 is disposed at a boundary between the extending section 211 and the buckling section 212 to form a point contact or a line contact between the buckle 21 and the card slot 11.

According to the utility model, the bulge 213 is arranged at the junction of the extending section 211 and the buckling section 212 of the buckle 21, so that point contact or line contact is formed between the buckle 21 and the clamping groove 11, and the phenomenon that the friction extrusion sound generated between the contact surfaces of the buckle 21 and the clamping groove 11 influences the user experience is avoided; meanwhile, since the protrusion 213 is disposed at the junction of the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, the strength between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212 of the buckle 21 is enhanced, and the phenomenon that the buckle 21 is broken due to insufficient strength of the buckle 21 is avoided.

Specifically, the first connecting plate 10 and the second connecting plate 20 are two components connected with each other, for example, the first connecting plate 10 may be a rear panel of a cabinet air conditioner, and the second connecting plate 20 may be a decorative panel of the cabinet air conditioner; for another example, the first connecting plate 10 may be a decorative plate of a refrigerator, and the second connecting plate 20 may be a rear panel of the refrigerator.

It should be noted that, the first connecting plate 10 and the second connecting plate 20 are not specifically limited in this application, and may be arranged according to actual needs, but for convenience of understanding, in this embodiment of the application, the first connecting plate 10 is taken as a rear panel of the cabinet air conditioner, and the second connecting plate 20 is taken as an example of a decorative plate of the cabinet air conditioner.

The first connecting plate 10 is provided with a clamping groove 11, the clamping groove 11 is used for locking a buckle 21 on the second connecting plate 20, and the clamping groove 11 may be, for example, a circular clamping groove 11 or a square clamping groove 11. For example, referring to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 shows a schematic top view of the card slot 11 in the embodiment of the present application, fig. 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the card slot 11 in the embodiment of the present application, and the card slot 11 may be a channel with an opening closed at the periphery for the card 21 to be inserted into; as another example, the slot 11 may be ring-shaped, and the clip 21 may be arc-shaped so that the clip 21 is clipped into the slot 11.

It will be appreciated that the slot 11 may also be a through hole of other shapes, such as an oval slot 11. It should be noted that the card slot 11 is not specifically limited in the present application, but for convenience of understanding, the embodiment of the present application exemplifies that the card slot 11 is approximately square.

The second connecting plate 20 has a catch 21 that mates with the slot 11, and the catch 21 is configured to be inserted into the slot 11 to connect the first connecting plate 10 with the second connecting plate 20. Specifically, referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of the clip 21 in the embodiment of the present application, and fig. 6 shows a schematic top view of the clip 21 in the embodiment of the present application, wherein the clip 21 includes an extending section 211 extending toward the first connecting plate 10, and a fastening section 212 extending into the card slot 11, and the extending section 211 makes the fastening section 212 spaced apart from the second connecting plate 20 so that the fastening section 212 can be fastened into the card slot 11. For example, the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212 may be disposed perpendicular to each other to form an "L" shaped structure of the buckle 21.

In order to avoid the phenomena of surface contact between the buckle 21 and the slot 11, further generating frictional extrusion sound and breaking of the buckle 21, referring to fig. 5, at least one protrusion 213 is disposed at the boundary between the protruding section 211 and the buckling section 212, when the buckle 21 is matched with the slot 11, a point contact or a line contact is formed between the buckle 21 and the slot 11, and the phenomenon that the user experience is affected by the frictional extrusion sound generated between the contact surfaces of the buckle 21 and the slot 11 is avoided; meanwhile, the strength between the extending section 211 and the buckling section 212 of the buckle 21 is enhanced, and the phenomenon that the buckle 21 is broken due to insufficient strength of the buckle 21 is avoided.

At first connecting plate 10, during the assembly of second connecting plate 20, the lock section 212 card of second connecting plate 20 buckle 21 is gone into in the draw-in groove 11 of first connecting plate 10, owing to set up bellying 213 in the juncture of stretching out section 211 and lock section 212, form point contact or line contact between buckle 21 and the draw-in groove 11, and then reduced the area of contact of buckle 21 and draw-in groove 11, not only can avoid buckle 21 and draw-in groove 11 contact surface too big and lead to first connecting plate 10, second connecting plate 20 produces the condition of abnormal sound, and simultaneously, the bellying 213 of stretching out section 211 and lock section 212 juncture also can strengthen the intensity of buckle, avoid buckle 21 to appear buckle 21 cracked phenomenon because of intensity is not enough.

As an example, referring to fig. 5, one side of the protrusion 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is a cylindrical arc surface, and when the buckle 21 is matched with the slot 11, since one side of the protrusion 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is the cylindrical arc surface, a line contact is formed between the buckle 21 and the slot 11, so that a contact area between the buckle 21 and the slot 11 is reduced, and a phenomenon of generating a large friction extrusion sound due to a large contact area between the buckle 21 and the slot 11 is avoided.

In order to further improve the connection strength between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, in some embodiments of the present application, for example, for an embodiment in which one side of the protruding section 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is a cylindrical arc surface, refer to fig. 5, where the protruding section 213 is extended along a junction between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, because the fracture of the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212 of the fastening 21 often occurs at the junction between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, the elongated protruding section 213 is extended at the junction between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, so that the connection strength between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212 can be further strengthened, and the phenomenon that the fastening 21 is fractured and damaged due to component aging and frequent friction after the cabinet air conditioner is used for a long time can be avoided.

As another example, referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows another schematic structural diagram of the clip 21 in the embodiment of the present application, wherein a side of the protrusion 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is a spherical arc surface, and when the clip 21 is mated with the slot 11, because the side of the protrusion 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is the spherical arc surface, a point contact is formed between the clip 21 and the slot 11, so that a contact area between the clip 21 and the slot 11 is further reduced, and a phenomenon of a large friction extrusion sound generated due to a large contact area between the clip 21 and the slot 11 is avoided.

In order to further improve the connection strength between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, in some embodiments of the present application, for example, for an embodiment in which one side of the protruding portion 213 facing the second connecting plate 20 is a spherical arc surface, refer to fig. 7, where a plurality of protruding portions 213 are provided, and the plurality of protruding portions 213 are spaced along a boundary between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, so that the snap 21 and the slot 11 are in multi-point contact, thereby avoiding a phenomenon that a single protruding portion 213 is in contact to cause stress concentration and wear, and meanwhile, the plurality of protruding portions 213 are spaced at the boundary between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, which can further strengthen the connection strength between the protruding section 211 and the fastening section 212, and avoid a phenomenon that the snap 21 is broken and damaged.

It is understood that the protrusions 213 in line contact may also be used in combination with the protrusions 213 in point contact, for example, a portion of the protrusions 213 is a stripe-shaped protrusion 213 including a cylindrical arc surface to achieve line contact, and another portion is a dot-shaped protrusion 213 including a dot-shaped spherical arc surface to achieve multi-point contact.

In order to further reduce the friction noise between the clip 21 and the slot 11, in some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 1, the side surface of the slot 11 is attached to the side surface of the clip 21, and the protrusion 213 is disposed on the side surface of the clip 21, because the friction contact between the clip 21 and the slot 11 is mainly generated between the side surface of the slot 11 and the side surface of the clip 21, the protrusion 213 is disposed on the side surface of the clip 21, so that the contact area between the side surface of the slot 11 and the side surface of the clip 21 can be reduced, and the friction noise between the clip 21 and the slot 11 can be further reduced.

In some embodiments of the present application, for example, for the embodiment in which the protrusion 213 is disposed on the side surface of the buckle 21, in order to further reduce the friction noise between the buckle 21 and the slot 11, referring to fig. 1, the protrusion 213 extends along the thickness direction of the second connecting plate 20, and since the protrusion 213 tends to extend along the length direction or the width direction when the first connecting plate 10 and the second connecting plate 20 expand with heat and contract with cold, the protrusion 213 extends along the thickness direction of the second connecting plate 20, so that the protrusion 213 has a smaller displacement in the thickness direction, and the noise generated between the buckle 21 and the slot 11 due to friction sliding can be reduced.

It is understood that the protrusion 213 may also extend along the length direction or the width direction of the second connecting plate 20. It should be noted that, the shape of the second connection plate 20 is not specifically limited in the present application, and may be set according to actual needs, but for convenience of understanding, the embodiment of the present application takes the second connection plate 20 as a square as an example for illustration, where a longer side of the second connection plate 20 is a length direction of the second connection plate 20, a shorter side is a width direction of the second connection plate 20, and a direction perpendicular to the length and the width of the second connection plate 20 is a thickness direction of the second connection plate 20.

Further, in order to avoid noise generated by friction between the end of the fastening section 212 and the bottom surface of the card slot 11, referring to fig. 7, the end of the fastening section 212 extending into the card slot 11 contacts with the bottom of the card slot 11, wherein the end of the fastening section 212 extending into the bottom of the card slot 11 is provided with a first protruding portion 214, that is, the end of the fastening section 212 extending into the bottom of the card slot 11 and the bottom of the card slot 11 realize point contact or line contact, thereby avoiding noise generated by friction between the other contact surfaces of the card 21 and the card slot 11.

It is understood that a corresponding point contact or line contact component may also be disposed on the card slot 11, for example, referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 shows another schematic top view of the card slot 11 in the embodiment of the present application, and a first protrusion 214 is disposed on the inner bottom surface of the card slot 11, or a first protrusion 214 is disposed on the inner bottom surface of the card slot 11, and at the same time, a first protrusion 214 is disposed on the end of the fastening section 212 extending into the bottom of the card slot 11, so that the end of the fastening section 212 extending into the bottom of the card slot 11 makes point contact or line contact with the bottom of the card slot 11.

Further, in order to avoid noise generated by friction between the side of the buckle 21 facing the card slot 11 and the card slot 11, referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 shows another schematic structural diagram of the buckle 21 in the embodiment of the present application, and a side of the buckle 21 facing the second connecting plate 20 is provided with a second protruding portion 215, so that the side of the buckle 21 facing the card slot 11 is in point contact or line contact with the card slot 11, and noise generated by friction between the side of the buckle 21 facing the card slot 11 and the contact surface of the card slot 11 is avoided.

Further, in order to avoid noise generated by friction between the surface of the buckle 21 facing away from the slot 11 and the slot 11, referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 shows another schematic structural diagram of the buckle 21 in the embodiment of the present application, and a second protrusion 215 is disposed on the side of the buckle 21 facing away from the second connecting plate 20, so that the surface of the buckle 21 facing away from the slot 11 and the slot 11 realize point contact or line contact, and the phenomenon that noise is generated by friction between the surface of the buckle 21 facing the slot 11 and the slot 11 is avoided.

It can be understood that the second protrusion 215 of the side of the buckle 21 facing and facing away from the second connecting plate 20 may also be disposed at the junction of the protruding section 211 and the buckling section 212 to further enhance the strength of the buckle 21, so as to avoid the phenomenon of fracture and damage of the buckle 21 due to aging of components and frequent friction after the cabinet air conditioner is used for a long time.

Further, in order to facilitate the clip 21 to be clipped into the slot 11, referring to fig. 5, a first guiding inclined plane 216 is disposed on a side of the clipping section 212 facing the second connecting plate 20, and in the process of clipping the clip 21 and the slot 11, the clipping section 212 is clipped into the slot 11 along the first guiding inclined plane 216, so as to avoid the phenomenon that the clipping section 212 is damaged due to collision in the process of clipping into the slot 11.

Further, in order to facilitate the separation of the buckle 21 from the slot 11, referring to fig. 5, a second guiding inclined plane 217 is disposed on a side of the extending section 211 away from the second connecting plate 20, and in the process of disengaging the buckle 21 from the slot 11, the buckling section 212 is separated from the slot 11 along the second guiding inclined plane 217, so as to avoid the phenomenon of damage caused by collision in the process of disengaging the extending section 211 from the slot 11.

It can be understood that, besides the first guiding inclined plane 216 is disposed on the side of the fastening section 212 facing the second connecting plate 20 and the second guiding inclined plane 217 is disposed on the side of the extending section 211 departing from the second connecting plate 20, chamfers may be disposed on the corners of the fastening 21 to avoid direct damage.

It should be noted that the above description of the panel assembly is only for clearly illustrating the verification process of the present application, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications to the above panel assembly under the guidance of the present application, for example, the snapping direction of the snap 21 and the snap slot 11 can be the length direction or the width direction of the first connecting plate 10, and for example, the panel assembly can also be used for the installation connection of a panel of a refrigeration storage device or a heating device such as a refrigerator.

Further, in order to better implement the panel assembly in the embodiments of the present application, on the basis of the panel assembly, an air conditioner is further provided in the embodiments of the present application, and the air conditioner includes the panel assembly according to any one of the embodiments described above.

Wherein, the panel assembly comprises a first connecting plate 10, the first connecting plate 10 is provided with a clamping groove 11; a second connecting plate 20, the second connecting plate 20 having a buckle 21 matched with the clamping groove 11; the buckle 21 includes an extending section 211 extending toward the first connecting plate 10 and a buckling section 212 extending into the card slot 11, and at least one protrusion 213 is disposed at a boundary between the extending section 211 and the buckling section 212 to form a point contact or a line contact between the buckle 21 and the card slot 11.

It should be noted that the above description of the air conditioner is only for the sake of clarity of the verification process of the present application, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications to the above air conditioner under the guidance of the present application, for example, the air conditioner may further include an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an expansion valve, and the like.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

Having thus described the basic concept, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing detailed disclosure is to be considered merely illustrative and not restrictive of the broad application. Various modifications, improvements and adaptations to the present application may occur to those skilled in the art, although not explicitly described herein. Such modifications, improvements and adaptations are proposed in the present application and thus fall within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present application.

Also, this application uses specific language to describe embodiments of the application. Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with at least one embodiment of the present application is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, some features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as appropriate.

Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the present application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

Numerals describing the number of components, attributes, etc. are used in some embodiments, it being understood that such numerals used in the description of the embodiments are modified in some instances by the use of the modifier "about", "approximately" or "substantially". Unless otherwise indicated, "about", "approximately" or "substantially" indicates that the number allows a variation of ± 20%. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters used in the specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties of the individual embodiments. In some embodiments, the numerical parameter should take into account the specified significant digits and employ a general digit preserving approach. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the range are approximations, in the specific examples, such numerical values are set forth as precisely as possible within the scope of the application.

For each patent, patent application publication, and other material cited in this application, such as articles, books, specifications, publications, documents, and the like, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application, except for application history documents that are inconsistent with or conflict with the contents of this application, and except for documents that are currently or later become incorporated into this application as though fully set forth in the claims below. It is noted that the descriptions, definitions and/or use of terms in this application shall control if they are inconsistent or contrary to the present disclosure.

The panel assembly and the air conditioner provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail above, and the principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein by applying specific examples, and the above description of the embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A panel assembly, comprising:

a first connecting plate having a card slot;

the buckle comprises an extending section extending towards the first connecting plate and a buckling section extending into the clamping groove, and at least one protruding part is arranged at the junction of the extending section and the buckling section so as to form point contact or line contact between the buckle and the clamping groove.

2. The panel assembly of claim 1, wherein a side of the boss facing the second web is a cylindrical arc; or

3. The panel assembly of claim 2, wherein the projection extends along an interface of the protruding section and the snap-fit section; or

The protruding part is a plurality of, and is a plurality of the protruding part is followed stretch out the section with the juncture interval setting of lock section.

4. The panel assembly of claim 1, wherein a side of the card slot abuts a side of the catch, the boss being disposed on the side of the catch.

5. The panel assembly of claim 4, wherein the protrusion extends in a thickness direction of the second connection plate.

6. The panel assembly of claim 1, wherein an end of the snap section extending into the interior of the card slot contacts the bottom of the card slot;

a first protruding part is arranged on the inner bottom surface of the clamping groove; and/or

The end, stretching into the clamping groove bottom, of the buckling section is provided with a first protruding portion.

7. The panel assembly of claim 1, wherein a side of the catch facing the second connecting plate is provided with a second boss; and/or

And a second bulge part is arranged on one side of the buckle back to the second connecting plate.

8. The panel assembly according to claim 1, wherein a side of the fastening section facing the second connecting plate is provided with a first guiding inclined surface, so that the fastening section is fastened into the fastening groove along the first guiding inclined surface during fastening of the fastening member with the fastening groove.

9. The panel assembly of claim 1, wherein a side of the extending section facing away from the second connecting plate is provided with a second guiding inclined surface, so that the fastening section is separated from the slot along the second guiding inclined surface during the process of disengaging the fastener from the slot.

10. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the panel assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.