CN216308016U - Indoor unit of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly provides an air conditioner indoor unit, aiming at solving the problem that the user experience is poor when the existing air conditioner indoor unit is used. The utility model provides an air-conditioning indoor unit, which comprises a functional module, wherein the functional module is provided with an indicating device, and the indicating device comprises: a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly; a soft light member, at least a part of which is formed to receive the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to: the soft light transmitted by the soft light component can indicate information related to the functional module, wherein an installation area is reserved in the air-conditioning indoor unit, the soft light component comprises a main body part, and the main body part is arranged at a position, corresponding to the installation area, of the air-conditioning indoor unit in a mode of increasing the light transmission surface. The air-conditioning indoor unit provided by the utility model can enable a user to more comprehensively acquire the relevant information of the functional module, and increase the credibility of the user for configuring the functional module on the indoor unit, thereby improving the user experience.

Description

Indoor unit of air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly provides an air conditioner indoor unit.

Background

Air conditioners have become one of the indispensable household appliances of modern homes. In addition to the basic cooling/heating functions, some existing air conditioners also have a sterilization function, for example, by configuring an ultraviolet sterilization module or an ionizer. However, in order to ensure the integrity of the appearance of the air conditioner, the ultraviolet sterilization module or the ion generator is installed at a hidden position in the air conditioner, so that a user cannot visually observe the specific installation position of the air conditioner and cannot know whether the air conditioner smoothly performs a sterilization function during operation, and thus the user experience is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve or at least alleviate the technical problem, namely, the problem that the user experience is poor when the existing air conditioner indoor unit is used is solved.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present invention provides an air-conditioning indoor unit, including a functional module, where the functional module is configured with an indicating device, where the indicating device includes: a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly; a soft light member, at least a part of which is capable of receiving the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to: the soft light transmitted through the soft light member can indicate information related to the functional module;

the soft light component comprises a main body part, and the main body part is arranged at the position of the indoor air conditioner corresponding to the installation area in a mode of increasing a light transmission surface.

According to the air conditioner indoor unit provided by the utility model, the indicating device is further configured for the configured functional module, the indicating device comprises the light-emitting component and the soft light component capable of softening light emitted by the light-emitting component, the light intensity of the light transmitted to the indoor through the soft light component is reduced, the light entering human eyes is softer, and the information related to the functional module, such as the installation position of the indicating functional module, the running state of the functional module, whether the functional module works normally or not, is indicated to a user by means of the soft light, so that the user can know the related information of the functional module more comprehensively, the reliability of the indoor unit configured with the functional module is increased, and the user experience is improved.

The function module may be a sterilization module, a dehumidification module, a purification module, etc. for an air conditioner. For example, the sterilization module may be a positive and negative ion generator, an ultraviolet sterilization lamp, or the like.

It will be appreciated that the purpose of providing the soft light member is to reduce the intensity of light, to make the light entering the human eye softer, and to avoid the strong light irritating the human eye, and therefore, when the light emitting member and the soft light member are constructed in such a manner that a part of the light emitted from the light emitting member directly enters the indoor space without passing through the soft light member, the indicating device should be configured with a structure capable of preventing the light from being directly emitted, for example, with a light blocking structure in the direction of the direct light.

It can also be understood that the soft light component can be disposed on the functional module, and can also be disposed on other structures of the indoor unit except the functional module. There are also a variety of ways of constructing the light softening member. For example, a portion of the soft light member may have a soft light effect, that is, the portion may receive the light emitted from the light emitting member and reduce the light intensity to emit the light to the indoor space, or the entire structure of the soft light member may receive the light emitted from the light emitting member and reduce the light intensity to emit the light to the indoor space. In addition, the soft light component can adopt a luminous material, a semi-transparent material, a transparent material or a combination of a plurality of materials.

The information which can be indicated to the user through the transmitted soft light comprises the position information, the running state information and the like of the functional module on the indoor unit of the air conditioner. Specifically, the position information of the functional module is realized by combining the soft light with the emergent position of the soft light, in other words, in the case of indicating the position information, the soft light member needs to be arranged at the functional module or at least adjacent to the functional module, and the user can quickly determine the position of the corresponding functional module by acquiring the position of the emergent soft light. Further, the operating state information of the functional module may be indicated by controlling the brightness of the soft light or the opening and closing of the soft light while indicating the position information of the functional module, for example, when the function of the functional module is failed, the light emitting member associated with the functional module may be controlled to stop emitting light to show the failure information of the functional module to the user.

The main body part of the soft light component is arranged at the position of the indoor unit of the air conditioner corresponding to the installation area in a mode of enlarging the light transmission surface, so that a user can more intuitively acquire the information related to the functional module. The light-transmitting surface can be enlarged in various ways, for example, the light-transmitting surface can be made into an arc surface, a corrugated surface, a spherical surface, and the like.

With respect to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the main body portion includes a non-planar structure so as to: increasing the light-transmitting surface of the body portion by means of the non-planar structure.

Thus, a specific embodiment is provided in which the body portion serves the purpose of enlarging the light-transmitting face. Set up to non-planar structure through the main part, can effectively increase the printing opacity surface of soft light component to when reinforcing the soft light effect, can increase the transmission direction of soft light, thereby convenience of customers receives the information relevant with the function module that is instructed by the soft light from a plurality of positions, and then further promotes user experience.

It is understood that the non-planar structure may be a curved surface structure formed by connecting a plurality of planes, an arc surface structure, a spherical surface structure, or a combination of the foregoing structures, etc.

In some possible embodiments, the non-planar structure is an umbrella structure.

Thus, a specific implementation of the body portion for the purpose of enlarging the light-transmitting face is provided. Through setting up the main part into umbrella-shaped structure, not only can effectively increase the printing opacity surface of soft light component, and then increase light transmission direction, can also increase indicating device's aesthetic property.

In some possible embodiments, the umbrella-shaped structure is provided with a hollowed-out structure.

Furthermore, the hollow structure is arranged on the umbrella-shaped structure, so that the attractiveness of the soft light component can be further enhanced, the visual perception of a user is improved, and the user experience is further improved; in addition, when the functional module is an ion generator, the hollow structure is favorable for smoothly releasing generated positive ions and negative ions.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the soft light member further includes a connection portion, and the light emitting member is disposed at the connection portion.

In this way, an embodiment is provided in which the light emitting member is provided integrally with the soft light member. Through setting the soft light component to the structure that includes main part and connecting portion, realized the function differentiation of each part of soft light component at first, be favorable to making the main part exert the soft light effect better. Secondly, the light-emitting component is arranged on the connecting part of the soft light component, so that the integration of the soft light component and the light-emitting component is realized, and the installation space is saved.

The connecting portion may have various structures, such as a column structure, a strip structure, a plate structure, and the like. In addition, the connecting part can be integrally formed with the main body part, or can be made into a separate structure and then connected into an integral structure.

With regard to the above-described air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the connection portion is formed with a receiving chamber, and the light emitting member is disposed in the receiving chamber.

Thus, an embodiment is provided in which the light emitting member is arranged on the light softening member. The connecting part is provided with the accommodating cavity, and the light-emitting component is arranged in the accommodating cavity, so that the connecting part plays a role in accommodating the light-emitting component while playing a connecting role, the installation is convenient, and the miniaturization design of the indicating device is facilitated. In addition, the arrangement mode is favorable for the convergence and the directional transmission of light rays, so that the main body part of the soft light component is favorable for smoothly receiving the light rays emitted by the light-emitting component. Moreover, the connection mode is also beneficial to protecting the light-emitting component and avoiding the light-emitting effect from being influenced by dust accumulation of the light-emitting component.

The connecting part is the main part for connecting the soft light component to the indoor unit of the air conditioner. The structure of the connecting part can be cylindrical, prismatic, hollow tubular and other structures. Further, the accommodation chamber may be provided at any position of the connection portion. For example, the connecting part can be arranged at one end close to the main body part, or at one end close to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, or at the middle part of the connecting part, and the like.

In some possible embodiments, the connecting portion is open at a position facing the main body portion, so as to allow part of the light emitted from the light emitting member to reach the main body portion while forming the receiving cavity.

Thus, a specific embodiment of the receiving cavity is provided. By such an arrangement, the light emitted from the light emitting member can reach the main body portion more smoothly, which is advantageous for smooth realization of the soft light function.

With regard to the above-mentioned air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the connection portion has a light transmitting property at least at a portion of a position corresponding to the accommodation chamber so as to: part of the light emitted outward by the light emitting member can reach the main body portion.

Thus, an embodiment is provided in which the light emitting member is arranged on the light softening member. Through the arrangement, the light emitted by the light-emitting component can smoothly reach the main body part of the soft light component, and the soft light function is favorably realized. It is understood that at least a side of the first connection portion facing the main body portion corresponding to the receiving cavity has a light transmitting property so that the main body portion can smoothly receive light. For example, the portion may be made of transparent material, luminescent material, translucent material, etc.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the functional module is provided at the installation area, and the main body portion is provided to the functional module by means of the connecting portion.

Thus, a specific arrangement mode of the soft light component in the air conditioner indoor unit is provided. The connecting part can be connected with the functional module in a plugging mode, a clamping mode, a bonding mode and the like. Through setting up the coupling part, can make the mode of setting up of main part more nimble, and then be favorable to promoting the soft light effect.

It will be appreciated that other arrangements of the light softening members are possible. For example, the connecting portion of the soft light member is connected with a portion of the indoor unit of the air conditioner corresponding to the installation area, and the main portion of the soft light member corresponds to the functional module.

For the above-mentioned air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the functional module is an ionizer.

Through configuring the indicating device for the ion generator, a user can visually observe information such as the working position of the ion generator configured in the air conditioner indoor unit, the reliability of the user on products is improved, the purchase intention of the user is enhanced, and the sales volume of the products is improved.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which mounting positions of an ionizer and an indicating device are shown;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an ionizer and an indicating device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

list of reference numerals:

1. an air-conditioning indoor unit; 10. a housing; 110. an air outlet; 20. an ion generator; 210. a housing; 211. an ion generating electrode; 212. an installation position; 30. an indicating device; 310. a body portion; 311. a hollow structure; 320. a connecting portion.

Detailed Description

First, it should be noted that the following embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the following embodiments are explained by taking the functional module as an ionizer, this is not restrictive, and the technical solution of the present invention is also applicable to the functional module as a drying module, a detecting module, other types of sterilization modules, etc., and such application objects may be changed without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "inside", "outside", "top", "bottom", and the like, which indicate directions or positional relationships, are based on directions or positional relationships in practical use, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the claimed apparatus must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In order to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the following first explains the construction of the ionizer and the sterilization principle. The ionizer in this embodiment is a positive-negative ion generator, and as the name suggests, positive ions and negative ions can be generated simultaneously. The positive and negative ion generator has positive ion generating electrode connected to DC positive high voltage and negative ion generating electrode connected to DC negative high voltage, and the electrodes are tungsten needle or graphite brush. When the two electrodes are connected with electricity, corona is generated between the two electrodes, outer layer electrons of certain atoms in the air are separated from the orbit to become free electrons under the action of the corona, and the atoms losing the electrons are in positive polarity; the free electrons are negative-electrode, and since the separated free electrons cannot exist in the space independently for a long time, the separated free electrons are combined with other nonpolar molecules in the air, so that the part of gas molecules obtaining the electrons are negative-electrode (for example, negative oxygen ions are generated), and the process is called air ionization. When negative ions in the air are combined with microbes such as bacteria and viruses in the air, molecular protein structures of the microbes such as the bacteria and the viruses can be damaged, structural change or energy transfer is generated, and therefore the microbes such as the bacteria and the viruses die, and the sterilization effect is achieved. Therefore, after the air conditioner is provided with the ion generator for sterilization, compared with the ultraviolet sterilization module, the sterilization effect is better, and the positive ions and the negative ions generated by the ion generator can be diffused to any indoor area along with the air conditioner air outlet, so that the indoor all-around sterilization is realized.

However, the conventional ionizer configured in the indoor unit of the air conditioner is generally disposed at the air outlet of the indoor unit, and is influenced by the structure of the air outlet, so that a user cannot conveniently or visually observe the position of the ionizer, and cannot know the running state of the ionizer during the running process of the ionizer.

Based on the above, the utility model provides the air conditioner indoor unit which can simultaneously indicate the working position and the working state of the ion generator in real time, and is beneficial to users to use the air conditioner product with great care.

An air conditioning indoor unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which mounting positions of an ionizer and an indicating device are shown; fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an ionizer and an indicating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, an air conditioning indoor unit 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 10, and a fan, a heat exchanger, an air duct, and the like are disposed in the casing 10. The air inlet of the air duct is formed at the top of the housing 10, and a grille and a filter screen are arranged at the air inlet for filtering the air entering the air duct. An air outlet 110 of the air duct is formed at the bottom of the casing 10, an air deflector is disposed at the air outlet 110, and the air output and air output direction of the indoor unit can be adjusted by changing the extension direction of the air deflector. A mounting area is reserved on the left side wall of the casing 10 corresponding to the air outlet 110, the ion generator 20 is mounted in the mounting area, the ion generator 20 can simultaneously generate positive ions and negative ions, and the positive ions and the negative ions can be dissipated to all places indoors along with the air outlet of the indoor unit, so that the indoor air can be sterilized in all directions.

As shown in fig. 2, the ionizer 20 in this embodiment includes a housing 210 and an ion generating module disposed in the housing 210. The ion generation module includes a high voltage power conversion part, which is used for converting low voltage into alternating high voltage through circuits such as a pulse oscillation circuit, overvoltage current limiting, high-low voltage isolation and the like after processing input direct current or alternating current through an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) processing circuit and a lightning stroke protection circuit, then obtaining pure direct current negative high voltage and direct current positive high voltage through rectification and filtering, and connecting the direct current negative high voltage and the direct current positive high voltage to the emission end of the ion generator 20 through an electric wire. The emitting end of the ion generator 20 is provided with an ion generating electrode 211, and the ion generating electrode 211 comprises a positive ion generating electrode and a negative ion generating electrode, wherein the number of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes can be the same or different, and when the number of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes is different, the number of the negative ion generating electrodes is preferably larger than that of the positive ion generating electrodes. As shown in fig. 2, the ion generating electrode 211 in the present embodiment includes two negative ion generating electrodes and two positive ion generating electrodes, which are adjacent to each other. It is understood that the number and arrangement of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes can be varied.

When the ion generator works, the positive ion generating electrode is connected with positive high-voltage electricity, the negative ion generating electrode is connected with negative high-voltage electricity, the high-voltage electricity generates corona between the tips of the electrodes, so that air is ionized, and the negative ion generating electrode emits a large amount of electrons (e-) at high speed, and the electrons cannot exist in the air for a long time and can be immediately absorbed by oxygen molecules (O-) in the air₂) Trapping to generate air negative oxygen ions, so-called negative ions. Ionization of H in air by positive ion generating electrode₂O, production of H₊Ions, so-called positive ions. The ion generating electrode 211 in the embodiment of the utility model adopts an electric corrosion resistant tungsten needle, and the tungsten needle is taken as the ion generating electrode 211, so that the capability of releasing ions is almost ensured to be not attenuated. The circuitry and electrical components that provide the positive and negative high voltage voltages for the electrodes are integrated on a circuit board that is secured within the housing 210.

The ionizer 20 of the air conditioning indoor unit 1 according to the present embodiment is electrically connected to the indicating device 30, and the indicating device 30 operates in accordance with the operation of the ionizer 20, so that the indicating device 30 can indicate the installation position and the operation state of the ionizer 20 at the same time. It will be appreciated that the two may be connected in other ways than electrically, for example, via a WIFI module, etc. When the ionizer 20 starts to operate, the control indicating device 30 is turned on, and when the ionizer 20 stops operating or is turned off due to a fault, the indicating device 30 is turned off, so that a user can know whether the ionizer 20 operates normally while knowing the installation position of the ionizer 20. It will be appreciated that the indicator device 30 may also be separately illuminated to indicate the mounting location of the ionizer 20 when desired, which may be useful as a reminder during product sale, maintenance, etc.

The indicating device 30 in the present embodiment is provided on the ionizer 20. Specifically, the indicating device 30 includes a light emitting member and a soft light member, the soft light member being connected to the ionizer 20, the light emitting member being disposed inside the soft light member. As shown in fig. 2, the light softening member includes a main body portion 310 and a connection portion 320, and the main body portion 310 is connected to the ionizer 20 through the connection portion 320. Main part 310 sets up to umbrella structure, and umbrella structure has curved surface, and for planar structure, the arc surface can increase the light transmission area, and then increases light transmission direction, makes the user can receive the sheen from different directions, and then convenience of customers observes and acquires information.

Further, the umbrella-shaped structure is further provided with a hollow-out structure 311. Set up hollow out construction 311 and not only can increase the visual effect of light transmission, avoid causing single, the vexed visual impression for the user, but give people an active visual sensation, can make the positive, anion that produce moreover more smoothly get into indoor space, guarantee degerming effect. Preferably, the hollowed-out part corresponds to the tip position of the tungsten needle, so that positive ions and negative ions can smoothly escape into the space.

Continuing to refer to fig. 2, the connection portion 320 of the soft light member is a columnar structure, the ion generator 20 is provided with a mounting position 212 at one end where the tungsten needle is arranged, and the connection portion 320 of the columnar structure can be mounted at the mounting position 212, so that the connection of the soft light member and the ion generator 20 is realized. The connection portion 320 of the columnar structure is provided with an accommodation chamber (not shown) at a side close to the ionizer 20, and a light emitting member (not shown) is provided in the accommodation chamber. The luminous component comprises a lamp bead and a power supply, and the power supply can be a wired power supply and also can be a battery, such as a button battery. The light emitting member can emit light toward various directions of the receiving chamber, which may extend to the inside of the ionizer 20 or be entirely located outside the ionizer 20.

The connecting portion 320 may be made of the same material as the main portion 310, such as a light-emitting material, or only the main portion 310 may be made of a light-emitting material. In this embodiment, the main body 310 and the connecting portion 320 are integrally formed, and made of the same light-emitting material, so that the accommodating cavity can be conveniently formed, and the light-emitting member can be conveniently mounted.

Alternatively, the receiving cavity may be disposed on a side of the connecting portion 320 close to the main portion 310, and the connecting portion 320 is disposed in an open structure at a position facing the main portion 310, so that when the connecting portion 320 is disposed separately from the main portion 310 and made of different materials, for example, when the connecting portion 320 is made of a non-light-tight material, a part of light emitted from the light-emitting member can smoothly reach the main portion 310 through the open structure, thereby achieving a soft light effect. For example, the open structure is a groove structure opened toward the body portion 310. This arrangement allows more of the light emitted from the light emitting member to be emitted through the soft light member, and the connecting portion 320 also has a light condensing effect. Of course, the connecting portion 320 may be made of the same light-emitting material or semi-light-transmitting material as the main body portion 310.

Alternatively, the main body 310 of the soft light member provided by the embodiment of the present invention is an umbrella-shaped structure, which has strong ability to receive and transmit light and strong shielding ability, and can effectively shield a portion of the structure between the soft light member and the ionizer 20, so the connecting portion 320 in this embodiment can also be made of a transparent material.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the utility model, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner is characterized by comprising a functional module, wherein the functional module is provided with an indicating device,

wherein the indicating device comprises:

a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly;

a soft light member, at least a part of which is capable of receiving the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to:

the soft light transmitted through the soft light member can indicate information related to the functional module;

the soft light component comprises a main body part, and the main body part is arranged at the position of the indoor air conditioner corresponding to the installation area in a mode of increasing a light transmission surface.

2. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the main body portion includes a non-planar structure so as to:

increasing the light-transmitting surface of the body portion by means of the non-planar structure.

3. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the non-planar structure is an umbrella-like structure.

4. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the umbrella structure is provided with a hollowed structure.

5. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the soft light member further includes a connection portion, and the light emitting member is provided to the connection portion.

6. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein a receiving chamber is formed at the connection portion, and the light emitting member is provided in the receiving chamber.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the connecting portion has an open structure at a position facing the main body portion so as to allow part of the light emitted from the light emitting member to reach the main body portion while forming the receiving chamber.

8. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the connection portion has a light transmitting property at least a part of a position corresponding to the accommodation chamber so as to:

part of the light emitted outward by the light emitting member can reach the main body portion.

9. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the functional module is provided in the installation area, and the main body portion is provided to the functional module by means of the connecting portion.

10. The indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the functional module is an ionizer.

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