CN218033372U

CN218033372U - Air guide assembly and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN218033372U
Application number: CN202222174404.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙小洪
Original assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-17
Filing date: 2022-08-17
Publication date: 2022-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-17

Abstract

The application provides an air guide component and air conditioner, this air guide component sets up in the air outlet of air conditioner, includes: an air guide bracket; the air guide plate is rotatably connected with the air guide support so as to open or close the air outlet; the positioning piece is connected with the air guide support and used for positioning the air guide plate at a preset opening angle when the air guide plate opens the air outlet; the supporting piece is connected with the air guide bracket; the positioning piece is located on the rear side of the supporting piece in the direction that the air deflector opens the air outlet, so that the air deflector contacts the supporting piece first and then contacts the positioning piece in the rotating process of opening the air outlet. The technical problem of aviation baffle and setting element contact abnormal sound among the prior art is aimed at solving to this application.

Description

Air guide assembly and air conditioner

Technical Field

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

Background

In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the living standard of people in China and the development and progress of air conditioning technology, the air conditioner becomes a common electric appliance for daily life of people.

At present, the indoor unit of the existing air conditioner mainly changes the air supply direction and the air supply range by controlling the rotation of an air deflector through a motor, and the air supply requirements in different directions are realized. However, when the air deflector contacts the positioning member after opening the air outlet to the positioning angle, a sharp abnormal sound is emitted, which affects user experience.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main purpose of this application is to provide an air guide component and air conditioner, can send sharp-pointed abnormal sound when aiming at solving prior art aviation baffle and contact with the setting element after opening air outlet to location angle technical problem.

The application provides an air guide component sets up in the air outlet of air conditioner, includes:

an air guide bracket;

the air deflector is rotationally connected with the air guide support so as to open or close the air outlet;

the positioning piece is connected with the air guide support and used for positioning the air guide plate at a preset opening angle when the air guide plate opens the air outlet; and

the supporting piece is connected with the air guide bracket; the supporting piece is located on the front side of the positioning piece in the direction of the air deflector opening the air outlet, so that the air deflector contacts the supporting piece first and then contacts the positioning piece in the rotating process of opening the air outlet.

Optionally, the supporting members have at least two, and at least two of the supporting members are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the wind guide bracket.

Optionally, the wind guide support has a plurality of support bars extending along a width direction thereof and spaced along a length direction thereof, and the support pieces are connected to at least two of the plurality of support bars.

Optionally, the support comprises: the root part is connected with the air guide bracket; the peak part protrudes out of the root part in the air outlet direction; the peak is located on the front side of the positioning piece in the direction that the air deflector opens the air outlet, so that the air deflector contacts the peak first and then contacts the positioning piece in the rotating process of opening the air outlet.

Optionally, the air deflector is provided in plurality; the peak parts are provided with a plurality of peak parts, and each air deflector is contacted with the corresponding peak part when the air outlet is opened.

Optionally, the plurality of peak portions are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the air guide support, a rotation abdicating space of the air guide plate is formed between every two adjacent peak portions at intervals, and the distance between every two adjacent peak portions in the width direction is greater than the width of the air guide plate.

Optionally, the extending direction of the peak forms a component in the air outlet direction of the air guide assembly.

Optionally, the positioning element is disposed on inner surfaces of two ends of the wind guide bracket.

Optionally, the support member is an elastic member; and/or the air deflector is an elastic piece; and/or the air deflector is provided with an elastic structure, and the elastic structure is contacted with the support piece when the air deflector opens the air outlet.

The present application further provides an air conditioner, comprising: a housing having an air outlet; and the air guide assembly is arranged at the air outlet and is connected with the shell.

In the technical scheme of the application, a supporting piece is arranged on an air guide support of the air guide assembly, and the supporting piece is positioned on the front side of the positioning piece in the direction that the air outlet is opened by the air guide plate; when the air guide plate of the air guide assembly is used for opening the air outlet, the air guide plate can be firstly contacted with the supporting piece and then contacted with the positioning piece, and the air guide plate generates tiny distortion deformation, so that the air guide plate can be pulled by the supporting piece when the motor continues to operate, and further the extrusion stress between the air guide plate and the positioning piece is reduced, sharp extrusion sound can be eliminated, or the noise formed by the extrusion sound is reduced, and the experience of consumers is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a wind guide assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of an air guide bracket according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at D;

FIG. 4 isbase:Sub>A schematic cross-sectional view of section A-A of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an air guide bracket according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 at E;

fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating the air guiding assembly according to the embodiment of the present application in a state where the air guiding plate opens the air outlet;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of section B-B of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of section C-C of FIG. 7;

fig. 10 is a schematic view illustrating a state in which the air guiding assembly of the embodiment of the present application is in a state in which the air guiding plate closes the air outlet.

List of reference numerals

100	Wind guide support	410	Root of a tree
				200	Air deflector	420	Peak part
300	Locating piece	510	Connecting rod
				400	Support piece	520	Electric machine
500	Driving mechanism	S	Rotating abdicating space
				110	Support strip
120	Grid bar

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely 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 application, 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 application.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the present embodiment are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "secured" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral part; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as the case may be.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present application, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present application.

The air conditioner is provided with an air guide component at the air outlet so as to be convenient for adjusting the air supply direction. In the prior art, the air deflector has a first state of opening the air outlet. When the air deflector is in the first state, the air deflector is in a preset opening angle relative to the shell of the air conditioner. In order to maintain the first state of the air deflector, a positioning piece is arranged on the air guide bracket to position the air deflector at the preset opening angle. However, since the contact area between the air deflector and the positioning block is small, a sharp abnormal sound lasting for several seconds is generated after the air deflector is contacted with the positioning block, which affects the user experience.

Therefore, the embodiment of the present application provides an air guiding assembly.

The application provides an air guide component, sets up in the air outlet of air conditioner. Referring to fig. 1, the wind guide assembly includes a wind guide bracket 100 and a wind guide plate 200. Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, the air guide assembly further includes a positioning member 300 and a supporting member 400.

The air guide plate 200 is rotatably connected to the air guide bracket 100 to open or close the air outlet.

The positioning element 300 is connected to the air guide bracket 100, and is configured to position the air guide plate 200 at a preset opening angle when the air guide plate 200 opens the air outlet.

The supporting member 400 is connected to the wind guide bracket 100; the supporting member 400 is located at the front side of the positioning member 300 in the direction in which the air deflector 200 opens the air outlet, so that the air deflector 200 contacts the supporting member 400 first and then contacts the positioning member 300 in the rotating process of opening the air outlet.

In the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, a supporting member 400 is disposed on the wind guide bracket 100 of the wind guide assembly, and the supporting member 400 is located at the front side of the positioning member 300 in the direction in which the wind guide plate 200 opens the wind outlet; when the air deflector 200 of the air guiding assembly opens the air outlet, the air deflector 200 contacts the supporting member 400 first and then contacts the positioning member 300, and the air deflector 200 generates slight distortion deformation, so that the air deflector 200 is pulled by the supporting member 400 when the motor 520 continues to operate, and further the extrusion stress between the air deflector 200 and the positioning member 300 is reduced, so that sharp extrusion sound can be eliminated or noise caused by the extrusion sound is reduced, and the experience of consumers is improved.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, when the air deflector 200 is at the predetermined opening angle, the air deflector 200 is in contact with the supporting member 400 and the positioning member 300. Referring to fig. 10, the air guide plate 200 closes the outlet.

The air guide assembly further includes a driving mechanism 500. The driving mechanism 500 drives the air deflector 200 to move between opening and closing the outlet. Specifically, the air deflector 200 has a preset opening angle for opening the air outlet, and when the air deflector 200 is located at the preset opening angle, the air outlet volume of the air outlet is maximum; thus, the preset opening angle is the maximum opening angle of the air deflection plate 200. That is, the driving mechanism 500 drives the air deflector 200 to rotate between the maximum opening angle and the position for closing the air outlet. For example, when the air deflector 200 closes the air outlet, the operation angle of the air deflector 200 is 0 °; the preset opening angle is 45 °. The motor 520 can control the air deflector 200 to operate between 0-45 degrees and can place the air deflector 200 at any angle between 0-45 degrees.

Further, it should be noted that, in a projection plane perpendicular to the length direction (the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the wind deflector 200), the supporting members 400 and the positioning members 300 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the axial line of the wind deflector 200, and the interval angle should be as small as possible, for example, 0.5 ° to 1.5 °. Namely: after the air guiding plate 200 contacts the supporting member 400, the motor 520 drives the air guiding plate 200 to rotate by 0.5 ° to 1.5 ° and then contacts the positioning member 300. At this time, the air guide plate 200 does not generate large distortion.

As an optional implementation manner of the above embodiment, the number of the supporting members 400 is two, and at least two supporting members 400 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the wind guide bracket. When the air outlet is opened, the air deflector 200 contacts with at least two supporting members 400, so that the amount of local deformation of the air deflector 200 can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 2, the number of the supporting members 400 is three, and the three supporting members 400 are uniformly spaced along the length direction of the wind guide bracket. In this structure, the air deflector 200 has three local positions to contact the supporting member 400; the amount of local deformation at the position where the wind deflection plate 200 contacts the support 400 is smaller than that at the position where only one local position contacts the support 400.

In some embodiments, there may be more supports 400. However, in consideration of the air output, the number of the supporting members 400 is not too large; the number of the supporting members 400 is preferably 2 to 5.

As an alternative to the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the wind guide bracket 100 has a plurality of supporting bars 110 extending along a width direction thereof and spaced along a length direction thereof, and the supporting member 400 is connected to at least two supporting bars 110 of the plurality of supporting bars 110. In a specific implementation process, the supporting bars 110 are used to connect the grid bars 120 extending along the length direction and arranged at intervals along the width direction, so as to support the grid bars 120. Support member 400 is connected on support bar 110, can reduce the influence of support member 400's setting to the amount of wind. The supporting member 400 may be integrally formed with the supporting bar 110, may be adhered to the supporting bar 110, or may be welded to the supporting bar 110 by ultrasonic welding.

As an alternative to the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the support member 400 includes a root portion 410 and a peak portion 420. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the root 410 is connected to the wind guide bracket 100. In a specific implementation, the root portion 410 is formed to extend along the direction of the supporting bar 110. The peak 420 is protruded from the root 410 in the air outlet direction so as to contact with the air deflector 200. Specifically, the peak 420 is located at the front side of the positioning element 300 in the direction in which the air deflector 200 opens the air outlet, so that the air deflector 200 contacts the peak 420 first and then contacts the positioning element 300 in the rotating process of opening the air outlet. After the wind deflector 200 contacts the peak 420, the wind deflector 200 continues to operate, and at the same time when the peak 420 extrudes the wind deflector 200, the wind deflector 200 also applies pressure to the peak 420 so that the peak 420 generates a certain deflection relative to the root 410, and the wind deflector 200 has a space for continuous operation so as to operate to a maximum preset opening angle, and is positioned by the positioning member 300, which is helpful for reducing the acting force of the positioning member 300 on the wind deflector 200 and reducing sharp noise.

As an alternative to the above embodiment, the number of the wind deflectors 200 is multiple. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the number of the air deflectors 200 is three, and the three air deflectors 200 open or close the air outlet in a linkage manner. The number of the peak parts 420 is consistent with that of the air guide plates 200; namely: the peak 420 is plural. Each of the air deflectors 200 contacts the corresponding peak 420 when the outlet is opened. In this embodiment, three peak portions 420 are provided, so that each air deflector 200 can contact with the corresponding peak portion 420 in the open state. The number of the air deflectors 200 may be 2 or 4 or more.

In the specific implementation process, the wind guiding assembly is described as having three wind guiding plates 200. Three air deflectors 200 are connected to a linkage 510, and the linkage 510 is connected to a motor 520. The motor 520 drives the connecting rod 510 to rotate, and the connecting rod 510 drives the air deflector 200 to rotate. The motor 520 is installed at the outside of the wind guide bracket 100. The mounting structure of the motor 520, the specific structure of the connecting rod 510, the connecting structure of the motor 520 and the connecting rod 510, and the connecting structure of the air deflector 200 and the connecting rod 510 may all adopt common structures in the art, and as these contents are not the focus of the improvement of the present application, they are not described herein again. The number of the spacers 300 may be set to 1; for example, the positioning element 300 is disposed at a position corresponding to the middle air deflector 200 among the three air deflectors 200, so that the middle air deflector 200 is positioned when the air deflector 200 rotates to a preset opening angle, and after the middle air deflector 200 is positioned, the air deflectors 200 at both sides are positioned at the same time due to the linkage manner of the air deflectors 200. Moreover, in the process that the three air deflectors 200 rotate to the preset opening angle, the three air deflectors all contact with the corresponding peak 420 to interact with the peak 420; compared with the case that only one peak 420 is arranged, the deformation amount of the wind deflector 200 can be reduced.

As an alternative embodiment of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, a plurality of the peak portions 420 are provided at intervals in the width direction of the wind guide holder 100; the adjacent two peak portions 420 form a rotation abdicating space S of the air guiding plate 200 at intervals, and the distance between the adjacent two peak portions 420 in the width direction is greater than the width of the air guiding plate 200. Since the air guide bracket 100 of the embodiment of the present application has a plurality of air guide plates 200, as shown in fig. 6, a rotation abdicating space S is formed between two adjacent peak portions 420, so that the air guide plates 200 have a rotation space for opening the air outlet by rotation. In order to facilitate the wind deflector 200 not to be interfered by another peak 420 when rotating, the distance between two adjacent peaks 420 in the width direction is larger than the width of the wind deflector 200, namely: when the wind deflector 200 rotates, one end of the wind deflector 200 in the width direction does not interfere with the other peak 420, and moves smoothly.

As an optional implementation manner of the above embodiment, the extending direction of each peak 420 forms a component in the air outlet direction of the air guide assembly. In this structure, since the extension direction of the peak 420 forms a component in the air outlet direction, for this reason, the peak 420 can provide an effective supporting area for the wind deflector 200, so as to reduce the pressure of the wind deflector 200, and further reduce the deformation amount of the wind deflector 200.

In a specific implementation process, there are three wind deflectors 200, and the extending direction of each peak 420 is different, but the extending direction of each peak can be decomposed into the wind outlet direction. Therefore, the angle between each wind deflector 200 and the wind outlet is different. For this reason, the shape of the peak 420 is related to the angle at which the air deflection panel 200 finally stays.

It should be noted that the air outlet direction may be defined as: if the air outlet is defined as a plane, the air outlet direction is defined as the normal direction of the plane. If the air outlet is limited to be an arc surface, taking the tangential vertical direction of the maximum curvature position of the arc surface as the air outlet direction (pointing to the curvature center of the arc surface); for example, the air outlet is defined as an arc surface, and the radial direction of the arc surface is the air outlet direction.

As an optional implementation manner of the above embodiment, the positioning members 300 are disposed on inner surfaces of two ends of the wind guide bracket 100. Since the air deflector 200 and the air guide bracket 100 are both parts with large length and width, in order to effectively position and support the air deflector, the positioning members 300 are disposed on the inner surfaces of the two ends of the air guide bracket 100 in the length direction; specifically, the positioning member 300 protrudes from the inner surfaces of both ends of the air guide support 100, and is integrally formed on the air guide support 100. Generally, the air guide plate 200 has a rotating shaft, a positioning block is formed on the rotating shaft, and when the positioning block 300 contacts with the positioning block, the air guide plate 200 is restricted.

In order to avoid rigid contact between the supporting member 400 and the wind deflector 200 and pulling of the supporting member 400 on the wind deflector 200, as an alternative embodiment of the above embodiment, the supporting member 400 is an elastic member. For example, the supporter 400 may be a supporting rib made of rubber. And/or the air deflector 200 is an elastic member. For example, the air guiding plate 200 is a plastic member with good elasticity. And/or the air guide plate 200 is provided with an elastic structure, and the elastic structure is in contact with the support 400 when the air guide plate 200 opens the air outlet. For example, a slot is formed on the air deflector 200 corresponding to the supporting member 400, and the elastic structure is inserted into and fixed in the slot to contact with the supporting member 400 when the air deflector 200 opens the air outlet, so that the deformation of the air deflector 200 and the contact force between the air deflector 200 and the supporting member 400 are reduced. The elastic structure can be a rubber clamping block made of rubber.

The present application further provides an air conditioner, comprising: casing and wind-guiding subassembly. The air guiding assembly adopts a part or all of the embodiments, which are not described herein again. The shell is provided with an air outlet; the air guide assembly is arranged at the air outlet and connected with the shell. The air guide assembly can be connected to the shell through a threaded connector, and can also be connected to the shell through clamping, inserting or riveting and other connection modes. The air conditioner further comprises functional elements such as a heat exchanger and a fan which are positioned in a cavity defined by the shell, the functional elements are not the key points of improvement in the application and all adopt conventional settings in the field, and the functional elements are not repeated herein.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications and equivalents of the subject matter of the present application, which are made by the following claims and their equivalents, or which are directly or indirectly applicable to other related arts, are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an air guide assembly sets up in the air outlet of air conditioner, its characterized in that includes:

an air guide bracket;

the air guide plate is rotatably connected with the air guide support so as to open or close the air outlet;

2. The air guide assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of the supporting members is at least two, and at least two supporting members are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the air guide bracket.

3. The air guide assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the air guide bracket has a plurality of support bars extending along a width direction thereof and spaced along a length direction thereof, and the support members are connected to at least two of the support bars.

4. The air guide assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the support member comprises:

the root part is connected with the air guide bracket; and

the peak part protrudes out of the root part in the air outlet direction; the peak is located on the front side of the positioning piece in the direction that the air deflector opens the air outlet, so that the air deflector contacts the peak first and then contacts the positioning piece in the rotating process of opening the air outlet.

5. The air guide assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the air guide plate is provided with a plurality of air guide plates; the peak parts are provided with a plurality of peak parts, and each air deflector is contacted with the corresponding peak part when the air outlet is opened.

6. The air guide assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality of peak portions are spaced apart along a width direction of the air guide bracket, a rotation abdicating space of the air guide plate is formed between two adjacent peak portions, and a distance between two adjacent peak portions in the width direction is greater than a width of the air guide plate.

7. The air guide assembly according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein an extending direction of the peak portion forms a component in an air outlet direction of the air guide assembly.

8. Air guide assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the positioning member is provided on an inner surface of the air guide bracket at both ends in a longitudinal direction thereof.

9. The air guide assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the support member is an elastic member;

and/or the air deflector is an elastic piece;

and/or the air deflector is provided with an elastic structure, and the elastic structure is contacted with the support piece when the air deflector opens the air outlet.

10. An air conditioner, comprising:

a housing having an air outlet; and

the air guide assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the air guide assembly is disposed at the air outlet and connected to the housing.