CN218955151U

CN218955151U - Shell assembly and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN218955151U
Application number: CN202222960543.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑韶生; 廖明明
Original assignee: Guangdong TCL Intelligent HVAC Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong TCL Intelligent HVAC Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-07
Filing date: 2022-11-07
Publication date: 2023-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-07

Abstract

The application provides a shell assembly and an air conditioner, wherein the shell assembly comprises a shell body and at least two panels, the shell body is provided with an opening on one surface, and a first fixing part is arranged at the edge of the opening; the panel is provided with a first end and a second end which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, the first end is provided with an avoidance opening, one side of the second end, which is away from the first end, is provided with a second fixing part, the second fixing part is matched with the first fixing part to fix the panel at the opening, and at least two panels are arranged at the opening along the first direction to seal the opening; the first end of at least one panel is abutted with the second end of the adjacent panel, and the second fixing part is positioned in the corresponding avoidance port. Through installing two piece at least panels along first direction in this application, utilize the second fixed part of the preceding panel of dodging mouthful shielding of adjacent panel to realize that the panel outward appearance is screwless, can make the same structure with a plurality of panels simultaneously, and then reduced blanking mould's use, reduction in production cost.

Description

Shell assembly and air conditioner

Technical Field

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

Background

With the increasing popularity of air conditioners in daily life and production, users have higher and higher performance requirements on the air conditioner, and meanwhile, the air conditioner needs to be attractive in appearance, convenient to install, detach, maintain and the like.

The shell of the air conditioner in the related art comprises an upper panel and a lower panel, and the upper panel and the lower panel are spliced along opposite directions so as to achieve the purpose of convenient disassembly and maintenance. However, this splicing method may result in different fixing structures of the upper panel and the lower panel, and requires additional blanking process, resulting in higher investment of die cost, thereby increasing production cost.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a shell component to solve when current air conditioner exists a plurality of panels, the mould of a plurality of panels is not general and leads to the higher problem of cost.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application proposes a housing assembly, including a housing body and at least two panels, wherein the housing body is provided with an opening on one side, and a first fixing portion is provided at an edge of the opening; the panel is provided with a first end and a second end which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, the first end is provided with an avoidance opening, one side of the second end, which is away from the first end, is provided with a second fixing part, the second fixing part is matched with the first fixing part to fix the panel at the opening, and the at least two panels are arranged at the opening along the first direction so as to seal the opening; the first end of at least one panel is abutted with the second end of the adjacent panel, and the second fixing part is positioned in the corresponding avoidance port.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the first end is bent towards a side where the housing body is located to form a first flange, the second end is bent towards a side where the housing body is located to form a second flange, the second fixing portion is disposed on a side, away from the first flange, of the second flange, and the avoidance opening is disposed on the first flange.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the thickness of the first end is smaller than the thickness of the second end, so that the relief opening can accommodate the second fixing portion.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the housing body further includes a fastener penetrating sequentially into the second fixing portion and the first fixing portion to fix the panel on the housing body.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the second fixing portion is in a sheet shape, and a corner rib is disposed at a connection position between the second fixing portion and the second end.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the panel has a third end and a fourth end that are disposed opposite to each other along the second direction, and the third end and the fourth end are provided with a buckle, and the housing body is correspondingly provided with a slot into which the buckle is inserted.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the third end and the fourth end are bent towards a side where the housing body is located to form a third flange, and the buckle is disposed on the third flange.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the buckle includes joint portion and bears the weight of the portion, the joint portion with the draw-in groove is close to dodge the one end cooperation of mouth, bear the weight of the portion and be located the joint portion is kept away from dodge the one end of mouth, bear the weight of the portion and be used for with the panel is hung on the casing body.

Optionally, in an embodiment, a third fixing portion is disposed on the third flange, and an installation direction of the third fixing portion is perpendicular to a width direction of the housing body.

The application also proposes an air conditioner comprising the above-described housing assembly.

The application provides a housing assembly, including casing body and two piece at least panels, when panel and casing body installation, the first side of at least one panel and the second side butt of adjacent one panel, and second fixed part is located corresponding dodge the mouth. That is, this application is through installing two piece at least panels along first direction, and the monoblock panel passes through the second fixed part to utilize the second fixed part of the preceding panel of dodging mouthful shielding of adjacent panel, thereby realized that the panel outward appearance does not have the screw, can make the same structure with a plurality of panels simultaneously, and then reduced blanking die's use, reduced the manufacturing cost of panel.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 at A;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a panel according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a partial enlarged view at B in fig. 5.

Reference numerals illustrate:

reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name
						10	Panel board	122	Second flanging	152	Clamping part
11	First end	13	Third end	20	Shell body
						111	Avoidance port	131	Third flanging	21	Open mouth
112	First flanging	1311	Third fixing part	22	Frame structure
						12	Second end	14	Fourth end	221	Clamping groove
121	Second fixing part	15	Buckle	222	Slot groove
						1211	Corner rib	151	Bearing part

The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the embodiments, referring to the attached drawings.

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. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application provides a shell component to solve when current air conditioner exists a plurality of panels, the mould of a plurality of panels is not general and leads to the higher problem of cost. The following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 6, the housing assembly includes a housing body 20 and at least two panels 10, the housing body 20 is provided with an opening 21, and a first fixing portion is provided at an edge of the opening 21; the panels 10 are provided with a first end 11 and a second end 12 which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, the first end 11 is provided with a avoiding opening 111, one side of the second end 12 away from the first end 11 is provided with a second fixing part 121, the second fixing part 121 is matched with the first fixing part to fix the panels 10 at the opening 21, and at least two panels 10 are arranged at the opening 21 along the first direction to seal the opening 21; the first end 11 of at least one panel 10 abuts against the second end 12 of an adjacent panel 10, and the second fixing portion 121 is located in the corresponding avoiding opening 111.

It should be noted that, in the patent with the publication number CN 208012038U, the panel structure of the air conditioner includes a first panel and a second panel, where the first panel and the main structure of the second panel are symmetrical and spliced along opposite directions, so as to achieve the purpose of convenient disassembly of the panels, and the screw hanging lugs are provided to achieve the effect of no screw outside the panels. Because the buckle direction of the first panel is opposite to that of the second panel and the positions of the screw hangers are the same in the patent, the dies of the first panel and the second panel are not universal, the dies of the blanking process are required to be added, and the production cost is increased. According to the panel 10, the avoidance opening 111 is formed in the first side face of the panel 10, the second side face is away from the first side face, the second fixing portion 121 is arranged on one side, away from the first side face, of the panel 10, when the panel 10 is installed with the shell body 20, at least two panels 10 are installed along the first direction, the single panel 10 is fixed on the shell body 20 through the second fixing portion 121, the avoidance opening 111 of the adjacent panel 10 is utilized to shield the second fixing portion 121 of the previous panel 10, the appearance of the panel 10 is screwless, the plurality of panels 10 can be made into the same structure, the production dies of the plurality of panels 10 are universal, the use of blanking dies is further reduced, and the production cost of the panel 10 is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 2, the housing body 20 is approximately rectangular, the housing body 20 includes three side plates, a top plate and a chassis, the three side plates can be fixed on the chassis by screws, and the top plate can be fixed on one end of the three side plates far away from the chassis by screws, so as to define the housing body 20 with one surface provided with an opening 21.

In some embodiments of the present application, the housing body 20 has a height that is greater than its length and width. The first direction may be a height direction of the housing body 20, i.e., a length direction of the paper surface of fig. 1. When the number of the panels 10 is two, the first end 11 of one panel 10 is aligned with the top plate, the second fixing portion 121 provided on the second end 12 is engaged with the first fixing portion of the housing body 20, thereby fixing the panel 10 on the housing body 20, and then the first end 11 of the other panel 10 abuts against the second end 12 of the previously installed panel 10, thereby shielding the second fixing portion 121 of the previously installed panel 10 by the escape opening 111. Since the second fixing portion 121 of the panel 10 mounted later is located at the bottom of the case body 20, shielding is not required.

When the number of the panels 10 is greater than two, the second end 12 of one panel 10 abuts against the first end 11 of the adjacent panel 10, so that shielding of the second fixing portion 121 by the escape opening 111 is achieved. That is, the escape opening 111 of the panel 10 installed at the rear is used to shield the second fixing portion 121 of the panel 10 installed at the front, thereby realizing that the appearance of the panel 10 is screw-free, and the molds of a plurality of panels 10 can be used in common, so that a plurality of panels 10 can be produced by only one mold, and the production cost is saved.

Optionally, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the first end 11 of the panel 10 is bent towards the side where the housing body 20 is located to form a first flange 112, the second end 12 of the panel 10 is bent towards the side where the housing body 20 is located to form a second flange 122, the second fixing portion 121 is disposed on a side of the second flange 122 facing away from the first flange 112, and the avoiding opening 111 is disposed on the first flange 112.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 to 6, the first flange 112 and the second flange 122 are perpendicular to the main structure of the panel 10, the main structure of the panel 10 may be a plate body except for the first flange 112 and the second flange 122, the second fixing portion 121 is mounted on a side of the second flange 122 opposite to the plate body of the panel 10, and the second fixing portion 121 extends toward a side away from the first flange 112. By forming the first flange 112 and the second flange 122 on the panel 10, the second fixing portion 121 of at least one panel 10 can be located in the avoiding opening 111 of the adjacent panel 10 during assembly, so that the surface of the air conditioner shell is screw-free, and meanwhile, the panels 10 can be made into the same structure, the die of the panels 10 is universal, and the production cost is saved.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 2, a frame structure 22 is disposed on the housing body 20, and fixation between a plurality of side plates, a top plate and a chassis is achieved through the frame structure 22, so that the strength of the housing body 20 is increased. The frame structure 22 is provided with a slot 222, when assembled, the second flange 122 of one panel 10 is attached to the first flange 112 of the adjacent panel 10, and the first flange 112 and the second flange 122 attached to each other are partially located in the slot 222.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the thickness of the first end 11 of the panel 10 is smaller than the thickness of the second end 12 of the panel 10, so that the relief opening 111 can accommodate the second fixing portion 121.

Specifically, in this application, the first end 11 of the panel 10 may be made thinner toward the side where the housing body 20 is located, so that the avoiding opening 111 is formed on the first end 11 of the panel 10, and when two adjacent panels are installed, the second fixing portion 121 of one panel 10 can be blocked by the avoiding opening 111 of the other panel 10. As for the specific thickness of the first end 11 and the second end 12 of the panel 10, it is only required to satisfy that the thickness of the first end 11 plus the thickness of the second fixing portion 121 is smaller than the thickness of the second end 12.

In some embodiments of the present application, the housing body 20 further includes a fastener that sequentially penetrates the second fixing portion 121 and the first fixing portion to fix the panel 10 to the housing body 20. The fastener can be a screw, the first fixing portion is a screw hole adapted to the screw, the second fixing portion 121 can be a lifting lug arranged on the second end 12 of the panel 10, a screw through hole for the screw to pass through is arranged on the lifting lug, and the panel 10 can be fixed on the housing body 20 by sequentially passing the screw through hole of the lifting lug and the screw hole on the housing body 20.

Optionally, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, the second fixing portion 121 is in a sheet shape, and an angular rib 1211 is disposed at a connection between the second fixing portion 121 and the second end 12. Specifically, screw through holes are formed at two ends of the second fixing portion 121, the screw through holes at two ends correspond to screw holes on two side plates respectively, the second fixing portion 121 is arranged in a sheet shape, the space occupied by the second fixing portion 121 can be reduced, accordingly, the assembly gap between two adjacent panels 10 is ensured, and meanwhile, in order to prevent the situation that stress concentration occurs at the connection position of the second fixing portion 121 and the second end 12 to cause cracking of the second fixing portion 121, a plurality of corner ribs 1211 can be arranged at the connection position of the second fixing portion 121 and the second end 12 to decompose force.

Optionally, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 2 to 5, the panel 10 has a third end 13 and a fourth end 14 opposite to each other along the second direction, the third end 13 and the fourth end 14 of the panel 10 are provided with a buckle 15, and the housing body 20 is correspondingly provided with a slot 221 into which the buckle 15 is inserted.

The second direction may be the length direction of the housing body 20, i.e., the width direction of the paper surface of fig. 1. The two side plates matched with the panel 10 are provided with clamping grooves 221 at positions corresponding to the clamping buckles 15, the clamping buckles 15 can be upwards arranged, and the panel 10 is spliced to the shell body 20 from bottom to top during installation. The panel 10 is restrained to the housing body 20 by inserting the clip 15 into the clip groove 221, and the panel 10 is fixed to the housing body 20 by the second fixing portion 121. The buckle 15 is matched with the screw for use, so that the fixing reliability is guaranteed, the product strength is integrally guaranteed, and the use of the screw is reduced.

Further, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the third end 13 and the fourth end 14 of the panel 10 are bent towards the side of the housing body 20 to form a third flange 131, and the buckle 15 is disposed on the third flange 131. Specifically, the third flange 131 is perpendicular to the main structure of the panel 10, and two ends of the third flange 131 are respectively connected with the first flange 112 and the second flange 122, and the buckle 15 is installed on a side of the third flange 131 opposite to the panel 10.

Optionally, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the buckle 15 includes a clamping portion 152 and a bearing portion 151, where the clamping portion 152 is matched with one end of the clamping groove 221 near the avoidance port 111, the bearing portion 151 is located at one end of the clamping portion 152 far from the avoidance port 111, and the bearing portion 151 is used to hang the panel 10 on the housing body 20.

Specifically, since the panel 10 may be installed on the housing body 20 from bottom to top in an anti-gravity manner, the clamping portion 152 cooperates with an end of the clamping groove 221 near the avoiding opening 111 to limit the panel 10 to the housing body 20, and the panel 10 is fixed on the housing body 20 through the second fixing portion 121. If the panel 10 needs to be detached, the connection between the second fixing portion 121 and the first fixing portion is first canceled, and then the panel 10 is rotated toward the side far from the housing body 20 with the first end 11 as the axis, so as to detach the panel 10.

The bearing portion 151 is disposed towards the second end 12 of the panel 10 in a protruding manner, and is configured to cooperate with an end of the slot 221 away from the avoidance hole 111. After the engagement of the clamping portion 152 and the end of the clamping groove 221 near the avoiding opening 111 fails, the bearing portion 151 and the end of the clamping groove 221 far away from the avoiding opening 111 cooperate to hang the panel 10 on the housing body 20, so that the panel 10 is ensured not to fall down, and the safety performance of the product is improved.

Alternatively, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the third flange 131 is provided with a third fixing portion 1311, and the installation direction of the third fixing portion 1311 is perpendicular to the width direction of the housing body 20. The third fixing portion 1311 may be a screw hole formed in the third flange 131, and the case body 20 may be provided with a screw hole corresponding to the screw hole, and the panel 10 may be fixed to the case body 20 by sequentially passing the screw hole of the third flange 131 and the screw hole of the case body 20. By forming the third flange 131 on the panel 10 and providing the third fixing portion 1311 on the third flange 131, the surface of the panel 10 is screw-free, and the external shape of the panel 10 is more attractive.

The embodiment of the application also provides an air conditioner, which comprises a shell component, wherein the specific structure of the shell component refers to the embodiment, and because the air conditioner adopts all the technical schemes of all the embodiments, the air conditioner at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical schemes of the embodiments, and the detailed description is omitted.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for parts of one embodiment that are not described in detail, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments. In the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," and the like 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, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

The foregoing has outlined the detailed description of the housing assembly provided in the embodiments of the present application, wherein specific examples are provided herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, the above examples being provided solely to assist in the understanding of the methods of the present application and the core ideas thereof; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will vary in the specific embodiments and application scope according to the ideas of the present application, the contents of the present specification should not be construed as limiting the present application in summary.

Claims

1. The shell assembly is characterized by comprising a shell body and at least two panels, wherein one surface of the shell body is provided with an opening, and the edge of the opening is provided with a first fixing part;

the panel is provided with a first end and a second end which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, the first end is provided with an avoidance opening, one side of the second end, which is away from the first end, is provided with a second fixing part, the second fixing part is matched with the first fixing part to fix the panel at the opening, and the at least two panels are arranged at the opening along the first direction so as to seal the opening;

the first end of at least one panel is abutted with the second end of the adjacent panel, and the second fixing part is positioned in the corresponding avoidance port.

2. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the first end is bent toward a side of the housing body to form a first flange, the second end is bent toward a side of the housing body to form a second flange, the second fixing portion is disposed on a side of the second flange facing away from the first flange, and the relief opening is disposed on the first flange.

3. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first end is less than a thickness of the second end such that the relief port is capable of receiving the second securing portion.

4. A housing assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the housing body further comprises a fastener which sequentially penetrates the second and first securing portions to secure the panel to the housing body.

5. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the second fixing portion is in a sheet shape, and a corner rib is provided at a connection between the second fixing portion and the second end.

6. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein the panel has a third end and a fourth end disposed opposite to each other along the second direction, the third end and the fourth end are provided with a clip, and the housing body is correspondingly provided with a clip slot into which the clip is inserted.

7. The housing assembly of claim 6, wherein the third end and the fourth end are bent toward a side of the housing body to form a third flange, and the clasp is disposed on the third flange.

8. The housing assembly of claim 6, wherein the buckle comprises a clamping portion and a bearing portion, the clamping portion is matched with one end of the clamping groove, which is close to the avoidance port, the bearing portion is located at one end of the clamping portion, which is far away from the avoidance port, and the bearing portion is used for hanging the panel on the housing body.

9. The housing assembly according to claim 7, wherein the third flange is provided with a third fixing portion, and an installation direction of the third fixing portion is perpendicular to a width direction of the housing body.

10. An air conditioner comprising the housing assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9.