KR20110038401A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An air conditioner is provided to reduce manufacturing costs by installing an LED lighting unit in the rear of the decoration patterns of a decorative plate. CONSTITUTION: An air conditioner comprises an air conditioning unit, a front frame(140), a front cover(150), a decorative plate(160), and a lighting unit(170). The air conditioning unit inhales air and discharges the air after air-conditioning. The front frame is installed in the front of the air conditioning unit. The front cover is installed in the front of the front frame and penetrates light. The decorative plate is located at the rear of the front cover and has multiple decoration patterns(A). The lighting unit is located at the rear of the decorative plate and has multiple LEDs(172). The LEDs are is stalled in the rear of each decoration pattern to be separated from lighting cases(176).

Description

Air Conditioner

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly, to an air conditioner having an illumination unit for irradiating light to a decorative plate.

In general, an air conditioner is a device for cooling or heating a room using a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator.

Recently, in order to improve or enhance the aesthetics of an air conditioner, a frame structure for fixing a photograph or the like is installed at the front of the air conditioner, or a lamp is installed in the air conditioner so that the air conditioner functions as a lighting fixture. It is a trend.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0057361 includes an indoor unit having an opening hole; A lighting lamp installed in an indoor unit to irradiate light through the opening hole; Disclosed is an indoor unit of a separate air conditioner having a lighting function including a decorative panel disposed in front of a lamp and configured to allow light of the lamp to pass therethrough.

When the indoor unit of the separate type air conditioner having the above lighting function is powered by the lamp, the lamp emits light, and the light emitted from the lamp passes through the opening hole and then passes through the decorative panel. Is irradiated to the front of the indoor unit.

However, the air conditioner according to the prior art is not easy to express clearly only a specific part of the decorative panel by simply illuminating the light to the decorative panel, the size of the lighting lamp is increased when the light is to be irradiated to a large area of the decorative panel There is a problem.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner capable of expressing a decorative pattern clearly and minimizing the material cost of the PCB.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner in which the service of the lighting unit is easy.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner in which the lead wire of the lighting unit can be concisely arranged.

An air conditioner according to the present invention for solving the above problems and the air conditioning unit for discharging the air after inhalation; A front frame installed in front of the air conditioning unit; A front cover installed in front of the front frame and capable of transmitting light; A decorative plate installed to be located behind the front cover and having a plurality of decorative patterns spaced apart from each other; And a lighting unit installed at a rear side of the decorative plate, and disposed at each rear of each of the plurality of decorative patterns, and having a plurality of LED lighting units spaced apart from the lighting case.

The LED lighting unit includes an LED and an LED PC on which the LED is installed.

The lighting case is formed in which the PCB seating portion on which the LED PCB is mounted protrudes forward.

The front frame is recessed to the front of the lighting unit accommodating part into which the lighting case is inserted.

The lighting unit accommodating part has openings through which light is transmitted, respectively, behind the plurality of decorative patterns.

 The lighting unit further includes a lighting control unit connected to each of the plurality of LED lighting units by a lead wire and installed in the lighting case.

The lead wire guide is formed to protrude from the lighting case is inserted and fixed.

The air conditioner further includes a front control unit connected to the lighting control unit and a lead wire to control the lighting unit.

A lead wire guide is formed in the lighting unit accommodating part to which a lead wire connecting the lighting control part and the front control part is inserted and fixed.

The lighting unit accommodating part has a through hole through which a lead wire connecting the lighting control part and the front control part is formed.

The decorative plate and the lighting unit are provided in plural sets spaced apart from each other in the front frame.

The front control unit is installed to be located between the upper lighting unit located on the upper side and the lower lighting unit located on the lower side.

 The lighting case has a protruding piece which is inserted into the protruding piece engaging hole formed in the front frame on one side of the left and right sides, and a hook which is elastically deformed by the hook engaging hole formed in the front frame on the other side of the left and right sides protrudes.

The lighting case has a fastening boss through which a fastening member penetrates at least one side of an upper portion and a lower portion of the lighting case, and is fixed to the front frame by a fastening member.

The air conditioner according to the present invention constituted as described above is not located at the rear of the entire decorative plate, the LED lighting unit is installed at the rear position of the decorative pattern of the decorative plate, the material cost than when the LED lighting unit is disposed to correspond to the rear of the entire decorative plate There is an advantage that can be reduced.

In addition, the PCB seating portion protrudes forward to the lighting case, so that the assembly position of the LED lighting unit can be easily confirmed, and erroneous assembly of the LED lighting unit and the lighting case can be prevented, and the LED lighting unit can be easily installed.

In addition, the lighting case is inserted and accommodated in the lighting unit accommodating portion formed in the front frame, it is possible to minimize the gap between the front frame and the air conditioning unit, there is an advantage that can minimize the overall width of the air conditioner.

In addition, the lighting case is provided with a lighting control unit for controlling a plurality of LED lighting unit together, it is possible to minimize the number of lead wires extending to the outside of the lighting unit, there is an advantage that the service of the lighting unit is easy.

In addition, a lead wire guide through which the lead wire connecting the LED lighting unit and the lighting control unit is formed to protrude from the lighting case, so that the wiring inside the lighting unit can be arranged concisely, and the installation of the lead wire is easy.

In addition, a lead wire guide through which lead wires connecting the lighting unit and the front control unit are formed to protrude from the lighting case, so that wiring of the lead wire connecting the lighting unit and the front control unit is easily and stably fixed.

In addition, since the lighting case takes one side of the left and right, the other side of the left, right is elastically coupled, there is an advantage that the assembly of the lighting case is easy, there is an advantage that can minimize the number of fastening members such as screws.

In addition, since the lighting case is temporarily assembled by the protruding piece and the hook, it is fastened by a fastening member such as a screw, so that the light unit can be firmly fixed to the front frame, and when the fastening member is fastened, the position of the light unit is fixed. Therefore, the fastening member fastening operation of the lighting unit has an easy advantage.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

 1 is a front view when an embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention expresses a decorative pattern, FIG. 2 is a perspective view when an embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention expresses a decorative pattern, Figure 3 is FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line YY shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel illustrated in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the front cover, the decorative plate, and the lighting unit illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5.

The air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes an air conditioner 2 for air conditioning the room by inhaling air and then discharging the air, and a front panel 3 disposed in front of the air conditioner 2.

The air conditioner 2 includes air inlets 4 and 6 through which air in the room is sucked, and air outlets 8 and 10 through which air that is air-conditioned in the air conditioner 2 are formed. Air inlets (4) and (6) are formed at the lower left and right sides, respectively, and air outlets (8) and (10) are respectively formed at the upper left and right sides, respectively, and the left air inlet (4) and the left air outlet ( 8 is opened and closed together by the left door 12, and the right air inlet 6 and the right air outlet 10 are opened and closed together by the right door 14.

The air conditioning unit 2 includes a base 20, a cabinet 22, suction panels 30 and 40, and a discharge panel 50.

The base 20 forms an outer appearance of the bottom portion of the air conditioning unit 2 and supports the cabinet 22 and the like, and the cabinet 22 is mounted on the rear portion.

The cabinet 22 forms the exterior of the rear part of the air conditioner 2, and is composed of the rear plate part 23, the seat plate part 24, and the right plate part 25, and is located above the rear part of the base 20. It is installed.

The suction panels 30 and 40 include a left suction panel 30 having a left air inlet 4, and a right suction panel 40 having a right air inlet 6.

  The left suction panel 30 is installed to be located in front of the lower part of the seat plate 24 of the cabinet 22, and is disposed below the left side of the discharge panel 50.

The right suction panel 40 is installed to be located in front of the lower right portion 25 of the cabinet 22, and is disposed below the right side of the discharge panel 50.

 The discharge panel 50 has a left air outlet 8 formed on the left side and a right air outlet 10 formed on the right side.

The discharge panel 50 is disposed in front of the upper part of the cabinet 22, and has a front plate portion 52, a left plate portion 53, and a right plate portion 54.

The discharge panel 50 may be integrally formed with the front plate portion 52, the left plate portion 53, and the right plate portion 54, each formed of a separate member, and then the hook portion such as a screw, a hook, or the like. It is also possible to combine by.

In the discharge panel 50, a left air discharge port 8 is formed in an opening in the left plate portion 53, and a right air discharge hole 10 is formed in an open plate in the right plate 54.

The air conditioner 2 is installed at the upper inside of the air conditioner 2 to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the air, and is installed at the inner lower part of the air conditioner 2 to suck air in front and blow air upwards. The blower 120 and the purifying unit 130 is installed in front of the blower 120 to purify the air sucked into the blower 120 further includes.

The front panel 3 is located in front of the air conditioner 2 to form an exterior of the front side of the air conditioner, and may be fixedly mounted in front of the air conditioner 2 and in front of the air conditioner 2. It is also possible to be mounted to rotate left and right about the hinge.

The front panel 3 may be fixedly mounted to at least one of the base 20, the left suction panel 30, the right suction panel 40, and the discharge panel 50, and the left suction panel 30 and the right side may be fixed. Rotatingly connected to at least one of the left and right sides of at least one of the base 20 and the left suction panel 30 and the right suction panel 30 and the discharge panel 40 to open and close the space between the suction panel 40. It is also possible, it is preferable that the front side of the air conditioning unit 2 to facilitate the service of the lighting unit 170 to be described later is mounted to be rotated laterally around one side of the left and right.

Hereinafter, the front panel 3 is rotatably connected to at least one of the base 20, the left suction panel 30, the right suction panel 40, and the discharge panel 50, and the upper end of the discharge panel 50. It explains by opening and closing between the front parts of the base 20. FIG.

The front panel 3 includes a front frame 140 disposed in front of the air conditioner 2; Front cover 150 disposed in front of the front frame 140, the decorative plate 160 is installed to be located behind the front cover 150, and the illumination unit 170 is installed to be located behind the decorative plate 160 It includes.

Decorative plate 160 has a plurality of decorative patterns (A) (B) (C) spaced apart, each of the decorative patterns (A) (B) (C) is a plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 (164) Is formed by a combination of Here, the transparent decorative members 162 and 164 form a single decorative pattern while forming a plurality of groups, and the decorative plate 160 forms a plurality of decorative patterns (A) (B) and (C). A plurality of light-transmissive decorative members are arranged in a plurality of groups. The decorative plate 160 is formed such that light irradiated from the lighting unit 170 can be transmitted to the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 of the plurality of decorative patterns (A), (B) and (C).

In the lighting unit 170, the LED lighting units D, E, and F are disposed at rear positions of the plurality of decorative patterns A, B, and C, respectively.

LED lighting unit (D) (E) (F) includes an LED 172, and the LED PCB 174 is installed LED 172.

LED lighting unit (D) (E) (F) is installed in the same number of groups of a plurality of light-transparent decorative members 162, 164, each of the LED lighting unit (D) (E) (F) is a decorative pattern (A) ( B) (C) illuminate each.

The lighting unit 170 further includes a lighting case 176 in which the LED lighting units D, E, and F, in particular, the LED PC 174 is installed.

The lighting unit 170 is installed with a plurality of LED lighting units (D) (E) (F) spaced apart from each other.

That is, the front panel 3 has a lighting case 176, an LED lighting unit (D) (F) (F), a decorative plate 160 and a decorative pattern (A) (B) (C) 1: 1: 1: N It is provided to correspond to. For example, as the decorative plate 160 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the Big Dipper decorative pattern A forming the Big Dipper constellation, the cup decorative pattern B forming the Cup constellation, and the North Crown constellation In the case of having a north crown decorative pattern (C) forming a, the light is irradiated toward a plurality of light-transmissive decorative member forming a dipper decorative pattern (A) at the rear position of the dipper decorative pattern (A) of the rear of the decorative plate 160 LED lighting unit (D) is installed, the LED lighting unit (E) for irradiating light toward a plurality of light-transmissive decorative members forming the cup decorative pattern (B) at the rear position of the cup decorative pattern (B) of the rear of the decorative plate 160 ) Is installed, and the LED lighting unit (F) for irradiating light toward the plurality of light-transmissive decorative member of the north crown decorative pattern (C) at the rear position of the north crown decorative pattern (C) of the rear of the decorative plate 160 is installed.

 The front panel 3 is formed with a size corresponding to one LED PCB and the entire decoration plate, and when a plurality of LEDs 172 are installed in one LED PCB (not shown), the size and material cost of the LED PCB is increased. As described above, the LED PCB 174 of each LED lighting unit (D) (E) (F) such that the LED PCB 174 is positioned only at the rear position of the decorative pattern (A) (B) (C) of the lighting case 176 as described above. When spaces are spaced apart from each other, the size and material cost of the LED PCB 174 can be reduced and the overall weight of the front panel 3 can be reduced.

The front panel 3 has a plurality of light-transmitting decorative members 162 and 164 when the LED lighting units D, E, and F are turned on, and the light is irradiated forward, after the irradiated light passes through the decorative plate 160. In front of the front panel 3, the front of the plurality of illuminated transparent decorative members 162 and 164 of the front cover 150 is bright.

That is, the front panel 3 brightens each of the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 while the LED 172 backlights the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 behind the decorative plate 160. The decorative patterns formed by the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 are clearly expressed to the front through the front cover 150.

Hereinafter, the detailed structure of the front panel 3 is demonstrated.

The front frame 140 forms a rear appearance of the front panel 3, and the size of the front frame 140 covers the front surface of the air conditioner 2.

The front frame 140 is rotatably connected to each of the upper and lower parts of the air conditioning unit 2 by a hinge.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, an opening 141 is formed in the front frame 140 to allow the light emitted from the lighting unit 170 to pass through the front frame 140 and face the decorative plate 160.

The front frame 140 has an opening 141 formed at the rear of the region in which the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 are located, and the plurality of light-transparent decorative members in the decorative plate 160. It is made of a blocked structure to block light except behind the area where the 162 and 164 are located.

The front frame 140 has openings 141 formed at the rear of the decorative patterns A, B, and C, respectively.

The front frame 140 is mounted with a decorative plate 160 on the front, the lighting unit 170 is mounted on the back.

The front frame 140 has a decorative plate fastening portion 142 such as a fastening boss to which the decorative plate 160 is fastened by a fastening member 161 such as a screw.

The front frame 140 has a lighting unit accommodating part 143 in which the lighting unit 170, in particular, the lighting case 176 is inserted and received is recessed forward.

The front frame 140 has an opening 141 formed in the lighting unit accommodating part 143, and the opening 141 is a rear of the plurality of decorative patterns A, B, and C of the lighting unit accommodating part 143. It is formed to correspond to the plurality of decorative patterns (A) (B) (C) at positions.

The front cover 150 forms a front appearance of the front panel 3, and the size of the front cover 150 is the same as that of the front frame 140 or slightly smaller than the front frame 140.

The front cover 150 is fixed to the front frame 150 by the cover holder 152.

When the front cover 150 is irradiated with light from the lighting unit 170 to the decorative plate 160, the decorative pattern of the decorative plate 160 is visible from the outside, and if the light is not irradiated from the lighting unit 170 to the decorative plate 160 The decorative pattern of the decorative plate 160 is made to be invisible from the outside and is formed to transmit light.

4 to 7, the front cover 150 includes a front transparent member 154 and a front transparent layer 156 formed on the rear surface of the front transparent member 154.

The front transparent member 154 is made of synthetic resin such as a transparent acrylic plate or glass such as tempered glass.

The front transmissive layer 156 covers the decorative plate 160 when the LED 172 is off, and the light transmitted through the plurality of light-transmitting decorative members 162 and 164 when the LED 172 is turned on may be transmitted. It has a transmittance (hereinafter, referred to as 'transmittance').

The front transmissive layer 156 is a kind of vapor deposition part that is vacuum deposited on the rear surface of the front transparent member 154, and is widely formed on the entire rear surface of the front transparent member 154.

The front transmissive layer 156 is formed by silicon deposition or nickel deposition, and the decoration is adjusted by the transmittance control. For example, when the transmittance is lowered, the reflectance becomes high so that the front cover 150 looks like a mirror, and when the transmittance is increased, the reflectance is lowered so that the decorative plate 160 can be seen even when the illumination unit 170 is turned off. do.

When the front transmissive layer 156 has a transmittance of 0, the decorative patterns of the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 illuminated by the LEDs 172 are not visible from the front of the front cover 150, and the transmittance is front transparent. When the same as the member 154, the decorative patterns of the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 are visible from the front regardless of the on / off of the LED 172, the transmittance is lower than the front transparent member 154 and O It is set higher.

When the front transmissive layer 156 has a transmittance of 5 to 25, the front cover 150 may look like a mirror when the LED 172 is off, and the plurality of lights illuminated by the LED 172 when the LED 172 is on. The decorative pattern of the transparent decorative members 162 and 164 can be seen through the front cover 150, the transmittance is preferably set to 5-25.

 The decorative plate 160 is a kind of decorative pattern forming unit which forms a decorative pattern on the LED 172 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, and the number of the light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 is the LEDs. More than 172 are arranged.

For example, when the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 are arranged in a decorative pattern such as the Big Dipper, the light is directed toward the seven transparent decorative members 162 and 164 behind the decorative plate 160. The number of LEDs 172 for irradiating the light is provided, and the light irradiated forward from the LEDs 172 passes through the rear of each of the light transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 of the decorative plate 160 to decorate each light transmissive decoration. It is distributed and irradiated to the members 162 and 164, and each of the light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 shines to form one decorative pattern, i.e., the Big Dipper.

A plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 positioned in front of the LEDs 172 are larger than other transparent decorative members 164 positioned in front of the LEDs 172. Is formed.

The plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 are relatively larger than other transparent decorative members 164, and the transparent decorative member 162 positioned in front of the LED 172 becomes brighter and more brightly, One of the constellations, such as the Big Dipper, shines brighter and louder, allowing for a higher quality of decoration.

In the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164, a relatively large transparent decorative member 162 is positioned at the center, and a relatively small transparent decorative member 164 is positioned at the periphery thereof. .

The decorative plate 160 is recessed and formed with insertion grooves 163 and 165 into which the transparent decorative members 162 and 164 are inserted in the front side, and the decorative member illumination grooves behind the insertion grooves 163 and 165 of the back surface. 166) 167 are recessed.

Insertion grooves 163 and 165 are formed recessed to the front of the decorative plate 160, the decorative member lighting grooves 166 and 167 are formed recessed forward on the rear surface of the decorative plate 160, the insertion groove 163 ) 165 and the lighting grooves 166 and 167 are spaced apart in the front-rear direction.

The decorative plate 160 has a thickness between the insertion grooves 163 and 165 and the illumination grooves 166 and 167 is thinner than the thickness around the insertion grooves 163 and 165 and the illumination grooves 166 and 167. The light irradiated from the LED 172 flows into the illumination grooves 166 and 167 and passes between the illumination grooves 166 and 167 and the insertion grooves 163 and 165 of the decorative plate 160 and then the insertion groove. The light is incident on the light-transmitting decorative members 162 and 164 through 163 and 165.

The decorative plate 160 may be formed in the shape of a hole in which the insertion grooves 163 and 165 and the decoration member lighting grooves 166 and 167 communicate with each other. The grooves 163 and 165 are spaced apart from the decorative member illumination grooves 166 and 167.

The insertion grooves 163 and 165 are insertion grooves 165 into which the insertion groove 163 into which the relatively large transparent decorative member 162 is inserted is inserted into the light transmitting decoration member 162 into which the relatively small size is inserted. Is formed larger.

The decorative member illumination grooves 166 and 167 are formed to be larger than the illumination groove 167 located at the rear of the insertion groove 165 having a larger size than the illumination groove 167 located at the rear of the small insertion groove 165.

The decorative plate 160 is recessed to form a background lighting groove 168 formed in a larger number than the decorative member lighting grooves 166 and 167 in the rear side of the decorative plate 160.

When the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 shine brightly, the background lighting groove 168 forms a backlight having a lower brightness than the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 around it. It is formed recessed forward on the back surface of the decorative plate 160.

The backlighting groove 168 is not formed in the entire back surface of the funnel 160, and is formed only in a specific area around the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164, the forming depth of which is a decorative member for the background lighting. It is formed thinner than the illumination grooves 166 and 167.

Decorative plate 160 is a decorative transparent member 180 formed with an insertion groove 163, 165, a decorative member lighting groove 166, 167 and a background lighting groove 168, and the rear of the decorative transparent member 180 It is formed and includes a decorative transmission layer 182 having a transmittance through which light on the LED 172 can be transmitted forward.

The decorative transparent member 180 is made of a glass such as a synthetic resin, such as a transparent acrylic plate, or reinforced glass, such as the front transparent member 154 of the front cover 150.

The decorative transmission layer 182 may cover the illumination unit 170 when the LED 172 is turned off, and the light irradiated from the LED 172 when the LED 172 is turned on may include a plurality of light-transmitting decorative members 162 and 164. While irradiating toward, the light reflected by the front transmissive layer 156 of the front cover 150 has a transmittance that can rereflect in the forward direction.

The decorative transmission layer 182 is a kind of vapor deposition on the rear surface of the decorative transparent member 180, and is formed on the entire rear surface of the decorative transparent member 180, and is formed with the decorative member lighting grooves 166 and 167. It is also formed in the groove 168.

When the transmissive layer 182 has a transmittance of 0, the light irradiated from the LED 172 is not irradiated to the plurality of translucent decorative members 162 and 164 and the transmittance is the same as that of the front transparent member 154. Since the light reflected forward from the front reflection layer 156 of the front cover 150 is reduced, the transmittance is set lower than the decorative transparent member 182 and higher than O.

The decorative transmission layer 182 is formed by silicon deposition or nickel deposition, and the decoration of the decorative pattern is adjusted by controlling the transmittance. For example, when the transmittance is lowered, the reflectance becomes high, and a lighter decorative pattern is expressed while the light transmitted to the front is small. When the transmittance is increased, the reflectance is lowered, and a clear decorative pattern is expressed.

Unlike the front cover 150, the decorative transmission layer 184 is important to transmit the light of the LED 172 to the transparent decorative members 162 and 164, and the front transmission layer 156 of the front cover 150 is important. It is preferable that the transmittance is set higher than).

 On the other hand, the decorative plate 160 is focused only on the decorative member lighting grooves 166 and 167 and the background lighting groove 168, the light emitted from the LED 172 and the decorative member lighting grooves 166 and 167 and the background lighting It further comprises a light blocking portion 186 for blocking the light not to be irradiated other than the groove 168, the light blocking portion 186 is formed in addition to the decorative member lighting grooves 166, 167 and the background lighting groove 168 do.

The light blocking portion 186 is formed of a printed portion formed in addition to the illumination grooves 166 and 167 and the background illumination groove 168 of the rear surface of the decorative transmission layer 182, and is formed of a silk screen portion formed by a silk screen method.

In the decorative plate 160, the decorative transmission layer 184 has a higher transmittance than the printing unit, and the printing unit 186 is formed to be opaque.

A plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 are partially inserted into the insertion grooves 163 and 165 and attached to the insertion grooves 163 and 165 by adhesive means such as an adhesive material, and the rest of the decorative plate 160. It is arranged to protrude forward.

The lighting unit 170 is a lighting case 176 is formed in a box shape with the front open, the bar is installed on the back of the front frame 140, while covering the opening unit 141 of the front frame 140 accommodates the lighting unit It is inserted into the unit 143.

The lighting case 176 has a PCB seating portion 179 into which the LED PCB 174 is inserted and seated therein, and protrudes, and the PCB seating portion 179 has a plurality of edges in which four edges of the LED PCB 174 are seated and fitted. It consists of two dog ribs.

The LED 172 is installed spaced apart from the decorative plate 160 in the front-rear direction at any one of the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164, that is, the rear position of the decorative member 162 having a relatively large size.

The lighting unit 170 further includes a lighting controller 190 that controls the plurality of LED lighting units D, E, and F.

The lighting controller 190 is connected to each of the plurality of LED lighting units D, E, and F, and each of the first lead wires 192.

The lighting controller 190 includes a lighting control component 194 for controlling a plurality of LED lighting units D, E, and F, and a control component PCB 196 provided with the lighting control component 194.

The lighting controller 190 is installed in the lighting case 176 to be a unit with a plurality of LED lighting units (D) (E) and (F).

In the lighting case 176, the PCB control unit 198, into which the lighting control unit 190, in particular, the control component PCB 196 is inserted and seated, protrudes, and the PCB seating unit 198 has four edges of the control component PCB 196. Is composed of a plurality of fitting ribs to be seated and fitted.

The front panel 3 includes a display 200 for displaying driving information through the front cover 140, and a front panel for controlling various electronic components installed on the front panel 3, that is, the display 200 and the lighting unit 170. The control unit 210 further includes.

The display 200 is installed to be located in front of the front controller 210.

The front control unit 210 includes a front PCB in which the control parts for controlling the display 200 and the lighting unit 170 are installed, and a front control case in which the front PCB is installed.

The front panel 3 is connected to the front control unit 210 and the lighting control unit 190 by the second lead wire 212, and from the front control unit 210 to the lighting control unit 190 through the second lead wire 212. When the signal is applied, the signal is applied from the lighting controller 190 to the plurality of LED lighting units (D) (E) (F) through the first lead wire 192.

In the air conditioner according to the present exemplary embodiment, a plurality of sets of the decorative plate 160 and the lighting unit 170 are vertically spaced apart from the front frame 140, and the lighting unit accommodating part 143 is spaced vertically apart from the front frame 140. A plurality is formed.

 The front control unit 210 is installed to be located between the plurality of lighting units 170, the bar is installed between the upper lighting unit located on the upper side and the lower lighting unit located on the lower side.

The front frame 140 is formed with a front control unit accommodating part 214 into which the front control unit 210 is inserted.

The front control part accommodating part 214 is recessed forward so that the display 200 and the front control part 210 are inserted and accommodated, and the front control part accommodating part 214 displays the display information of the display 200 in the front cover 150. An opening 215 is formed in front of the display 200 to be displayed as.

8 is a rear view of the front panel shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, FIG. 9 is a front view of the lighting unit shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, and FIG. 10 is a part of the front panel shown in FIGS. 4 to 7. An enlarged perspective view.

The lighting unit accommodating part 143 is provided with the lighting unit attaching and detaching parts 144 and 145 for attaching and detaching the lighting unit 170 to the front frame 140.

The lighting unit attaching and detaching parts 144 and 145 include the protrusion piece catching hole 144 through which the protruding piece 171 protruding from the lighting unit 170 is inserted, and the hook 173 protruding from the lighting unit 170. It includes a hook engaging hole 145 is inserted and elastically caught.

The lighting case 176 has a protruding piece 171 formed at one side of the left and right, and a hook 173 is formed at the other side of the left and right, and is attached to and detached from the front frame 140.

The lighting case 176 is inserted into the protruding piece locking hole 144 of the front frame 140 by the protrusion piece 171 and then rotates about the protruding piece locking hole 144, and at this time, the hook 173 Is elastically deformed and caught in the hook catching hole 145.

The front frame 140 is provided with a lighting case fastening part 143a in which the lighting case 176 is fastened to the lighting unit accommodating part 143 by fastening members 177 such as screws, and the front of the control part accommodating part 214. The front control part fastening part 214a to which the control part 210 is fastened by the fastening member 216, such as a screw, is formed.

The lighting case 176 has a fastening member through boss 176a through which a fastening member 177 such as a screw passes through the upper and lower portions thereof, and the lighting case 176 is provided at the protrusion 171 and the hook 173. The fastening member 177 is fastened to the lighting case fastening part 143a by passing through the fastening member through boss 176a in the state assembled to the front frame 140.

The front control unit 210 has a fastening member through hole 210a through which a fastening member 216 such as a screw passes through the left and right sides thereof, and the front control unit 176 has a fastening member through hole 210a. ) And is fastened to the front control unit fastening unit 214a.

The front panel 3 has the first lead wire 192 wired inside the lighting case 176, and the second lead wire 212 is partially wired to the lighting unit accommodating part 143. When the front panel 3 is opened, the first lead wires 192 and the second lead wires 212 are not exposed to the outside when the front panel 3 is wired through the frame 140 and the front control unit 210.

The lead wire guides 218 and 220 to which the first lead wire 192 is inserted and fixed are protruded into the lighting case 176.

The first lead wires 192 are arranged in the same number as the LED lighting units D, E, and F, and the distance between the lighting control unit 190 and the installation positions of the LED lighting units D, E, and F is The first long lead wire is inserted into and fixed in the lead wire guides 218 and 220, and the first lead wire having a short distance between the lighting control unit 190 and the installation position of the LED lighting units D, E, and F is short. The freezing is inserted into the lead wire guides 218 and 220 and is not fixed.

The lead wire guides 218, 220 are made up of a pair of ribs spaced at intervals that are equal to the thickness of the first lead wire 192 or slightly larger than the thickness of the first lead wire 192.

The lighting case 176 has a through hole 222 through which the second lead wire 212 penetrates.

The lead wire guide 224 to which the second lead wire 212 is inserted and fixed is protruded to the lighting unit accommodating part 143.

The lighting unit accommodating part 143 has a through hole 226 through which the second lead wire 212 penetrates.

The front control part accommodating part 214 has a through hole 228 through which the second lead wire 212 penetrates.

 That is, one end of the second lead wire 212 connecting the lighting control unit 190 and the front control unit 210 is connected to the front control unit 210, and accommodates the through hole 228 and the lighting unit of the front frame 140. It penetrates the through hole 226 of the unit 143 and the through hole 222 of the lighting case 176, is wired to the lead wire guide 224 of the lighting unit accommodating unit 143, and the other end thereof is the lighting control unit 210. )

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, when the air conditioner is operated through an operation unit such as a remote controller or the decorative mode is turned on, the lighting unit 170 turns on the LED 172. On the LED 172, when the LED 172, the light is widely irradiated in the forward direction, as shown in Figure 7, the irradiated light passes through the opening 141 of the front frame 140 and then of the decorative plate 160 It is irradiated to the back side, and is distributed and transmitted through the back of the decorative plate 160 other than the printing part 186. Light is incident on the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164, and the plurality of transparent decorative members 162 and 164 are brightly illuminated by the light transmitted through the decorative plate 160.

 When the front panel 3 is on the LED 172, the decorative patterns of the plurality of light-transmissive decorative members 162 and 164 look bright, and the front cover 150 expresses the high-end decorative beauty.

When the lighting unit 170 selectively turns on some of the LEDs 172 of the plurality of LED lighting units D, E, and F, light is radiated only to the front decorative pattern of the LEDs 172 that are turned on. Only some of the decorative patterns (A) (B) (C) appear bright through the front cover 150.

When the lighting unit 170 turns on the LEDs 172 of all of the plurality of LED lighting units D, E, and F, the turned on LEDs 172 are front-side decoration patterns A positioned in front of each of them. Light is irradiated onto (B) and (C), and all the decorative patterns (A) (B) and (C) formed on the decorative plate 160 are visible through the front cover 150.

On the other hand, when the air conditioner is stopped or the decoration mode is turned off through an operation unit such as a remote controller, the LED 172 of the lighting unit 170 is turned off. When the LED 172 is off, light is not irradiated in the LED 172 in the forward direction, and the front cover 150 is visible while the front transmissive layer 156 of the front cover 150 is visible at the front position of the front panel 3. Functions as a mirror

1 is a front view when an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention expresses a decorative pattern,

2 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention expressing a decorative pattern;

3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention does not represent a decorative pattern,

4 is an X-ray cross-sectional view shown in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line Y-Y shown in FIG.

6 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5;

7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the front cover, the decorative plate and the lighting unit shown in FIGS. 4 and 5;

8 is a rear view of the front panel shown in FIGS. 1 to 7;

9 is a front view of the lighting unit shown in FIGS.

FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the front panel illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 7.

Claims (13)

An air-conditioning unit that sucks and air-conditions and discharges air; A front frame installed in front of the air conditioning unit; A front cover installed in front of the front frame and capable of transmitting light; A decorative plate installed to be located behind the front cover and having a plurality of decorative patterns spaced apart from each other; And an illumination unit installed at a rear side of the decoration plate and having an LED lighting unit disposed at a rear of each of the plurality of decorative patterns, and having a plurality of LED lighting units spaced apart from the lighting case.  The method of claim 1, The LED lighting unit includes an LED, and the LED PC with the LED installed, The lighting case is an air conditioner in which the PCB seating portion on which the LED PCB is mounted protrudes forward.  The method of claim 1, The front frame is an air conditioner in which the lighting unit accommodating portion into which the lighting case is inserted is recessed forward.   The method of claim 3, wherein And the lighting unit accommodating part has openings through which light passes, respectively, behind the plurality of decorative patterns.  The method of claim 3, wherein  The lighting unit further includes a lighting control unit connected to each of the plurality of LED lighting units by a lead wire and installed in the lighting case.  The method of claim 5, And an air conditioner in which the lead wire guide is inserted into and fixed to the lighting case.  The method of claim 5, The air conditioner further comprises a front control unit connected to the lighting control unit and a lead wire to control the lighting unit.  The method of claim 7, wherein And a lead wire guide protrusion protruding from the lighting unit accommodating part to which a lead wire connecting the lighting control part and the front control part is inserted and fixed.  The method of claim 7, wherein The air conditioner has a through hole through which the lead wire connecting the lighting control unit and the front control unit is formed. The method of claim 7, wherein The decoration plate and the lighting unit is installed in the front frame spaced apart a plurality of air conditioner. The method of claim 7, wherein The front control unit is an air conditioner installed to be located between the upper lighting unit located on the upper side and the lower lighting unit located on the lower side. The method of claim 1,  The lighting case has a projection which is inserted into the projection engaging hole formed in the front frame on one side of the left and right projections, and the other side of the left and right hooks that are elastically deformed to the hook engaging hole formed in the front frame protrudes Harmonizer. 13. The method of claim 12, The lighting case is an air conditioner, the fastening member through which the fastening member penetrates formed on at least one side of the upper and lower parts is fixed to the front frame as a fastening member.

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