Patent ID: 11971180
Assignee: HISENSE (GUANGDONG) AIR CONDITIONER CO., LTD.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 12:
13. An air conditioner, comprising: an indoor unit of the air conditioner, an outdoor unit of the air conditioner, and a power supply line for providing the air conditioner with commercial power,
wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes an indoor-unit communication circuit and an indoor-unit main control circuit; and the indoor-unit communication circuit is connected to an outdoor-unit communication circuit of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner through a signal line, and is connected to a power supply control circuit of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner through the signal line;
wherein the outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes an outdoor-unit main control circuit, a power supply, the power supply control circuit and the outdoor-unit communication circuit;
the outdoor-unit main control circuit is configured to control operations of the power supply, the power supply control circuit and the outdoor-unit communication circuit, and control a communication between the outdoor unit of the air conditioner and the indoor unit of the air conditioner;
the outdoor-unit communication circuit is configured to communicate with the indoor unit of the air conditioner through the signal line connecting the indoor-unit communication circuit of the indoor unit of the air conditioner and the outdoor-unit communication circuit;
the power supply control circuit is disposed in a loop of the power supply line for supplying power to the power supply, and configured to control the power supply line to supply power to the power supply by controlling on/off of the loop; and
the power supply is configured to supply power to the outdoor-unit main control circuit and the outdoor-unit communication circuit after receiving the power supplied from the power supply line,
wherein a live wire terminal of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is connected to a live wire terminal of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and both of live wire terminals are jointly connected to a live wire of the power supply line;
wherein a neutral wire terminal of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is connected to a neutral wire terminal of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and both of neutral wire terminals are jointly connected to a neutral wire of the power supply line.