Patent ID: 9523511
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: F24F,G08C,H04L,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction; and a front panel, wherein the front panel is installed on a front side of the housing and covers at least a part of a front side of the wall, in the indoor unit, in a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed in such a manner that, on a rear side of the wall, a network repeater compartment with a front side open is formed, that the opening of the wall is formed at a position faced with an opening of the network repeater compartment, that the network repeater is to be contained in the space inside the network repeater compartment, and that the network repeater can be incorporated in the indoor unit, and the opening in the wall being configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened, so that the network repeater incorporated in the indoor unit can be taken out of the indoor unit.