Patent ID: 9322561
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: F24F

Claim Text:
1. An air-conditioning apparatus, for being disposed in a ceiling of a room comprising: a body casing of an indoor unit that is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape by a top, a bottom, and four lateral sides extending between the top and the bottom, the body casing being formed with a body inlet port on the bottom, and being formed with a body outlet port on each of the four lateral sides; a centrifugal fan provided inside the body casing; a fan motor for rotatably driving the centrifugal fan; an indoor heat exchanger provided inside the body casing, the indoor heat exchanger being disposed so as to substantially surround an outer periphery of the centrifugal fan in planar view; a joint provided in each body outlet port, the joint being protrudingly provided with a body-side duct connecting portion that is connected to a duct; and a plurality of outlet units each provided with an outlet-side duct connecting portion that is connected to the duct, each of the outlet units being connected to one of the body-side duct connecting portions through the duct and being formed with an outlet port on a bottom side thereof, wherein at least one joint is formed with a plurality of the body-side duct connecting portions, at least one duct connected to each of the lateral sides of the body casing through the joint, and at least five ducts connected to the entirety of the body casing.