Patent ID: 7849706
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising: a casing including a suction port; a panel configured and arranged to open said suction port by moving so that said panel is spaced apart from said casing, and to close said suction port by moving so that said panel is proximate to said casing; a fan motor; a moving mechanism configured to move said panel to open said suction port to a desired degree of opening; a panel drive motor configured and arranged to drive said moving mechanism to move said panel; a control unit configured to execute an air conditioning operation in one operation mode selected from a plurality of operation modes, said control unit controlling said panel drive motor to control said moving mechanism to modify a degree of an opening of said suction port to said desired degree of opening corresponding to said one operation mode selected from said plurality of operation modes by controlling said moving mechanism, said control unit controlling said fan motor to modify air volume output; and a ventilating fan rotationally driven by said fan motor and controlled by said control unit via said fan motor such that