Patent Description:
The traditional air conditioner housing usually includes a chassis, and a plurality of plates fixed to the upper side of the chassis. When assembling the air conditioner, the heat exchange components inside the air conditioner are mounted on the chassis, and then the plurality of plates are fixed to each other to cover the chassis. However, the plate of this air conditioner housing is usually made of plastic material, so the strength of the air conditioner housing is lower, resulting in an easy deformation of the air conditioner during transportation and being stacked. Moreover, multiple plates are difficultly positioned when they are fixed to each other, so the assembly efficiency is lower, and after the assembly is completed, the plates may be deformed and uncoordinated, the strength and anti-deformation of the air conditioner housing are further weakened.

The above is only used to assist in understanding the technical solution of the present application and may not constitute prior art. <CIT> is an example of a prior art air conditioner with a base and a housing.

In the following, each of the described methods, apparatuses, embodiments, examples, and aspects, which do not fully correspond to the invention as defined in the claims is thus not according to the invention and is, as well as the whole following description, present for illustration purposes only or to highlight specific aspects or features of the claims. Embodiments not falling under the scope of the claims should be interpreted as examples useful for understanding the invention. The present application provides an air conditioner housing assembly, including:.

In an embodiment, the housing is made of plastic material, and the enclosure plate is made of metal material.

According to the invention, a projection of the chassis in the up-down direction is rectangular, the rectangular projection has a front edge and a rear edge extending in a horizontal direction, two side edges extending in a front-rear direction between the front edge and the rear edge, the enclosure plate includes two side enclosure plates and a rear enclosure plate, and each side enclosure plate is provided at each side edge, and the rear enclosure plate is provided at the rear edge.

According to the invention, a projection of the chassis in the up-down direction is rectangular, the rectangular projection has a front edge and a rear edge extending in a horizontal direction, two side edges extending in a front-rear direction between the front edge and the rear edge, the enclosure plate includes two side enclosure plates and a rear enclosure plate, each side enclosure plate is provided at each side edge, and the rear enclosure plate is provided at the rear edge.

In an embodiment, the housing includes an upper plate fixed to an upper side of the enclosure plate, a front plate fixed to the chassis and the two side enclosure plates, a rear plate fixed to the rear enclosure plate, each side of the front plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate rearwardly extending, each side of the rear plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate forwardly extending, and a side plate of the front plate is in abutment with a side plate of the rear plate in the front-rear direction.

In an embodiment, the positioning portion includes a first positioning slot provided at an upper side of each side enclosure plate and a plurality of second positioning slots provided at an upper side of the rear enclosure plate, the plurality of second positioning slots are distributed at intervals in a length direction of the rear enclosure plate, the positioning fit portion includes a positioning protrusion provided at each end of the upper plate in the horizontal direction and a plurality of positioning studs provided at a rear side of the upper plate, and each positioning protrusion is matched with each first positioning slot, and each positioning stud is matched with each second positioning slot.

In an embodiment, the first positioning slot and the second positioning slot are v-shaped groove with an upward opening.

In an embodiment, each end of the upper plate is provided with a positioning support member protruding in the horizontal direction, each end of the chassis is provided with a positioning support member protruding in the horizontal direction, each side of the front plate in the horizontal direction is provided with a support fit member, and the positioning support member is matched with the support fit member to limit the front plate.

In an embodiment, the positioning support member is clamped to and is matched with the support fit member.

In an embodiment, the side plate of one of the front plate and the rear plate is provided with a clamping portion, the side plate of the other of the front plate and the rear plate is provided with a clamping fit portion, and the clamping portion is matched with the clamping fit portion, to make the rear plate be clamped to the front plate.

In an embodiment, the front side of the upper plate is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves, an upper end of the front plate and/or the rear plate is provided with a plurality of positioning bumps, and each positioning bump is inserted in each positioning groove.

In an embodiment, the air conditioner housing assembly further includes: a spacer plate. The spacer plate is provided in the containing space and fixed to the enclosure plate to separate the containing space into an upper containing cavity and a lower containing cavity, one of side plates of the rear enclosure plate is provided with a mounting port for a remote controller, the spacer plate at the mounting port is provided with an avoidance groove corresponding to the mounting port, the side enclosure plate is provided with an avoidance notch corresponding to the mounting port, and the rear enclosure plate is provided with the avoidance notch corresponding to the mounting port.

The present application also provides an air conditioner, including an air conditioner housing assembly as mentioned above.

In an embodiment, the air conditioner is a mobile air conditioner.

In an embodiment, the air conditioner further includes a heat exchanger with a metal side plate. The enclosure plate is made of metal material, the enclosure plate is screwed with the metal side plate, and the enclosure plate has a grounding structure.

The air conditioner housing assembly of the present application includes a chassis; an enclosure plate fixed to an upper side of the chassis, extending in an up-down direction and distributed around a periphery of the chassis; and a housing fixed to the enclosure plate and/or the chassis, an inner side of the housing is enclosed with the upper side of the chassis to form a containing space, the enclosure plate is located on the inner side of the housing. The enclosure plate is provided with a positioning portion, the housing is provided with a positioning fit portion, the positioning portion is matched with the positioning fit portion, and the housing is positioned through the enclosure plate. In the present application, the inner side of the housing is reinforced by using the enclosure plate, to improve the overall strength of the air conditioner, and after the housing is pre-positioned by using the enclosure plate when the air conditioner housing assembly is assembled, the housing is fixed to the enclosure plate or the chassis by such as screws, etc., the operation is simple and it is not easy to misalign, the assembly efficiency and assembly accuracy of the air conditioner are improved.

The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

It should be noted that if there are directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear. ) in the embodiments of the present application, all directional indications are only used to explain relative position relationships, movement, etc. among components in a particular posture (as shown in drawings), and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indication changes accordingly.

In addition, if the terms "first", "second", etc. appear in an embodiment of the present application, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying its relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined with "first", "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, "and/or" throughout the text includes three parallel solutions, for example, "A and/or B" includes A, or B, or A and B.

In the present application, an up-down direction refers to a direction perpendicular to a horizontal direction. The description of the orientation of each component in the air conditioner housing assembly in the present application applies to the orientation of the air conditioner in the normal use state after the air conditioner housing assembly is assembled, and does not apply to the orientation of the air conditioner during production, assembly or transportation.

The present application discloses an air conditioner housing assembly, which can be a wall-mounted air conditioner, a window air conditioner, a mobile air conditioner, etc..

Referring to <FIG>, the air conditioner housing assembly includes a chassis <NUM>, enclosure plates <NUM>, <NUM> and housings <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>. The chassis <NUM> is used to carry the weight of the overall air conditioner, specifically to carry each heat exchange component and the control component in the air conditioner, including an air duct worm, a compressor, a motor, an electric control cabinet, etc. Generally, an upper side of the chassis <NUM> can also be provided with a water catch basin for collecting condensate water generated by the air conditioner during working. The enclosure plate is fixed to the upper side of the chassis <NUM>, extends in the up-down direction, and is distributed around a periphery of the chassis <NUM>, i.e., distributed around an inner periphery of the chassis <NUM> and near an edge of the chassis <NUM>. In an embodiment, the enclosure plate may be provided fully around the periphery of the chassis <NUM>, or may extend partially around the periphery of the chassis <NUM>. In an embodiment, the enclosure plate is made of material with better strength and anti-deformation than the material of the housing. The housing may be made of plastic material, and the enclosure plate is made of metal material. The housing is fixed to the enclosure plate and/or the chassis <NUM>. An inner side of the housing is enclosed together with an upper side of the chassis <NUM> to form a containing space. The containing space is used to accommodate components such as heat exchange components of the air conditioner, and the enclosure plate is located on the inner side of the housing. In this way, the enclosure plate can fasten and strengthen the housing. The enclosure plate is provided with a positioning portion and the housing is provided with a positioning fit portion, and the positioning portion is matched with the positioning fit portion, so that the housing is positioned through the enclosure plate. In the present application, the inner side of the housing is reinforced by the enclosure plate, to improve overall strength of the air conditioner, and after the housing is pre-positioned by the enclosure plate when assembling the air conditioner housing assembly, the housing is fixed to the enclosure plate or the chassis <NUM> by such as screws, etc., the operation is simple and it is not easy to misalign, the assembly efficiency and assembly accuracy of the air conditioner are improved.

The chassis <NUM> can be various shapes, considering the structure of the general air conditioner. In the embodiment, referring to <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, a projection of the chassis <NUM> in the up-down direction is rectangular, the rectangular projection has a front edge <NUM> and a rear edge <NUM> extending in a horizontal direction, which is an extension direction of a long edge of the chassis <NUM>, and two side edges <NUM> extending in a front-rear direction between the front edge and the rear edge, the front-rear direction is an extension direction of the short edge of the chassis <NUM>. The enclosure plate includes two side enclosure plates <NUM> and a rear enclosure plate <NUM>, each side enclosure plate <NUM> is provided at each side edge <NUM>, and the rear enclosure plate <NUM> is provided at the rear edge <NUM>. The side enclosure plate <NUM> and the rear enclosure plate <NUM> both are fixed to the chassis <NUM>. In an embodiment, the side plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> can be fixed to each other to strengthen the overall structure of the air conditioner. The enclosure plate can be used to fix the housing, and mount an evaporator, a condenser, an air duct worm housing, etc., so that the heat exchange components, etc. in the air conditioner are no longer limited to being fixed to the chassis <NUM>, but can be overlaid and distributed in the up-down direction, the floor area of the air conditioner is reduced. In the embodiment, the enclosure plate is distributed around three sides of the chassis <NUM>, so that during assembling the air conditioner, the assembler can operate from the open front side and the upper side of the enclosure plate, the operation is easy and the assembly efficiency is high.

In an embodiment, referring to <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, the housing includes an upper plate <NUM> fixed to an upper side of the enclosure plate, a front plate <NUM> fixed to the chassis <NUM> and the two side enclosure plates <NUM>, and a rear plate <NUM> fixed to the rear enclosure plate <NUM>. Each of two sides of the front plate <NUM> in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate <NUM> rearwardly extending, each of two sides of the rear plate <NUM> in the horizontal direction is provided with a side plate <NUM> forwardly extending, and side plates <NUM> of the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> are docked to each other in the front-rear direction. In this way, the upper plate <NUM>, the front plate <NUM>, the rear plate <NUM> and the chassis <NUM> are jointly enclosed to form a containing space. In the embodiment, the upper plate <NUM>, the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> that make up the housing are directly or indirectly fixed to the enclosure plate. The screws can be used to strengthen the air conditioner housing and facilitate positioning and assembly, and the assembly efficiency is higher. In addition, the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> are docked to each other through side plates <NUM> to achieve the enclosure of both sides of the housing of the air conditioner in the horizontal direction, the separate side plate is omitted, the number of plates is reduced and the assembly efficiency of the air conditioner is improved.

In the process of fixing the upper plate <NUM> to the enclosure plate, in order to improve the assembly efficiency and assembly accuracy, the upper plate <NUM> is pre-positioned by the cooperation of the positioning portion and the positioning fit portion, and then the upper plate <NUM> is fixed to the enclosure plate by screws. In this embodiment, referring to <FIG>, the positioning portion includes a first positioning slot <NUM> on the upper side of each side plate <NUM>, and a second positioning slot <NUM> on the upper side of the rear plate <NUM>. The first positioning slot <NUM> and the second positioning slot <NUM> are v-shaped slot with an upward opening. There is a plurality of the second positioning slot <NUM>, and the plurality of the second positioning slot <NUM> is distributed at intervals in the length direction of the rear plate <NUM>. The positioning fit portion includes a positioning protrusion <NUM> at two ends of the upper plate <NUM> in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of positioning studs <NUM> at the rear side of the upper plate <NUM>. Each positioning protrusion <NUM> is matched with each first positioning slot <NUM> and each positioning stud <NUM> is matched with each second positioning slot <NUM>. In this way, when assembling the upper plate <NUM>, the upper plate <NUM> is firstly clamped to the upper side of the enclosure plate, each positioning protrusion <NUM> is fit into each first positioning slot <NUM> from the upper side, and each positioning stud <NUM> is correspondingly fit into each second positioning slot <NUM> to pre-position the upper plate <NUM>, and then the upper plate <NUM> is screwed to the rear enclosure plate <NUM> to fix the upper plate <NUM>, the operation is simple, the connection is reliable and the assembly efficiency is high.

In an embodiment, when assembling the front plate <NUM>, it also will be fixed after pre-positioning. In an embodiment, referring to <FIG>, the upper plate <NUM> and the chassis <NUM> are provided with positioning support members <NUM> at each end in the horizontal direction, and the front plate <NUM> is provided with support fit members <NUM> on each side in the horizontal direction, and the positioning support members <NUM> fit the support fit members <NUM> to limit the front plate <NUM>. In one embodiment, the positioning support member <NUM> and the support fit member <NUM> are clamped to each other, so that when the front plate <NUM> is installed, the front plate <NUM> is pushed from front-to-back to a space between the chassis <NUM> and the upper plate <NUM>, and the positioning support member <NUM> is matched with the support fit member <NUM> to pre-position the front plate <NUM>, and then the front plate <NUM> is fixed to the chassis <NUM> and the side plate <NUM> by screws, to fix the front plate <NUM>, the operation is simple, the connection is reliable and the assembly accuracy is high.

In an embodiment, when assembling the rear plate <NUM>, it also will be fixed after pre-positioning. In an embodiment, referring to <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, one of the side plates <NUM> of the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> is provided with a clamping portion <NUM>, and the other side plate <NUM> of the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> is provided with a clamping fit portion <NUM>, and the clamping portion <NUM> is matched with the clamping fit portion <NUM> to make the rear plate <NUM> to be clamped to the front plate <NUM>. In this way, the fixed front plate <NUM> is used to pre-position the rear plate <NUM>, and then the rear plate <NUM> is fixed to the rear enclosure plate <NUM> by screws, to fix the rear plate <NUM>, the operation is simple, the connection is reliable and the assembly accuracy is high.

In an embodiment, in order to further improve the positioning accuracy of the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM>, referring to <FIG> and <FIG>, the front side of the upper plate <NUM> is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves <NUM>, and the upper end of the front plate <NUM> and/or the rear plate <NUM> are correspondingly provided with a plurality of positioning bumps <NUM>, each positioning bump <NUM> is inserted in each positioning groove <NUM>. In this way, the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM> are positioned by using the upper plate <NUM>. During operation, as long as the front plate <NUM> or the rear plate <NUM> is mounted at the correct angle, each positioning bump <NUM> can automatically fit each positioning groove <NUM>, and the operation is convenient. The above structure increases the restriction points and force points of the front plate <NUM> and/or the rear plate <NUM>, to more accurately position the front plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM>, and to strengthen a connection between the upper plate <NUM> and the front plate <NUM> and a connection between the upper plate <NUM> and the rear plate <NUM>, the whole performance of the air conditioner housing is better.

In an embodiment, referring to <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, the air conditioner housing assembly further includes a spacer plate <NUM>, which is provided in the containing space and fixed to the enclosure plate to separate the containing space into an upper containing cavity and a lower containing cavity, and a mounting port for a remote controller is opened on one of the side plates <NUM> of the rear enclosure plate <NUM>, and the spacer plate <NUM> at the mounting port is provided with an avoidance groove <NUM> corresponding to the mounting port, and each of the side enclosure plate <NUM> and the rear enclosure plate <NUM> is provided with an avoidance notch <NUM> corresponding to the mounting port. In this way, a containing cavity for the remote controller is formed on an outer wall of an assembled air conditioner for containing the remote controller.

The present application also provides an air conditioner, which includes an air conditioner housing assembly, the specific structure of the housing assembly refers to the above-mentioned embodiments. Since the air conditioner adopts all technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, it has at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, which will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, the air conditioner is a mobile air conditioner, and because the air conditioner has an enclosure plate, the overall strength of the air conditioner is strengthened, and the heat exchange components, etc. in the air conditioner are no longer limited to being fixed to the chassis <NUM>, but can also be fixed to the enclosure plate, so that they can be overlaid and distributed in the up-down direction, the floor area of the air conditioner is reduced and it is conductive to transporting and containing the mobile air conditioner.

Claim 1:
An air conditioner housing assembly, comprising a chassis (<NUM>);
an enclosure plate (<NUM>) fixed to an upper side of the chassis (<NUM>), the enclosure plate extending in an up-down direction and being distributed around a periphery of the chassis (<NUM>); and
a housing (<NUM>, <NUM>) fixed to the enclosure plate and/or the chassis (<NUM>), wherein an inner side of the housing is enclosed with the upper side of the chassis (<NUM>) to form a containing space, the enclosure plate being located on the inner side of the housing,
wherein the enclosure plate (<NUM>) is provided with a positioning portion (<NUM>, <NUM>), the housing is provided with a positioning fit portion (<NUM>, <NUM>), and the positioning portion is matched with the positioning fit portion, to position the housing through the enclosure plate;
wherein:
a projection of the chassis (<NUM>) in the up-down direction is rectangular,
the rectangular projection has a front edge (<NUM>) and a rear edge (<NUM>) extending in a horizontal direction, and two side edges (<NUM>) extending in a front-rear direction between the front edge and the rear edge,
the enclosure plate comprises two side enclosure plates (<NUM>) and a rear enclosure plate (<NUM>), and
each side enclosure plate (<NUM>) is provided at each side edge, and the rear enclosure plate (<NUM>) is provided at the rear edge.