Patent ID: 8511108

Claim:
A ceiling-disposed air conditioning unit configured to be disposed above a space to be air conditioned, the air conditioning unit comprising: a case having an intake duct and at least one discharge duct on a bottom face, the discharge duct being formed to an outside of the intake duct; a first moveable panel configured to open and close the discharge duct; and a moveable panel actuating mechanism configured to move the first moveable panel between a first position and a second position, the first moveable panel closing off at least an outside section of the discharge duct in the first position, and the first moveable panel opening the outside section of the discharge duct in the second position, the first moveable panel having an attachment end attached to the case at an attachment point, the discharge duct having a peripheral edge defining a periphery of the discharge duct, the peripheral edge having an outer section, an inner section and a pair of connecting section connecting the inner and outer sections, with the outer section being located further from the intake duct than the inner section and the connecting sections as measured along the bottom surface, and the attachment point being disposed at the outer section of the peripheral edge of the discharge duct, and a free end disposed inwardly of the attachment end and the outer section within the discharge duct in the first position as viewed along a direction perpendicular to the bottom face, with the free end moving outward to a position outwardly of the attachment point when the first moveable panel is moved from the first position to the second position so that the first movable panel is located outwardly of the discharge duct in the second position and does not overlap the discharge duct in the second position as viewed along the direction perpendicular to the bottom face; whereby the first moveable panel directs discharge air away from the ceiling in the second position.