阅读说明：本技术 空调器的壳体组件及空调器 (Shell assembly of air conditioner and air conditioner ) 是由 邹奎芳 蔡志才 于 2020-05-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种空调器的壳体组件,包括第一壳体、第二壳体和扣件,第一壳体上设有转动连接部,第二壳体邻接于第一壳体设置,第二壳体具有安装侧,安装侧上设有卡接配合部,扣件的一端通过转动连接部转动安装于第一壳体,以转动盖合于第二壳体的安装侧,扣件上设有卡接部,卡接部与卡接配合部相适配,以使得第一壳体与第二壳体相连接。本发明提供的空调器的壳体组件在第一壳体和第二壳体相连接时,只需操作扣件转动,使其盖合于第二壳体的安装侧,卡接部卡接于卡接配合部,就能够实现第一壳体与第二壳体的连接,操作简便,易于反复组装和拆卸,方便检修和维护空调器。(The invention discloses a shell assembly of an air conditioner, which comprises a first shell, a second shell and a fastener, wherein a rotating connecting part is arranged on the first shell, the second shell is arranged adjacent to the first shell, the second shell is provided with an installation side, a clamping matching part is arranged on the installation side, one end of the fastener is rotatably arranged on the first shell through the rotating connecting part to rotatably cover the installation side of the second shell, a clamping part is arranged on the fastener, and the clamping part is matched with the clamping matching part to ensure that the first shell is connected with the second shell. When the first shell and the second shell are connected, the shell assembly of the air conditioner provided by the invention can realize the connection of the first shell and the second shell only by operating the fastener to rotate to cover the installation side of the second shell and clamping the clamping part to the clamping matching part, is simple and convenient to operate, is easy to repeatedly assemble and disassemble, and is convenient to overhaul and maintain the air conditioner.)

1. A housing assembly for an air conditioner, comprising:

the first shell is provided with a rotary connecting part;

the second shell is arranged adjacent to the first shell and provided with an installation side, and a clamping matching part is arranged on the installation side; and the number of the first and second groups,

the fastener, the one end of fastener is passed through rotate connecting portion rotate install in first casing to rotate the lid and fit the installation side of second casing, be equipped with joint portion on the fastener, joint portion with joint cooperation looks adaptation, so that first casing with the second casing is connected.

2. The air conditioner casing assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the clamping portion and the clamping engagement portion includes a groove, the other of the clamping portion and the clamping engagement portion includes a protrusion, the protrusion is engaged in the groove, and an inner peripheral wall of the groove supports an outer peripheral wall of the protrusion.

3. The air conditioner casing assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second casing is disposed adjacent to a lower side of the first casing, the upper end of the fastening member is rotatably coupled to the first casing, and the lower end of the fastening member is fitted to a mounting side of the second casing.

4. The housing assembly of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the inner side of the fastener faces the mounting side of the second housing, the engaging portion includes a frame protruding from the inner side of the fastener, the groove is formed in the middle of the frame, the engaging portion has an opening groove, the opening groove has an opening facing the inner side of the fastener, the protrusion protrudes from the bottom of the opening groove toward the fastener, a gap is formed between the lateral sides of the protrusion and the inner side wall of the opening groove, and the frame is at least partially inserted into the gap at the lateral sides.

5. The air conditioner case assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the open groove is also open at a lower side thereof.

6. The air conditioner casing assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first casing has a lower end provided with a position limiting portion and an upper end provided with a position limiting engagement portion, the position limiting portion engaging with the position limiting engagement portion to define a relative position between the first casing and the second casing.

7. The casing assembly of air conditioner as claimed in claim 6, wherein the limiting portion comprises a strip-shaped groove at the lower end of the first casing, the length direction of the strip-shaped groove extends along the transverse direction, and the opening faces the inside of the fastener, the limiting engagement portion comprises a protruding strip at the upper end of the second casing, and the protruding strip is correspondingly embedded in the strip-shaped groove.

8. The casing assembly of air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the position-limiting portion further comprises two position-limiting protrusions disposed on the lower end of the first casing, the two position-limiting protrusions are spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction, the position-limiting engagement portion comprises a stopper extending upward from the upper end of the protruding block, the stopper is tapered from bottom to top in the transverse direction, and the upper end of the stopper is inserted between the two position-limiting protrusions.

9. The casing assembly of claim 8, wherein the engaging portion further comprises a hook disposed inside the fastener, the engaging portion has a hole formed at a lower side of the protrusion, and the hook is engaged with the hole.

10. The air conditioner casing assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein said hook extends inwardly from a lower side of said frame, and said locking hole is formed adjacent to a lower side wall of said protrusion, so that said hook is hooked on the lower side wall of said protrusion.

11. The housing assembly of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the second housing is integrally formed with the snap-fit portion.

12. The air conditioner casing assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first casing has a mounting plate extending downward, the mounting plate is stacked inside the second casing, and a stud extending inward is formed on the mounting plate, and an elongated screw hole is formed in the middle of the protrusion, and the elongated screw hole is disposed corresponding to the stud for a screw to pass through the screw hole and the stud.

13. The casing assembly of an air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein the first casing is concavely provided with a rotation shaft receiving groove, the rotation shaft receiving groove is provided with shaft holes on inner walls of both ends in a length direction, the upper end of the fastener is formed with a rotation shaft, the rotation shaft is received in the rotation shaft receiving groove, and both ends are inserted into the shaft holes.

14. An air conditioner characterized by comprising a housing assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13.

15. The air conditioner of claim 14, wherein the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit, the first housing is a bezel, and the second housing is an outlet casing.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a shell assembly of an air conditioner and the air conditioner.

Background

The existing air conditioner casing may be divided into several separate casing parts due to the molding or installation requirements, and the multiple casing parts are spliced together to form a complete casing.

The existing shell parts are usually connected with each other through screws, and when the air conditioner is overhauled or cleaned, the screws need to be taken out, so that the shell parts are difficult to disassemble and low in installation efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a shell assembly of an air conditioner and the air conditioner, and aims to provide the shell assembly of the air conditioner and the air conditioner, which have high assembly and disassembly efficiency and are simple to operate.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method

The first shell is provided with a rotary connecting part;

the second shell is arranged adjacent to the first shell and provided with an installation side, and a clamping matching part is arranged on the installation side; and the number of the first and second groups,

the fastener, the one end of fastener is passed through rotate connecting portion rotate install in first casing to rotate the lid and fit the installation side of second casing, be equipped with joint portion on the fastener, joint portion with joint cooperation looks adaptation, so that first casing with the second casing is connected.

In one embodiment, one of the clamping portion and the clamping matching portion comprises a groove, the other of the clamping portion and the clamping matching portion comprises a convex block, the convex block is embedded in the groove, and the peripheral wall of the convex block is supported by the inner peripheral wall of the groove.

In an embodiment, the second housing is disposed adjacent to the lower side of the first housing, the upper end of the fastener is rotatably connected to the first housing, and the lower end of the fastener covers the mounting side of the second housing.

In an embodiment, the inside surface of fastener towards the second casing the installation side, joint portion is including protruding locating the inboard framework of fastener, the framework middle part forms the recess, joint cooperation portion has open groove, open groove has the orientation the inboard uncovered of fastener, the lug is certainly the bottom in open groove to the fastener is protruding to be established, the lug in horizontal both sides with form the clearance between open groove's the inside wall, the framework is located at horizontal both sides limit at least partially inserts in the clearance.

In one embodiment, the lower side of the open groove is also open.

In an embodiment, a limiting portion is disposed at a lower end of the first casing, a limiting matching portion is disposed at an upper end of the second casing, and the limiting portion is matched with the limiting matching portion to limit a relative position between the first casing and the second casing.

In an embodiment, the limiting portion includes a strip-shaped groove disposed at the lower end of the first housing, the length direction of the strip-shaped groove extends along the transverse direction, and the opening faces the inside of the fastener, the limiting mating portion includes a raised strip disposed at the upper end of the second housing, and the raised strip is correspondingly embedded in the strip-shaped groove.

In an embodiment, the limiting portion further includes two limiting protrusions disposed at the lower end of the first casing, the two limiting protrusions are spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction, the limiting engagement portion includes a stop extending upward from the upper end of the protruding block, the stop is disposed in a tapered manner from bottom to top in the transverse direction, and the upper end of the stop penetrates between the two limiting protrusions.

In an embodiment, the clamping portion further includes a hook disposed on an inner side of the fastener, the clamping mating portion has a clamping hole formed on a lower side of the protrusion, and the hook is clamped in the clamping hole.

In one embodiment, the hook extends inward from the lower side edge of the frame body, and the fastening hole is formed adjacent to the lower side wall of the protrusion, so that the hook is hooked on the lower side wall of the protrusion.

In an embodiment, the second housing and the snap-fit portion are integrally formed.

In an embodiment, the first housing has a mounting plate extending downward, the mounting plate is stacked inside the second housing, and a stud extending inward is formed on the mounting plate, a long screw hole is formed in the middle of the projection, and the long screw hole is corresponding to the stud so that a screw can be inserted into the screw hole and the stud.

In an embodiment, the first housing is concavely provided with a rotating shaft accommodating groove, the rotating shaft accommodating groove is provided with shaft holes on inner walls of two ends in the length direction, the upper end of the fastener is provided with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is accommodated in the rotating shaft accommodating groove, and the two ends of the rotating shaft are inserted into the shaft holes.

The invention also provides an air conditioner, which comprises the shell assembly of the air conditioner.

In one embodiment, the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit, the first casing is a face frame, and the second casing is an air outlet casing.

The invention provides a shell assembly of an air conditioner, which comprises a first shell, a second shell and a fastener, wherein a rotating connecting part is arranged on the first shell, the second shell is arranged adjacent to the first shell, the second shell is provided with an installation side, a clamping matching part is arranged on the installation side, one end of the fastener is rotatably arranged on the first shell through the rotating connecting part to rotatably cover the installation side of the second shell, a clamping part is arranged on the fastener, and the clamping part is matched with the clamping matching part to ensure that the first shell is connected with the second shell. When the first shell and the second shell are connected, the shell assembly of the air conditioner provided by the invention can realize the connection of the first shell and the second shell only by operating the fastener to rotate to cover the installation side of the second shell and clamping the clamping part to the clamping matching part, is simple and convenient to operate, is easy to repeatedly assemble and disassemble, and is convenient to overhaul and maintain the air conditioner.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of an air conditioner housing assembly according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the air conditioner of FIG. 1 with the housing assembly fastener closed;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the air conditioner of FIG. 2 with the housing assembly fastener open;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the housing assembly of the air conditioner of FIG. 1 in a closed condition;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the housing assembly of the air conditioner of FIG. 4 with fasteners removed;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the housing assembly of the air conditioner of FIG. 1 in an open condition;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the fastener of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the fastener of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the fastener of FIG. 7;

fig. 10 is a sectional view of the housing assembly of the air conditioner in fig. 4 with a fastener removed.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				100	First shell	13	Spacing protrusion
200	Second shell	23	Stop block
				300	Fastening piece	14	Clamp hook
10	Groove	24	Fastening hole
				20	Bump	15	Stud bolt
11	Frame body	25	Long screw hole
				21	Open groove	30	Rotating shaft
210	Gap	16	Rotating shaft containing groove
				12	Strip-shaped groove	160	Shaft hole
22	Convex strip

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout is to include three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either scheme A, or scheme B, or a scheme in which both A and B are satisfied.

In the present invention, the lateral direction means a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal direction, or a direction having a certain angle with the horizontal direction, but excluding a direction vertically upward or vertically downward, and the up-down direction means a direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The inner side refers to the side of the housing assembly that faces the interior of the air conditioner after assembly, while the outer side is the side that faces the exterior of the air conditioner. It should be noted that the description of the directionality of each component in the housing assembly in the present invention is applicable to the air conditioner assembled by the housing assembly, and the orientation of the air conditioner in the normal use state is not applicable to the orientation of the housing assembly in the production, assembly or transportation.

The invention discloses a shell component which is applied to an air conditioner, wherein the air conditioner can be a wall-mounted air conditioner, a window type air conditioner, a mobile air conditioner and the like. The shell assembly can be applied to an indoor unit of an air conditioner and an outdoor unit of the air conditioner, the combined shell assembly forms a whole, and a cavity is defined on the inner side of the shell assembly and is used for accommodating air conditioner components such as an air duct, a heat exchanger and a compressor.

Referring to fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit, wherein the first casing 100 is a panel frame, the second casing 200 is an air outlet casing, and the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 are arranged approximately in an up-down direction.

The housing assembly of the air conditioner comprises a first housing 100, a second housing 200 and a fastener 300, wherein a rotating connecting part is arranged on the first housing 100, the second housing 200 is arranged adjacent to the first housing 100, the second housing 200 is provided with an installation side, a clamping matching part is arranged on the installation side, one end of the fastener 300 is rotatably arranged on the first housing 100 through the rotating connecting part, a rotating cover is matched with the installation side of the second housing 200, a clamping part is arranged on the fastener 300 and is matched with the clamping matching part, and the first housing 100 is connected with the second housing 200. In this embodiment, the snap-fit portion may be additionally installed on the second housing 200, or may be integrally formed with the second housing 200, and in order to make the first housing 100 and the second housing 200 firmly connected and facilitate assembly, the second housing 200 and the snap-fit portion are preferably integrally formed.

In this embodiment, the casing assembly of the air conditioner that provides only needs operation fastener 300 to rotate when first casing 100 and second casing 200 are connected, makes its installation side of covering second casing 200, and joint portion joint in joint cooperation portion just can realize being connected of first casing 100 and second casing 200, and is easy and simple to handle, easily assembles repeatedly and dismantles, conveniently overhauls and maintains the air conditioner.

The form of the clamping part and the clamping part can be various, for example, the clamping part can be a common clamping structure. However, the common snap structure is generally not high in connection strength and easy to loosen, so that the air conditioner shells are not firmly connected. Moreover, for the connection in different directions, buckles in different structures are required to adapt to the stress in the direction. For example, when the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 are adjacent to each other in the vertical direction and the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction, it is necessary to use different direction snaps to facilitate the assembly operation between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 and to ensure sufficient connection strength. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 to 4, one of the clamping portion and the clamping matching portion includes a groove 10, the other of the clamping portion and the clamping matching portion includes a protrusion 20, the protrusion 20 is embedded in the groove 10, and an inner peripheral wall of the groove 10 supports an outer peripheral wall of the protrusion 20. In this embodiment, the groove 10 and the protrusion 20 are engaged in a fully-covered manner, so that the bearing surface is large, the connection strength is reliable, and the connection is not limited by the installation direction, thereby facilitating the operation and ensuring the connection reliability.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the second casing 200 is disposed adjacent to the lower side of the first casing 100, the upper end of the fastener 300 is rotatably connected to the first casing 100, and the lower end of the fastener 300 covers the mounting side of the second casing 200 to adapt to the position relationship between the face frame and the air outlet casing.

On the basis of the above embodiment, referring to fig. 7 and 10, the inner side of the fastener 300 faces the installation side of the second housing 200, the fastening portion includes a frame 11 protruding from the inner side of the fastener 300, a groove 10 is formed in the middle of the frame 11, the fastening mating portion has an open slot 21, the open slot 21 has an opening facing the inner side of the fastener 300, the protrusion 20 protrudes from the bottom of the open slot 21 toward the fastener 300, a gap 210 is formed between the lateral sides of the protrusion 20 and the inner side wall of the open slot 21, and the frame 11 is at least partially inserted into the gap 210 on the lateral sides. So, when joint portion and joint cooperation portion joint cooperation, mutual cladding nestification between the two, it is more firm to connect, and fastener 300 plays the effect of sheltering from and protecting to these connection structure, and is more pleasing to the eye. The fastener 300 may be provided with a logo on the outer side for reference operation by an operator, thereby further improving the assembling efficiency of the air conditioner case. The inner side wall of the open groove 21 serves to limit the fastener 300, and prevent the fastener 300 from shifting in the lateral direction, which affects the connection accuracy between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 4, the lower side of the open slot 21 is also open. Therefore, the lower end of the fastener 300 is exposed out of the second shell 200, when the wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit needs to be maintained or cleaned, the lower end of the fastener 300 can be easily lifted upwards, other tools are not needed, and the operation is simple and rapid.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the lower end of the first casing 100 is provided with a limiting portion, the upper end of the second casing 200 is provided with a limiting matching portion, and the limiting portion matches with the limiting matching portion to limit the relative position between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200. Thus, when the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 are assembled, the first limiting part and the second limiting part can be used for presetting the relative position between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 so as to facilitate subsequent assembly, and the connection between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 is firmer.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the limiting portion includes a strip-shaped groove 12 disposed at the lower end of the first housing 100, the strip-shaped groove 12 extends along the transverse direction, and the opening faces the inner side of the fastener 300, the limiting portion includes a protruding strip 22 disposed at the upper end of the second housing 200, and the protruding strip 22 is correspondingly embedded in the strip-shaped groove 12. In this way, the vertical relative position between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 is limited. Further, spacing portion is still including locating spacing arch 13 of first casing 100 lower extreme, and spacing arch 13 is equipped with two, and is interval distribution along transversely, and spacing cooperation portion includes dog 23 from lug 20 upper end upwards extension, and dog 23 is the convergent setting in horizontal width from the top down, and two spacing archs 13 are worn to locate to dog 23 upper end. As such, the relative positional relationship between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 in the horizontal direction is defined. Dog 23 is the convergent setting in horizontal width from bottom to top, is more convenient for on the one hand go into dog 23 between two spacing archs 13, on the other hand, with spacing archs 13 between clearance 210 cooperation, the convenient upper and lower position to fastener 300 is adjusted.

In an embodiment, please refer to fig. 4 and 6, the fastening portion further includes a hook 14 disposed inside the fastener 300, the fastening matching portion has a fastening hole 24 disposed at a lower side of the protrusion 20, and the hook 14 is fastened in the fastening hole 24. So, strengthen the connection cooperation between fastener 300 and the joint cooperation portion, prevent the perk of fastener 300.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the hook 14 extends inward from the lower side of the frame 11, and the locking hole 24 is formed adjacent to the lower side wall of the protrusion 20, so that the hook 14 is hooked on the lower side wall of the protrusion 20. Thus, on one hand, the structure of the lug 20 and the groove 10 is utilized, so that the whole structure is simpler, and the injection molding is convenient. On the other hand, further increase the area of contact between pothook 14 and the joint cooperation portion, reduced pressure between the two to further promote the joint strength between fastener 300 and the joint cooperation piece.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the first housing 100 has a mounting plate extending downward, the mounting plate is stacked inside the second housing 200, and the mounting plate is formed with a stud 15 extending inward, a long screw hole 25 is formed in the middle of the protrusion 20, and the long screw hole 25 is disposed corresponding to the stud 15, so that a screw can pass through the screw hole and the stud 15. It can be understood that the screw holes and the studs 15 are used for standby, and when the fastening structure is simply adopted between the first casing 100 and the second casing 200, and the required connection strength cannot be achieved, the screws can be inserted into the elongated screw holes 25 and the studs 15 for reinforcement.

On the basis of the above embodiment, please refer to fig. 7 to 10, the first housing 100 is concavely provided with a rotating shaft receiving groove 16, the inner walls of both ends of the rotating shaft receiving groove 16 in the length direction are provided with shaft holes 160, the upper end of the fastener 300 is formed with a rotating shaft 30, the rotating shaft 30 is received in the rotating shaft receiving groove 16, and both ends are inserted into the shaft holes 160. Thus, the shaft hole 160 is integrally formed in the first housing 100 to improve the connection between the fastener 300 and the first housing 100, and the rotating shaft 30 of the fastener 300 is accommodated in the rotating shaft accommodating groove 16, and the outer side of the rotating shaft is substantially flush with the outer side of the first housing 100. The appearance is beautiful, and a certain protection effect is also achieved.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.