Ducted air conditioner and assembling method thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ducted air conditioners face challenges in optimizing the arrangement of components within their housing to enhance efficiency and reduce complexity, leading to increased costs and component counts.
Innovation Solution
The ducted air conditioner design incorporates a heat-retaining and drainage assembly with stacked heat-retaining members dividing the housing into perpendicular cavities, positioning the air conditioning device between them and the fan assembly in a separate cavity, eliminating the need for additional partition plates and simplifying the structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional partition plates are used to divide the housing into separate cavities for fan assembly and air conditioning device, then the structural integrity and functional separation are improved, but the number of components increases and manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the partition plate function with the heat-retaining members by making the heat-retaining members serve dual purposes: both as thermal insulation components and as structural dividers that separate the first cavity (for fan assembly) and second cavity (for air conditioning device). This integration eliminates the need for separate partition plates, reducing component count while maintaining functional separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The heat-retaining members are designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: thermal insulation, structural support, and cavity separation. By making these components multi-functional, the patent reduces the overall number of parts needed in the system while maintaining all necessary functions for proper operation and structural integrity.
2Reliability
If multiple separate components are used for heat retention and cavity division, then functional performance is maintained, but manufacturing cost increases and assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the heat retention function and cavity division function into a single integrated component structure. The heat-retaining members are designed to simultaneously provide thermal insulation and act as structural dividers, eliminating the need for separate partition plates and reducing the total number of parts that need to be manufactured and assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
By designing the heat-retaining members to serve multiple purposes (thermal insulation, structural support, and cavity separation), the patent reduces manufacturing costs associated with producing multiple separate components and simplifies the assembly process, while maintaining all necessary functional performances.
3Device complexity
If the air conditioning device is positioned between stacked heat-retaining members, then space utilization is improved and structure is simplified, but heat management challenges may arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the housing into distinct cavities using the heat-retaining members as dividers. The air conditioning device is positioned in the second cavity, which is thermally separated from the first cavity by the heat-retaining members. This segmentation provides thermal isolation that facilitates heat management while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The heat-retaining members act as thermal intermediaries between the first cavity (containing fan assembly) and the second cavity (containing air conditioning device). These members provide controlled thermal resistance, allowing the system to manage heat transfer between cavities while maintaining the structural advantage of having the air conditioning device positioned between stacked heat-retaining members.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration reduces the number of components, simplifies the structure, and lowers costs while maintaining effective heat management and air conditioning performance.
Implementation Method 1
a first heat-retaining member (210) and a second heat-retaining member (220). The second heat-retaining member (220) is stacked with the first heat-retaining member (210)
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AI summary
A ducted air conditioner includes a housing, a heat-retaining and drainage assembly, a fan assembly and an air conditioning device. The heat-retaining and drainage assembly is disposed in the housing, and includes a first heat-retaining member and a second heat-retaining member. The first heat-retaining member includes a first dividing plate. The second heat-retaining member is stacked with the first heat-retaining member, the second heat-retaining member includes a second dividing plate connected to the first heat-retaining member. An inner space of the housing is divided to a first cavity and a second cavity, an arrangement direction of the first cavity and the second cavity is perpendicular to a stacking direction of the first heat-retaining member and the second heat-retaining member. The fan assembly is disposed in the first cavity. The air conditioning device is disposed in the second cavity, and located between the first heat-retaining member and the second heat-retaining member.