Lg Electronics Inc.

Byeonggeol Choi

Jongwook Park

Youngjoong Kim

Joseph Park

Jungjig Lee

An inside unit of an air conditioner that includes a cabinet that accommodates a fan and a heat exchanger, a front panel mounted on an open surface of the cabinet and forming an inlet port through which inside air is suctioned into a depressed inside area and a panel outlet port through which heat-exchanged air is discharged, a vane provided on the panel outlet port and controlling opening degree of the panel outlet port by the rotation, an air guide that extends along an outside end of the panel outlet port and is formed of a heat insulating material, a slide preventing protrusion that protrudes from the front panel in which the air guide is mounted, and a protrusion accommodating groove depressed in the bottom surface of the air guide corresponding to the slide preventing protrusion and the slide preventing protrusion is received in the protrusion accommodating groove.

Indoor unit of air conditioner

An inside unit of an air conditioner including a cabinet installed at a ceiling of an inside space; a front panel configured to shield the cabinet, and having a suction port through which inside air is suctioned and a panel outlet port through which heat-exchanged air is discharged; a fan provided at an inside of the cabinet; a heat exchanger provided inside the cabinet, and disposed to surround a perimeter of the fan; and a supporting guide installed on the cabinet between the heat exchanger and the fan, and configured to guide the air discharged from the fan to be distributed and discharged toward the panel outlet port.

An indoor unit or device of an air conditioner is provided that may include an outer plate configured to form an exterior of a cabinet configured to be installed at a ceiling of an indoor space; an inner case accommodated inside of the outer plate, and configured to form an internal space of the cabinet; a fan provided inside of the inner case; a heat exchanger provided to cover an outer side of the fan; a panel configured to shield the cabinet, and having an inlet port through which indoor air may be suctioned in and a panel outlet port through which heat-exchanged air may be discharged; and a drain pan assembly seated on an upper end of the inner case, and configured to collect condensate generated from the heat exchanger. An extension that extends to an open end of the outer plate may be formed at a side surface of the inner case corresponding to the panel outlet port, and a recess, which may be recessed in a shape corresponding to the panel outlet port, may be formed at an outer end of the drain pan assembly. Both ends of the extension may be in contact with an inner side surface of the recess, and form an outlet port which is in communication with the panel outlet port.

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Seoul, South Korea

Byeonggeol Choi