公开(公告)号：US20240401820A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18635643

申请日：2024-04-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seonuk NA ,  Kyunghoon Kim ,  Sunggoo Kim ,  Hyunah Kim ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Kisup Lee

IPC: F24F1/028 ,  F24F7/013 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/77 ,  F24F12/00 ,  F24F110/40

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a housing, an indoor air inlet configured to draw in indoor air, and an outlet to discharge air introduced into the outdoor air inlet and the indoor air inlet; a blower fan to generate an air flow; a total heat exchanger in the housing and to exchange heat; a compressor in the housing and to compress a refrigerant; a condenser to condense the refrigerant as compressed by the compressor; an expansion device to expand the refrigerant as condensed in the condenser; and an evaporator to evaporate the refrigerant as discharged from the expansion device, wherein the outlet includes: a first outlet to discharge the outdoor air, which passes through the total heat exchanger and the evaporator, into an indoors; and a second outlet to discharge the indoor air, which passes through the condenser, to the outdoors.

公开(公告)号：US11460210B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17114992

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seungwon Oh ,  Jun Hwang ,  Younghoon Kim ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Sunhee Son ,  Youngju Joo ,  Hyoungseo Choi ,  Jongkweon Ha ,  Soonhoon Hwang

IPC: F24F11/74 ,  F24F11/67 ,  F24F120/12

Abstract: An air conditioning device is provided. The air conditioning device includes an image sensor, and a processor configured to identify an object based on edge information included in an image acquired through the image sensor, and control an operation of the air conditioning device based on the type information of the identified object.

公开(公告)号：US10970128B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16383147

申请日：2019-04-12

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyungseon Song ,  Soonhyung Gwon ,  Minkyong Kim ,  Tan Kim ,  Chandra Ashok Maloo ,  Dongjun Shin ,  Hyunwoo Ock ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Youngju Joo

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05B13/04 ,  H05K7/20 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F1/20 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F110/40 ,  F24F130/10 ,  F24F140/50

Abstract: A server is provided. The server includes a communication device configured to receive operation information from an air conditioner, a memory configured to store information of a plurality of groups and a cooling capacity prediction model for predicting a cooling capacity that corresponds to each of the plurality of groups, and a processor to map the air conditioner to one group among the plurality of groups based on the received operation information, and control the communication device to enable the air conditioner to use the cooling capacity prediction model corresponding to the mapped group.

公开(公告)号：US12181174B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17739561

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Munsub Kim ,  Jaewoo Choi ,  Hyunwuk Kang ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Churju Lee ,  Duhan Jung ,  Jun Hwang

IPC: F24F13/14 ,  F24F1/0011 ,  F24F1/0047

Abstract: A ceiling type air conditioner includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a heat exchanger provided inside the housing to exchange heat with air suctioned through the inlet, a blower fan configured to cause the air having heat exchanged with the heat exchanger to flow such that the air having heat exchanged is discharged through the outlet, and a blade unit configured to guide the air discharged to the outlet. The blade unit includes a main blade, a sub-blade, and a guide link provided to guide a movement of the sub-blade.

公开(公告)号：US11378288B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16778613

申请日：2020-01-31

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Munsub Kim ,  Youjae Kim ,  Hyunho Kim ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Duhan Jung

IPC: F24F1/46 ,  F24F1/14 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F13/02 ,  F25B41/31

Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an expansion valve unit. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes a compressor, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and refrigerant compressed by the compressor, an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, a refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and a bracket configured to support the expansion valve unit. The expansion valve unit includes an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger, and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the refrigerant pipe. The expansion valve, and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion are fixed to the bracket.

公开(公告)号：US12259149B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US17848591

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kilsoo Son ,  Sukho Kang ,  Taewoo Kim ,  Seungjun Park ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Wonfa Song ,  Younguk Yun ,  Byoungguk Lim ,  Youngju Joo

IPC: F24F11/43 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/81 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F110/20

Abstract: An air conditioner and a method for controlling same are disclosed. An air conditioner according to the disclosure comprises: an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an outdoor unit including a compressor; at least one sensor; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor to execute the instructions to identify a freezing process to form ice-capsules on a surface of the indoor heat exchange according to a first relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor, control the indoor fan and the compressor to operate in the identified freezing process so that the ice-capsules are formed, identify a thawing process to thaw the formed ice-capsules according to a second relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor while the indoor fan and the compressor are operating in the identified freezing process, and control the indoor fan to operate in the identified thawing process.

公开(公告)号：US11835274B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17036283

申请日：2020-09-29

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Munsub Kim ,  Jaewoo Choi ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Duhan Jung

IPC: F25B41/40 ,  F25B43/00 ,  F25B41/20 ,  F25B41/31

CPC classification number: F25B41/40 ,  F25B41/20 ,  F25B41/31 ,  F25B43/003 ,  F25B2500/12

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, an indoor heat exchanger, and a noise reduction device configured to reduce flow noise of a refrigerant. The noise reduction device includes a housing including a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of baffles disposed inside the housing. The baffles include a first baffle and a second baffle that partition an inside of the housing into a plurality of spaces in a flow direction of the refrigerant. Each of the first baffle and the second baffle includes a hole through which the refrigerant passes. The holes of the first and second baffles are respectively disposed at centers of the first and second baffles at positions corresponding to each other in the flow direction of the refrigerant.

公开(公告)号：US11674705B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16286000

申请日：2019-02-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngju Joo ,  Jun Hwang ,  Heechan Kang ,  Minkyong Kim ,  Kwangil Nam ,  Jeonguk Park ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Hyunwoo Ock ,  Sangwoo Lee

IPC: F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/80 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F130/20 ,  F24F130/30

CPC classification number: F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/80 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2130/20 ,  F24F2130/30 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  F25B2500/19 ,  F25B2700/15

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a display, a storage configured to store power consumption information and time information which are required to increase or decrease an indoor temperature by a unit temperature according to an outdoor temperature, a sensor, and a processor configured to predict, based on a desired temperature being input, at least one of a power consumption or a required time for the indoor temperature to reach the desired temperature by the sensor based on information stored in the storage, and provide at least one of the predicted power consumption or the required time through the display.

公开(公告)号：US11454427B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-27

申请号：US16537453

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Munsub Kim ,  Jaewoo Choi ,  Hyeongjoon Seo ,  Duhan Jung

IPC: F25B13/00 ,  F25B41/40 ,  F16L55/033 ,  F25B45/00 ,  F25B39/02

Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant and outdoor air; an indoor heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and indoor air; a first pipe configured to provide a channel for the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger and having a first inner diameter; a second pipe configured to provide a channel for the refrigerant flowing into the indoor heat exchanger; a coupling member configured to couple end portions of the first pipe and the second pipe; and a first insertion pipe inserted in the second pipe at the end portion of the second pipe and having a second inner diameter smaller than the first inner diameter of the first pipe.