(19)
(11) EP 2 416 074 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.09.2017 Bulletin 2017/39

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.02.2012 Bulletin 2012/06

(21) Application number: 11176224.1

(22) Date of filing: 02.08.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 1/00(2011.01)
F24F 13/14(2006.01)
 F24F 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 04.08.2010 JP 2010175336

(71) Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shirota, Mitsuhiro
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Fukui, Tomoya
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Yamada, Shoji
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Sakoda, Kenichi
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Kaga, Kunihiko
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Mori, Takeshi
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Michihata, Satoshi
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Takamori, Akira
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Shinichi
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Tanikawa, Yoshinori
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)
  • Matsumoto, Takashi
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)

(74) Representative: Ilgart, Jean-Christophe 
BREVALEX 95, rue d'Amsterdam
75378 Paris Cedex 8
75378 Paris Cedex 8 (FR)

   


(54) Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning apparatus


(57) An indoor unit includes: a casing (1) formed with a suction port (2) and a blow-out port (3); a plurality of fans (20) provided in parallel in the casing (1); a heat exchanger (50) provided on the downstream side of the fans (20) and on the upstream side of the blow-out port (3); a horizontal wind direction control vane (80) provided at the blow-out port (3) to control the horizontal direction of an airflow blown out from the blow-out port (3); a vertical wind direction control vane (70) provided at the blow-out port (3) to control the vertical direction of the airflow blown out from the blow-out port (3); and an infrared ray human detection sensor '410) configured to detect the position of a person present in a room, and air volumes, the orientation of the horizontal wind direction control vane, and the orientation of the vertical wind direction control vane (70) of the fans (20) are each controlled according to results of detection by the infrared ray sensor (410) .







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