Samsung patents air conditioner with flexible blades to steer airflow
Samsung has filed a patent for an air conditioner that uses a motorized system to control where the cooled or heated air goes. Instead of fixed vents, it uses a link with multiple flexible blades that bend to change the direction of the air as it leaves the unit.
In the filing’s own words
An air conditioner may include: a housing having an air inlet hole and an air discharge hole; a heat exchanger arranged in the housing; a blower fan which discharges air having exchanged heat with the heat exchanger through the air discharge hole; a blade device arranged in the housing and configured to adjust the transport direction of the air transferred to the air discharge hole by the blower fan; and a driving motor providing the blade device with a driving power. The blade device may include: a link connected to the driving motor; a plurality of blades arranged at certain intervals along the lengthwise direction of the link; and a plurality of connectors which connect the plurality of blades and the link and are bent at least once.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An air conditioner comprising: a housing including an air inlet hole and an air discharge hole; a heat exchanger arranged in the housing; a blower fan configured to discharge air of which heat was exchanged with the heat exchanger through the air discharge hole; a blade device including at least one blade arranged in the housing and configured to adjust a transfer direction of air transferred to the air discharge hole by the blower fan; and a driving motor configured to provide a driving force to the blade device, wherein the blade device comprises: a link connected to the driving motor; a plurality of blades arranged at intervals along a longitudinal direction of the link; and a plurality of connectors configured to connect the plurality of blades and the link, and bent at least once.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- AIR CONDITIONER
- Publication number
- US20260328407A1
- Application number
- 19529468
- Filed
- Feb 4, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
F24F 1/0025 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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