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Air conditioner

Granted 14 Dec 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · originally Panasonic

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Inventors: Yoshimi Okamoto, Hideki Oba, Hiroya Ishigaki, Hiroshi Oya +1 · Examiner: B. J. Bullock · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 15 Jan 1998
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US D417724
granted 14 Dec 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right side view of our design for an air conditioner;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged back side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view thereof, the side opposite being a mirror image;

FIG. 7 is a top, front, and right side view thereof, in which a covering member for covering a controlling unit is opened; and,

FIG. 8 is a side view thereof when the air conditioner is installed in a house for use, the section of a house being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/351

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