Patent 10473340 was granted and assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on November, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus which can separately control separate air-sending devices according to an operation state of two outdoor units connected with the indoor unit, and can pass winds generated by the separate air-sending devices to separate heat exchangers without any waste. This indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes; one box-shaped casing having an air inlet and an air outlet; a partition plate part partitioning the inside of the box-shaped casing to form two wind passages; separate air-sending devices provided respectively in the wind passages to suction air through the air inlet into the wind passage and blow out the air through the air outlet; and separate heat exchangers provided respectively in the wind passages between the separate air-sending device and the air outlet, connected respectively with independent outdoor units to configure separate refrigerant circuits, and air-conditioning the air suctioned.