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US 10,767,893 B2Granted
Embedded heat exchanger with support mechanism
OwnerJohn Chris Karamanosinventor
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Abstract
A zone-control unit for use in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the zone-control unit includes a heat exchanger, an inlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for supplying fluid to the heat exchanger, an outlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for receiving fluid from the heat exchanger, a bracket that maintains the inlet piping assembly and the outlet piping assembly in positional relationship, and an ancillary component coupled with the heat exchanger.
Claims41
A portable system, comprising:
- a first shipping bracket that operatively connects an inlet pipe of a thermal transfer unit and an outlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit to a mechanical terminal unit, duct or the thermal transfer unit;
- a second shipping bracket that operatively connects the inlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit and the outlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit to the mechanical terminal unit, the duct or the thermal transfer unit;
- and
- a control valve located between the first shipping bracket and the second shipping bracket,
- wherein the first shipping bracket comprises a first opening that structurally supports the inlet pipe and a second opening that structurally supports the outlet pipe, wherein first shipping bracket and the second shipping bracket support the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe during movement and operation of the portable system, and wherein the first opening and the second opening of the first shipping bracket are associated with a rubber grommet that isolates the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe from the first shipping bracket.
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A system, comprising:
- a shipping bracket package comprising at least one shipping bracket, a thermal transfer unit having pipes, a valve coupled to at least one of the pipes, and at least one of:
- a mechanical terminal unit, a coil, or a duct, wherein the at least one shipping bracket is configured to mitigate damage to the system during transportation from a fabrication site, and wherein the at least one shipping bracket is:
- configured to couple to an inlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit prior to the transportation or configured to couple to an outlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit prior to the transportation;
- and
- configured to couple the inlet pipe or the outlet pipe to at least one of the mechanical terminal unit, the coil, or the duct prior to the transportation, wherein the at least one shipping bracket comprises a surface with a first opening that securely engages the inlet pipe or a second opening that securely engages the outlet pipe.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a shipping bracket package, comprising a first bracket and a second bracket, to a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) device comprising a valve, wherein the coupling the shipping bracket package is in response to a determination that the HVAC device is to be transported to a site where the HVAC device is to be installed, wherein the coupling the shipping bracket package is determined to mitigate damage to the HVAC device during transportation, and wherein the coupling the shipping bracket package comprises:
- prior to the transportation, coupling the first bracket between a first pipe assembly of a thermal transfer unit of the HVAC device and a mechanical terminal unit or a duct of the HVAC device;
- and
- prior to the transportation, coupling the second bracket between a second pipe assembly of the thermal transfer unit and the mechanical terminal unit or the duct, wherein the first pipe assembly or the second pipe assembly comprises the valve.
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A system, comprising:
- a thermal transfer unit;
- an inlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit;
- an outlet pipe of the thermal transfer unit;
- a valve coupled to at least one of the inlet pipe or the outlet pipe;
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- a shipping bracket that mitigates damage to the system during transportation of the system, wherein the shipping bracket, prior to the transportation, operatively couples the inlet pipe or the outlet pipe to a mechanical terminal unit of the system or a duct of the system, wherein the shipping bracket structurally supports the inlet pipe or the outlet pipe in a manner that is determined to mitigate harm to the system during the transportation to a site in which the system is to be installed, and wherein the shipping bracket is located between the valve and the thermal transfer unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.