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US 11,635,214 B2Granted
Base pan for HVAC system
AssigneeJohnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
InventorsCurtis A. Trammell, Anthony J. Reardon, Hector I. Grajales Torres
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Abstract
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an HVAC unit enclosure having a base pan. The base pan is sloped from an inner portion of the enclosure to an outer lateral edge of the base pan such that the base pan is configured to direct flow of liquid toward and over the outer lateral edge to flow off the base pan.
Claims23
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- an HVAC unit enclosure;
- a first base pan of the HVAC unit enclosure, wherein the first base pan comprises an outer lateral edge, and the first base pan is sloped from an inner portion of the HVAC unit enclosure to the outer lateral edge on a first side of the first base pan and to the outer lateral edge on a second side, different from the first side, of the first base pan, such that the first base pan is configured to direct flow of liquid to flow off the outer lateral edge on the first side of the first base pan and off the outer lateral edge on the second side of the first base pan;
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- a second base pan of the HVAC unit enclosure, wherein the first base pan and the second base pan abut one another.
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A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- a condenser;
- a first base pan positioned beneath the condenser, wherein the first base pan includes an outer lateral edge, an elevated surface relative to the outer lateral edge, and a surface extending from the elevated surface to the outer lateral edge, the first base pan is positioned in an enclosure of the HVAC unit, and the first base pan is downwardly sloped from the elevated surface to the outer lateral edge such that the first base pan is configured to direct liquid away from the elevated surface to the outer lateral edge;
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- a second base pan positioned beneath a compressor of the HVAC unit and in the enclosure of the HVAC unit, wherein the second base pan abuts the first base pan in the enclosure of the HVAC unit.
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A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- an enclosure;
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- a base pan disposed within the enclosure, wherein the base pan includes an outer lateral edge, a first panel sloped from an inner portion of the enclosure to a first portion of the outer lateral edge extending along a first side of the base pan, a second panel sloped from the inner portion of the enclosure to a second portion of the outer lateral edge extending along a second side of the base pan, opposite the first side, wherein the first panel and the second panel are sloped away from one another from the inner portion to the first portion of the outer lateral edge and to the second portion of the outer lateral edge, respectively, the first panel is configured to direct liquid from the inner portion to the first portion of the outer lateral edge, and the second panel is configured to direct liquid from the inner portion to the second portion of the outer lateral edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.