Outdoor air hood assembly with an inlet hood

A hood assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:

• a top panel configured to rotatably couple to a housing of the HVAC unit, wherein the top panel comprises a panel portion and a lip extending crosswise from the panel portion;
• and
• a filter frame configured to rotatably couple to the top panel, wherein the filter frame is configured to support at least one filter,
• wherein the hood assembly is adjustable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, the top panel is configured to retain the filter frame within the housing in the collapsed configuration, the lip is configured to engage with a top panel retainer of the housing in the collapsed configuration, and the lip is configured to be spaced apart from the top panel retainer of the housing in the deployed configuration.

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:

• a housing comprising a first lip;
• an intake hood assembly adjustably coupled to the housing and configured to transition between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the intake hood assembly comprises:
• a top cover rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the top cover comprises a second lip, the first lip of the housing and the second lip of the top cover are configured to engage with one another in the collapsed configuration, and the first lip of the housing and the second lip of the top cover are configured to be spaced apart from one another in the deployed configuration;
• and
• a filter frame rotatably coupled to the top cover and to the housing, wherein the top cover and the filter frame are configured to rotate relative to one another and relative to the housing during transition of the intake hood assembly between the collapsed configuration and the deployed configuration.