Mobile air conditioner
AssigneeDometic Sweden AB
InventorTodd Jason Jurek
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to an HVAC system which is externally mounted on a vertical surface of an RV, truck or bus. The desire is to eliminate, or at least substantially reduce, a potential leakage path wherein water may sit on an upper surface of a vehicle and due to seal degradation over long periods of time, may find a pathway in through the roof of the vehicle and to an interior thereof. By positioning the HVAC on a vertical surface, gravity works to move water downward and away from the HVAC system rather than allowing it to stagnate in an area around potential apertures through the outer skin or outer surface of the vehicle.
Claims18
A wall mount mobile air conditioner, comprising:
- an air conditioner frame;
- a lower edge of said air conditioner frame having a curved edge;
- a frame mount configured to be connected to an exterior side of an exterior wall of a vehicle, said frame mount having a corresponding curved edge which is engaged by said curved edge of said air conditioner frame;
- said air conditioner frame pivotable relative to said frame mount by said curved edge of said air conditioner frame and said corresponding curved edge of said frame mount;
- one or more brackets mounted to said exterior wall and spaced from said frame mount, said one or more brackets engaging said air conditioner frame when said air conditioner frame is pivoted to said one or more brackets and said exterior wall of said vehicle;
- a fastener extending between said air conditioner frame and said one or more brackets when said air conditioner frame is pivoted to engage said one or more brackets, and retain said air conditioner frame engaged with said one or more brackets.
A wall mount mobile air conditioner, comprising:
- a mobile air conditioner frame having one or more components of a compression refrigeration system therein;
- a curved edge on a lower area of said mobile air conditioner frame, said curved edge forming a portion of a pivot;
- a frame mount configured to be mounted on an exterior side of an exterior wall of a vehicle, said frame mount comprising a corresponding curved edge which engages said curved edge of said mobile air conditioner frame;
- wherein said frame mount is fixed and said mobile air conditioner frame is pivotable between a first position and a second position relative to said frame mount by said curved edge and said corresponding curved edge;
- and,
- one or more brackets capable of connection to and retention of said mobile air conditioner frame by a fastener when said mobile air conditioner frame is pivoted to said one or more brackets and said exterior wall of said vehicle in one of said first position or said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.