Thick film heating assembly in a packaged terminal air conditioner unit
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsBryan Isaac D'Souza, Richard Dustin Henderson, Charles D. Robinson, III, Joshua Duane Longenecker, Timothy Scott Shaffer
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Abstract
An air conditioner unit and a film heating assembly for use in the air conditioner unit, the air conditioner unit comprising a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion and an indoor fan positioned within the indoor portion for selectively urging a flow of air through an indoor heat exchanger. The film heating assembly comprises a plurality of thick film heaters mounted to the bulkhead and an electrical relay system for selectively coupling the plurality of thick film heaters to an external power source.
Claims17
An air conditioner unit defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the air conditioner unit comprising:
- a housing;
- a bulkhead positioned within the housing and defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, wherein the bulkhead defines a recess;
- a refrigeration loop comprising an outdoor heat exchanger positioned within the outdoor portion and an indoor heat exchanger positioned within the indoor portion;
- an indoor fan positioned within the indoor portion for selectively urging a flow of air through the indoor heat exchanger;
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- a film heating assembly mounted to the bulkhead for selectively heating the flow of air, wherein the film heating assembly is mounted within the recess such that a top surface of the film heating assembly sits flush with the bulkhead, wherein the film heating assembly comprises:
- a plurality of film heaters, wherein each of the plurality of film heaters defines two or more independent heating zones along the lateral direction;
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- an electrical relay system for selectively coupling the plurality of film heaters to an external power source.
A film heating assembly for an air conditioner unit, the air conditioner unit comprising a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion and an indoor fan positioned within the indoor portion for selectively urging a flow of air through an indoor heat exchanger, the film heating assembly comprising:
- a plurality of film heaters mounted within a recess defined by the bulkhead such that a top surface of the film heating assembly sits flush with the bulkhead, wherein each of the plurality of film heaters defines two or more independent heating zones along a lateral direction;
- and
- an electrical relay system for selectively coupling the plurality of film heaters to an external power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.