Fan assembly for an air conditioner appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsKenton Merlino, Richard Michael Phillips
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Abstract
An air conditioner unit may include a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead, and a fan assembly for urging a flow of make-up air from the outdoor portion through the vent aperture to the indoor portion. The fan assembly includes a fan housing having two clamshell upper and lower portions that collectively define a fan slot, an arcuate filter slot, and a make-up air duct in fluid communication with the vent aperture. An auxiliary fan is positioned within the fan slot of the fan housing an air filter is positioned within the filter slot.
Claims16
An air conditioner unit, comprising:
- a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion;
- a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead;
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- a fan assembly for urging a flow of make-up air from the outdoor portion through the vent aperture to the indoor portion, the fan assembly comprising:
- a fan housing defining a fan slot, a filter slot, and a make-up air duct in fluid communication with the vent aperture;
- an auxiliary fan positioned within the fan slot of the fan housing;
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- an air filter positioned within the filter slot, wherein the fan housing comprises a lower portion and an upper portion joined to the lower portion to define the make-up air duct, wherein the upper portion defines an upper aperture and the lower portion defines a lower aperture that collectively form a filter aperture for inserting or removing the air filter from the filter slot when the upper portion and the lower portion are joined.
A fan assembly for urging a flow of make-up air through an air conditioner unit, the fan assembly comprising:
- a fan housing defining a fan slot, a filter slot, and a make-up air duct;
- an auxiliary fan positioned within the fan slot of the fan housing;
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- an air filter positioned within the filter slot, wherein the fan housing comprises a lower portion and an upper portion joined to the lower portion to define the make-up air duct, wherein the upper portion defines an upper aperture and the lower portion defines a lower aperture that collectively form a filter aperture for inserting or removing the air filter from the filter slot when the upper portion and the lower portion are joined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.