Mitigation sleeve
AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsSurendran Ramasamy, Glenn William Kowald, Praveen Kumar Vallurupalli, Darcy Quentin Easterling, James Frank Timbs, Rakesh Goel, Ben Alcocer
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AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsSurendran Ramasamy, Glenn William Kowald, Praveen Kumar Vallurupalli, Darcy Quentin Easterling, James Frank Timbs, Rakesh Goel, Ben Alcocer
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A refrigerant leak mitigation sleeve includes a flexible sleeve body comprising bellow elements, wherein the flexible sleeve body includes a cavity configured to contain refrigerant fluid and the bellow elements are configured to expand or contract. The mitigation sleeve includes a tube clamp interface at a first end of the flexible sleeve body, wherein the tube clamp interface comprises a first diameter and is configured to receive a tube. The mitigation sleeve includes a sealing collar at a second end of the flexible sleeve body. The mitigation sleeve includes at the collar end a passageway for refrigerant leaks to be directed back into the HVAC equipment cabinet. The mitigation sleeve includes a gusset positioned between the sealing collar and the flexible sleeve body, wherein the gusset comprises stiffening ribs. The mitigation sleeve further includes a deformable engagement collar connected to the sealing collar on a side opposite to the gusset.
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