Air conditioner housing containing refrigerant sensor
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
InventorsDonald Nguyen, William Sanders
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Abstract
A housing is provided for an air conditioner circuit, comprising: an access panel configured to partially cover the air conditioner circuit and including a panel surface formed on an outside of the housing, a panel opening in the panel surface passing from the outside of the housing toward an inside of the housing; a refrigerant sensor configured to detect a presence of a refrigerant in air proximate to the refrigerant sensor; and a sensor cover attached to an outside of the housing and configured to cover the panel opening and the refrigerant sensor, wherein the refrigerant sensor is located at least partly inside the panel opening.
Claims20
A housing for an air conditioner circuit, comprising:
- an access panel configured to partially cover the air conditioner circuit and including
- a panel surface formed on an outside of the housing,
- a panel opening in the panel surface passing from the outside of the housing toward an inside of the housing;
- a refrigerant sensor configured to detect a presence of a refrigerant in air proximate to the refrigerant sensor;
- and
- a sensor cover attached to an outside of the housing and configured to cover the panel opening and the refrigerant sensor,
- wherein
- the refrigerant sensor is located at least partly inside the panel opening.
A housing for an air conditioner circuit, comprising:
- a housing surface formed on an outside of the housing;
- a housing opening in the housing surface passing from the outside of the housing toward an inside of the housing;
- a refrigerant sensor configured to detect a presence of a refrigerant in air proximate to the refrigerant sensor;
- and
- a sensor cover affixed to an outside of the housing and configured to cover the housing opening and the refrigerant sensor,
- wherein
- the refrigerant sensor is located at least partly inside the housing opening.
A housing for an air conditioner circuit, comprising:
- an access panel configured to partially cover the air conditioner circuit and including
- a panel surface formed on an outside of the housing,
- a panel hole in the panel surface passing from the outside of the housing toward an inside of the housing;
- a refrigerant sensor configured to detect a presence of a refrigerant in air proximate to the refrigerant sensor;
- and
- a sensor cover affixed to an outside of the housing and configured to cover the panel hole and the refrigerant sensor,
- wherein
- the refrigerant sensor is located at least partly between the sensor cover and the access panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.