HVAC lateral condensate drain channel
AssigneeValeo Climate Control Corp.
InventorsBrian Williams, Steven Marshall
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Abstract
The present invention relates to HVAC units with condensate drainage systems, for use in motorized vehicles. The present invention provides for at least two or dual condensate drain paths with no extra parts required pre-distribution of the treated air from the HVAC unit, the drainage means or channel situated to allow condensate to ‘fall back’ or, to run upstream back from the evaporator in the opposite direction to the air in the main airflow or stream which continues to run downstream from the drainage area to be conditioned by the heat exchanger.
Claims10
An HVAC unit with a condensate draining system comprising:
- a housing;
- a air propulsion means;
- an air flow provided by the propulsion means;
- a heat exchanger downstream of the air propulsion means;
- a channel or drain means downstream of the air propulsion means and upstream of the heat exchanger;
- wherein the channel or drain drains condensate from the air flow upstream up to the area of the channel or drain means and upstream from the heat exchanger in two separate or dual paths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.