Motor jacket for hvac system
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsPraveena Alangar Subrahmanya, Deepak Dillipsingh Dixit
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Abstract
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a motor configured to drive a component of the HVAC unit and a jacket disposed about the motor and comprising a cavity defined by a housing of the jacket. The jacket is configured to receive a flow of working fluid and to place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with the motor.
Claims20
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- a motor configured to drive a component of the HVAC unit;
- and
- a jacket disposed about the motor and comprising a cavity defined by a housing of the jacket, wherein the jacket is configured to receive a flow of working fluid and to place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with the motor.
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- an inlet conduit configured to receive a working fluid and to direct the working fluid to a heat exchanger of the HVAC unit;
- a motor configured to drive a fan of the HVAC unit;
- and
- a jacket disposed about the motor, wherein the jacket comprises an inner shell and an outer shell offset from one another define a cavity of the jacket, and the jacket is configured to receive a flow of the working fluid from the inlet conduit into the cavity and to place the motor in a heat exchange relationship with the working fluid.
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
- an inlet conduit configured to direct a working fluid to a heat exchanger of the HVAC unit;
- a motor configured to drive operation of a component of the HVAC unit;
- a jacket disposed about the motor and comprising a cavity defined by a housing of the jacket;
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- an additional conduit fluidly coupling the cavity of the jacket with the inlet conduit, wherein the additional conduit is configured to direct the working fluid from the inlet conduit into the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.