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US 2025/0257901 A1Published application
Heaters with flexible ducting arrangements
AssigneeAC Infinity Inc.
InventorsJimmy LIU, Daniel Yu HSU, Wilbur Y. CHENG, Wei Ying SHAO
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Abstract
A portable heater including an intake module configured to draw air into the heater; a heating module coupled to the intake module and configured to heat the air drawn into the heater; and an exhaust module coupled to the heating module and configured to exhaust the heated air. The intake module is further configured to draw air into the heater from locations other than a first region where the heater is located.
Claims20
A portable heater, comprising:
- an intake module configured to draw air into the heater;
- a heating module coupled to the intake module and configured to heat the air drawn into the heater;
- and
- an exhaust module coupled to the heating module and configured to exhaust the heated air,
- wherein the intake module is further configured to draw air into the heater from locations other than a first region where the heater is located.
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A heater, comprising:
- a housing accommodating internal components of the heater, with an intake assembly at least partially provided on a first side of the housing, and an exhaust assembly at least partially provided on a second side of the housing, the internal components accommodated in the housing including:
- an I/O unit configured to receive control information and output status information;
- a heating unit including a plurality of heating elements to be turned on and off in response to a heating control signal;
- and
- a fan configured to circulate air heated by the heating unit to the exhaust assembly in response to a fan control signal;
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- a controller being in electrical communication with the I/O unit, the heating unit, and the fan, the controller configured to generate both the heating control signal and the fan control signal based at least in part on the control information and to provide the status information for outputting by the I/O unit,
- wherein the intake assembly includes an intake vent and a detachable adapter mounted thereon, the detachable adapter being configured to interface with a duct for drawing air into the heater from one or more regions that the heater is away from.
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A versatile portable heater, comprising:
- a housing including:
- a front cover,
- a rear cover with an intake vent assembly thereon, the intake assembly including an intake vent and an intake vent adapter coupled thereto, the intake vent adapter being detachable from the intake vent,
- a bottom cover, and
- a U-shaped cover being recessed toward the bottom cover and provided thereon an aperture through which an exhaust vent assembly penetrates;
- internal components disposed within the housing including:
- a power supply,
- a heating unit including a plurality of heating elements,
- a control panel including a display area,
- a fan, and
- a control unit electrically connected to the power supply, the heating unit, the control panel, and the fan;
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- a temperature-humidity sensor electrically connected to the control unit and including a sensor probe configured to sense an environmental temperature value TENV and an environmental relative humidity value RHINV of a region of interest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.