Air handler assembly including v-shaped baffle
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Paul BUSH, Donald NGUYEN, Joshua RENIER
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Abstract
An air handler assembly is provided. The air handler assembly includes a heat-exchanging coil, a blower, and a baffle. The blower is configured to move air through the heat-exchanging coil. The baffle is located upstream of the heat-exchanging coil in an airflow direction in which air is discharged from the outlet of the blower. The baffle includes two inclined plates. A distance between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate increases from an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest upstream in the airflow direction to an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction.
Claims20
An air handler assembly comprising:
- a heat-exchanging coil;
- a blower configured to move air through the heat-exchanging coil;
- and
- a baffle positioned upstream of the heat-exchanging coil in an airflow direction in which air is discharged from an outlet of the blower,
- wherein
- the baffle includes a first inclined plate and a second inclined plate, and
- a distance between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate increases from an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest upstream in the airflow direction to an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction.
An air handler assembly comprising:
- a heat-exchanging coil;
- a blower configured to move air through the heat-exchanging coil;
- and
- a baffle positioned upstream of the heat-exchanging coil in an airflow direction in which air is discharged from an outlet of the blower,
- wherein
- the baffle includes a first inclined plate and a second inclined plate,
- a distance between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate increases from an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest upstream in the airflow direction to an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction,
- the heat-exchanging coil includes two coil plates,
- the two coil plates are inclined such that a distance between the two coil plates increases from a position of the heat-exchanging coil that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction to a position of the heat-exchanging coil that is furthest upstream in the airflow direction,
- the two coil plates are joined at the position of the heat-exchanging coil that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction,
- a first side plate covers a first side of the heat-exchanging coil such that it contacts a first side of each of the two coil plates,
- a second side plate covers a second side of the heat-exchanging coil such that it contacts a second side of each of the two coil plates,
- a first side of the baffle is attached to the first side plate, and
- a second side of the baffle is attached to the second side plate.
An air handler assembly comprising:
- a heat-exchanging coil;
- a blower configured to move air through the heat-exchanging coil;
- a bottom drain pan positioned upstream of the heat-exchanging coil in an airflow direction in which air is discharged from an outlet of the blower, and
- a baffle,
- wherein
- the baffle includes a first inclined plate and a second inclined plate,
- a distance between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate increases from an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest upstream in the airflow direction to an edge of the first inclined plate that is furthest downstream in the airflow direction,
- the bottom drain pan includes an outer wall surrounding a periphery of the bottom drain pan, an aperture formed in a center of the bottom drain pan, and an interior wall surrounding a periphery of the aperture, and
- the baffle is mounted to the interior wall of the bottom drain pan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.