US 4,392,525 AGranted

Apparatus for securing a wire to a grille

AssigneeCarrier Corporation

InventorsRaymond D. O'Mara, Michael E. Smorol, Curtis L. Tobin

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Abstract

A heat exchange unit for use with an air conditioning system having an enclosure defining an opening, a heat exchanger within the enclosure and a grille adapted mounted to the enclosure at the opening, the grille having segments extending between a solid center portion of the grille and an edge portion such that slots are created between adjacent segments. A fan motor is suspended from the center of the grille and a special louver segment is created extending from the fan motor to the edge portion. This louver segment includes inclined segments which coact with a wire guide for forming a wire securing cavity extending from the fan motor to the control section of the unit. This combination louver configuration and wire guide acts to secure the wire in a preselected position.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A heat exchange unit including a heat exchanger which comprises:

a fan orifice,
a fan powered by an electric motor for coacting with the fan orifice for circulating a heat transfer medium through the heat exchanger of the heat exchange unit,
a grille covering the fan orifice to allow heat transfer medium to flow therethrough while preventing foreign objects from being inserted therein, said grille including a portion extending from the fan motor to the fan orifice,
an electrical power source entering the heat exchange unit a distance from the electric motor,
at least one electricity carrying conductor connecting the electric motor to the power source, and
a wire guide extending between the fan orifice and the electric motor, said wire guide coacting with the portion of the grille extending from the fan motor to the fan orifice to define a cavity wherein the conductor connected to the electric motor is secured.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.