Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

General Electric Company

Timothy Scott Shaffer

Shaun Michael Ward

Charles D Robinson, Iii

Bryan Isaac D'Souza

Craig Benjamin Williams

Joshua Duane Longenecker

Stephen Budelsky

Joseph Robert Tobbe

Mark Allen Johnson

Richard Dustin Henderson

Daniel Vincent Brosnan

Eric Ormsby Sakal

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

Andrew Philip Shapiro

Ronald Scott Tarr

Walter Whipple

Brian Michael Schork

Derek Lee Watkins

Robert William Jewell

Howard Richard Bowles

Brian M Steurer

Eayre Bruce Voorhees

Michael Lee Alsip

Steven Paraszczak

William Merritt Nall, Jr

John Mark Smith

Paul Bryan Cadima

Brent Alden Junge

John Stanley Glaser

James Quentin Pollett

Daniel J Trice

Justin Tyler Brown

Je Kwon Yoon

Jonathan D Nelson

Samuel Vincent DuPlessis

Mahendra Madhukar Patil

Eric Kent Watson

Michael Thomas Beyerle

Tomas Garces

Matthew David Mersch

David Joseph Najewicz

Brett Alan Farris

Philip Ames Barber

Kyle Andrew Kozinski

Dong Soo Shin

Gregory Leon Hutchison

Mariano Pablo Filippa

Nicholas Okruch, Jr

Richard Michael Phillips

Michael John Kempiak

Christopher Edward O'Malley

John M Smith

Stephen D Hatcher

Michael Robin Blackwood

Christopher Bryan Rissler

Jaebong Lee

Robert Jules LaFleur

Brian S Henninger

Paul E McCrorey

Cody Ewing

Blake Philip Bomar

James Robert White

Daniel Patrick Ernst

John L Etheredge

Mark Anthony Copelli

Jorge Hinojosa

Donald Joseph Breit

John Huguenard

Dan Riley

William A Baker

Ariel Marie Young

Anthony Leo Muth

Venkateswarlu Vivaram

Daniel Joseph Trice

Mark Davis Johnson

Daniel Brosnan

Mariano Filippa

Mark Johnson

Brian Henninger

Philip A Barber

An air conditioner unit includes a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead, and a make-up air module for urging a flow of make-up air from the outdoor portion through the vent aperture to the indoor portion. The make-up air module includes a heat exchanger defining a primary flow path and an auxiliary flow path, wherein the primary flow path is fluidly isolated and thermally coupled to the auxiliary flow path, an energy recovery duct providing fluid communication between the indoor portion and the auxiliary flow path, a primary fan fluidly coupled to the primary flow path for urging the flow of make-up air into the indoor portion through the vent aperture, and an auxiliary fan fluidly coupled to the auxiliary flow path for drawing a flow of auxiliary air through the energy recovery duct and the auxiliary flow path.

Energy recovery in a make-up air module of an air conditioner appliance

An air conditioner unit and a film heating assembly for use in the air conditioner unit, the air conditioner unit comprising a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion and an indoor fan positioned within the indoor portion for selectively urging a flow of air through an indoor heat exchanger. The film heating assembly comprises a plurality of thick film heaters mounted to the bulkhead and an electrical relay system for selectively coupling the plurality of thick film heaters to an external power source.

Thick film heating assembly in a packaged terminal air conditioner unit

A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes discharge air temperature and humidity sensors in the discharge air stream. Input from the sensors is used to determine the dewpoint temperature of a mixture of outside air and recirculated room air prior to discharge to the conditioned space. The air conditioner unit modifies one or more of indoor fan speed, compressor speed, and an electronically controlled expansion device to adjust the discharge air dewpoint temperature to a predetermined target value.

Control of discharge dewpoint for packaged terminal air conditioner

A single-package air conditioner unit includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the outdoor portion and comprising an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan, an indoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the indoor portion and comprising an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan, an intake conduit extending from the housing and defining a primary air flow path upstream from the indoor heat exchanger assembly and a make-up air (MUA) air flow path, the MUA air flow bath being non-sequential with the primary air flow path, and a filter tray received within the intake conduit along the MUA air flow path, the filter tray defining a filter reception zone within the intake conduit to receive a filter cartridge therein.

Air conditioning appliance and make-up air filter tray

A method for operating an appliance is provided. The appliance includes a plurality of power actuatable devices and a controller in operable communication with the plurality of power actuatable devices. The controller is configured to receive a control command corresponding to providing power to a first power actuatable device and determine whether a second power actuatable device is in a power receiving state below a power threshold or above the power threshold. When the power receiving state of the second power actuatable device is above the power threshold, the controller is configured to monitor the power receiving state of the second power actuatable device until the power receiving state is below the power threshold. When the power receiving state of the second power actuatable device is below the power threshold, the controller is configured to provide power to the first power actuatable device based on the control command.

Air conditioner unit and method for operation

An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, a sterilization light assembly, and a flow sensor. The housing may define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air therefrom. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion to transmit an ultraviolet light emission thereto. The flow sensor may be disposed within the indoor portion upstream from the exhaust outlet. The flow sensor may be operably coupled to the sterilization light assembly and configured to activation of sterilization light assembly in response to detecting a predetermined airflow within the indoor portion.

Air conditioner unit having a sterilization light assembly

An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, a sterilization light assembly, and a controller. The housing may define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air therefrom. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion. The controller may be in operable communication with the indoor fan and the sterilization light assembly. The controller may be configured to initiate a sterilizing operation. The sterilizing operation may include directing activation of the indoor fan to motivate air through the indoor portion, detecting activation of the indoor fan to motivate air through the indoor portion, and directing activation of the sterilization light assembly to transmit an ultraviolet light emission within the indoor portion based on detected activation of the indoor fan.

Air conditioner unit or sterilization light assembly and methods of operation

An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, and a sterilization light assembly. The housing may define an indoor portion and outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion and include an outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion and include an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion below the indoor fan and directed forward to transmit an ultraviolet light emission within the indoor portion.

Air conditioner units and methods of operating the same are provided. A method of operating an air conditioner unit includes activating a makeup air system of the air conditioner unit. The makeup air system directs a flow of outside air from the makeup air system to an indoor portion of a housing of the air conditioner unit. The method also includes activating an indoor fan disposed in the indoor portion of the air conditioner unit at a fan speed at least equal to a minimum circulation threshold speed in response to the makeup air system being activated. Activating the indoor fan causes the flow of outside air from the makeup air system to be urged through the indoor portion of the housing. An air conditioner unit may include a controller, and the controller may be configured for performing the method.

Air conditioner makeup air circulation

An air conditioner unit includes an indoor heat exchanger assembly positioned in an indoor portion of the air conditioner unit. The indoor heat exchanger assembly includes an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. The air conditioner unit also includes a heating unit. The heating unit may be positioned in the indoor portion of the air conditioner unit downstream of the indoor fan and/or at the exhaust side of the indoor fan.

Air conditioner units and heating elements thereof

A single-package air conditioning appliance includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. An outdoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the outdoor portion. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly includes an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan. An indoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the indoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger assembly includes an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. A compressor is in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The single-package air conditioner unit also includes a make-up air module mounted on an external surface of the housing.

Air conditioning appliance with external make-up air module

An air conditioner unit includes a cabinet including a base pan that defines at least one alignment feature and a compressor mounted to the base pan using mechanical fasteners that pass through mounting feet and into mounting bosses defined on the base pan. A damper is positioned between the compressor and the base pan and includes a lower pad seated on the base pan, an upper pad extending from the lower pad along the vertical direction and contacting a bottom surface of the compressor, and at least one stopping feature defined on the lower pad or the upper pad, the at least one stopping feature engaging the at least one alignment feature to prevent rotation of the damper.

Damper for a compressor of an air conditioning appliance

An air conditioning appliance or a make-up air (MUA) assembly may include an intake conduit and a secondary air duct. The intake conduit may be attachable to a housing of the air conditioning appliance. The intake conduit may define an intake passage upstream from the indoor inlet. The intake conduit may further define a secondary inlet upstream from the intake passage to permit air thereto. The secondary air duct may extend from the intake conduit outside of the housing upstream from the secondary inlet to direct air thereto.

Air conditioning appliance and make-up air assembly

An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, and a sterilization light assembly. The housing may define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air therefrom. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion and include an outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion and include an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion and directed at the indoor fan to transmit an ultraviolet light emission thereto.

An air conditioner unit includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. A makeup air intake duct and a makeup air exhaust duct are disposed above the housing. The air conditioner unit also includes an air to air heat exchanger. The air to air heat exchanger includes a first inlet side attached to the makeup air intake duct, a second inlet side, a first outlet side, and a second outlet side attached to the makeup air exhaust duct. The air to air heat exchanger also includes one or more alternating top layers and bottom layers. The one or more top layers are in fluid communication with the first inlet side and the first outlet side, and the one or more bottom layers are in fluid communication with the second inlet side and the second outlet side.

Makeup air cross-flow energy recovery system atop air conditioner

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LaGrange, KY, United States of America

Timothy Scott Shaffer