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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Patric Ananda Balan Thobias, Chennai, IN;
Vinoth Kumar Settu, Ponmar, IN;
Prabhu Prakasam, Chennai, IN;
Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam, Kancheepuram, IN;
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
A blower of an HVAC system includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a blower wheel with blades, a motor operable to cause the blower wheel to rotate, and a blower housing within which the blower wheel is positioned. The blower housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a connecting panel. The top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the connecting panel. The top panel includes a curved edge extending from a bottom edge of the connecting panel to a top edge of the connecting panel. An expansion angle of the curved edge of the top panel changes as a function of position along the curved edge of the top panel. The bottom panel may have a shape corresponding to a mirror image to that of the top panel.