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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Huanan Li, Shanghai, CN;
Ran Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Peter Mckinney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Hongsheng Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Michael Birnkrant, Syracuse, NY (US);
Huaxi Li, Shanghai, CN;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A gas purification assembly for an air-conditioning indoor unit, the gas purification assembly comprising: a filter device arranged at or near an air inlet end of the air-conditioning indoor unit, for filtering particles entrained in the gas entering through the air inlet end; an ion generator located downstream of the filter device along the gas flow direction, for increasing the content of positive and/or negative ions in the gas flow; an atomizing device located downstream of the ion generator along the gas flow direction, for increasing the humidity and the amount of ions of the gas flow, and eliminating the ozone generated by the ion generator; and a photocatalytic device located downstream of the atomizing device along the gas flow direction, for performing a photocatalytic reaction on the humidified gas flow. An air-conditioning indoor unit equipped with the gas purification assembly is also disclosed.