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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
William B. Rockwood, Onalaska, WI (US);
American Standard International Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger within a sheet metal enclosure includes mounting structure that provides double vibration isolation to minimize noise. The mounting structure includes at least one resilient vibration isolator that couples the heat exchanger to a vibration isolation plate, and includes other similar isolators that couple the plate to the enclosure. The mass of the plate is sufficient to somewhat emulate a dual mass/spring system having two degrees of freedom. To this end, the plate is preferably thicker than the sheet metal walls of the enclosure. The double vibration isolated heat exchanger is especially applicable to systems having several heat pumps that are mounted overhead. In some embodiments, the heat pump's refrigerant compressor is also resiliently mounted to the vibration isolation plate.