Packaged air conditioning system having multiple utility connectivity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759434-B2
Application number	US-201213685177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	Nov 26, 2012
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

One aspect of this disclosure provides a packaged air conditioning & heating (PACH) system that comprises a housing, an air cooling system contained within the housing and an air heating system contained within the housing. A first utility access point is located on a first side of the housing and a second utility access point is located on a second side of the housing. The first and second utility access points provide multiple utility access connectivity for the air cooling and heating systems.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A packaged air conditioning and heating (PACH) system, comprising:
a housing;
an air cooling system contained within said housing and comprising an outdoor fan, a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporative coil;
an air heating system contained within said housing and comprising a heat exchanger and an air circulation blower fan;
a utility control center located within said housing, said utility control center including an air cooling and heating system controller;
a first utility supply access point located on an exterior side of said housing and comprising a first gas line extending from said first utility supply access point through said housing and to said utility control center; and
a second utility supply access point located on an opposite exterior side of said housing and comprising a second gas line extending from said second utility supply access point through said housing and to said utility control center;
wherein the first and second utility supply access points comprise an external end configured to connect to an external gas supply line and an internal end configured to connect to a gas union or valve.

2. The PACH system of claim 1 , wherein both said first and second utility supply access points further comprise connections for electrical lines.

3. The PACH system of claim 1 , wherein said first utility supply access point comprises an electrical supply line and a gas supply line.

4. The PACH system of claim 1 , wherein said housing is configured to be connectible to a duct system of a residential or commercial building.

5. A method of manufacturing a packaged air conditioning (PACH) system, comprising:
providing a housing;
placing an air cooling system within said housing;
placing an air heating system within said housing;
placing a utility control center within said housing, the control center operable to control the air cooling system and the air heating system;
placing a first utility supply access point on an exterior side of said housing; and
placing a second utility supply access point on an opposite exterior side of said housing, said first and second utility supply access points providing access for multiple utility gas lines to be independently coupled to the utility control center.

6. The method of claim 5 further including
placing said first access point comprises extending a first gas line from said first utility access point through said housing and to said utility control center; and
placing said second utility access point comprises extending a second gas line from said second utility access point through said housing and to said utility control center.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein placing said first and second utility access points include placing a gas connection interface for said air cooling and heating systems on an exterior of said first and second exterior sides of said housing.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein providing said housing includes providing a duct system within the housing that is configured to be connectible to a duct system of a residential or commercial building.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein placing said first and second utility access points included placing a gas line that extends within said housing from said first and second sides of said housing to a gas connector located within said housing, to thereby supply a utility to said PACH system.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein placing said first and second utility access points includes preparing internal housing structures configured to receive field-ready gas tubing that extends within said housing from said first and second access point to a gas connector located within said housing, to thereby supply a utility to said PACH system.

Assignees

• Lennox Ind Inc

Inventors

• Pine Matthew
• Winningham Dave
• Butler Jeff

Classifications

• F24F1/022 Primary

  comprising a compressor cycle · CPC title

• Y10T29/49117

  Conductor or circuit manufacturing · CPC title

• F17D1/00

  Pipe-line systems (conveying articles or materials through a pipe- line by means of a fluid carrier B65G51/00, B65G53/00; liquids B67D; special devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers into vehicles or boats or vice versa, e.g. loading or unloading vehicles or portable containers B67D7/00; conveying material which has been excavated by a dredger or soil shifter through a pipe-line E02F7/10; sewer pipe-line systems E03F3/00; thermal insulation of pipe-lines F16L59/00; central heating systems F24D) · CPC title

• Y10T137/6416

  With heating or cooling of the system · CPC title

• Y10T29/49359

  Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner, refrigerator · CPC title