US 11,920,802 B2
Air conditioner units and heating elements thereof
Charles D. Robinson, III, Louisville, KY (US); Joshua Duane Longenecker, Louisville, KY (US); Richard Dustin Henderson, La Grange, KY (US); Bryan Isaac D'Souza, Louisville, KY (US); and Timothy Scott Shaffer, La Grange, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,873.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044524 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0067 (2019.01); F24F 1/0063 (2019.01); F24F 1/0375 (2019.01)
CPC F24F 1/0067 (2019.02) [F24F 1/0063 (2019.02); F24F 1/0375 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner unit, comprising:
an indoor heat exchanger assembly positioned in an indoor portion of the air conditioner unit, the indoor heat exchanger assembly comprising an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; and
a strip heating element positioned in the indoor portion of the air conditioner unit downstream of the indoor fan, the strip heating element comprising a substrate and a film printed on an external surface of the substrate, the film comprising conductive ink embedded in the film, the conductive ink forming a resistance heating coil of the strip heating element.