US 11,982,461 B2
Protective housing structure
Andrew Hamilton Hanks, Tyler, TX (US); Richard Lee Jameson, Tyler, TX (US); and Jeffrey Lee Stewart, Whitehouse, TX (US)
Assigned to Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed by TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/065,224.
Application 17/065,224 is a division of application No. 14/680,799, filed on Apr. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,801,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/976,331, filed on Apr. 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0018218 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 13/20 (2006.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 13/30 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/20 (2013.01) [F24F 13/02 (2013.01); F24F 2013/207 (2013.01); F24F 13/30 (2013.01); F24F 2221/34 (2013.01); F24F 2221/54 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system (HVAC system), the system comprising:
a cabinet comprising a fluid duct and at least one wall that comprises an interior shell and an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space that is at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin, wherein the at least one wall is configured to at least partially define the fluid duct of the cabinet;
an enclosure located at least partially within the wall space, wherein at least a portion of the enclosure is coupled to the cabinet,
wherein the enclosure comprises a dome shaped cover section and a cover planar surface at the apex of the dome shaped cover section,
wherein the cover planar surface is at least partially in contact with one of either the interior shell or the exterior skin;
a control component at least partially disposed within the enclosure; and
an insulation material disposed within at least a portion of the wall space.