US 12,313,328 B2
Condensate collection assembly
Elmer Wayne Romero, Oxford, KS (US); Xianjin Cheng, Andover, KS (US); Stephen C. Szczepanski, Wichita, KS (US); Cole B. Morrow, Derby, KS (US); and Satish V. Churi, Gadag (IN)
Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS LIGHT COMMERCIAL IP GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,628.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,377, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349645 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 21/14 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A condensate collection assembly, comprising:
a drain pan configured to collect condensate generated by a heat exchanger of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system;
a support member configured to couple to the drain pan and extend from the drain pan; and
a shield panel configured to couple to the support member and overlap with the heat exchanger relative to a direction of air flow across the heat exchanger, wherein the shield panel comprises a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the support member is configured to extend from the first edge of the shield panel to the second edge of the shield panel and the support member defines a passage that extends from the shield panel to a draining surface of the drain pan.