US 12,000,614 B2
Air handling unit and method for controlling a flow of air therethrough
Daniel Harris, Stoughton, MA (US); and Nicholas Searle, Summing, GA (US)
Assigned to Mestek, Inc., Westfield, MA (US)
Filed by MESTEK, INC., Westfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/910,642.
Application 16/910,642 is a continuation of application No. 15/010,026, filed on Jan. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,830,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/137,930, filed on Mar. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/109,709, filed on Jan. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0318854 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. F24F 13/10 (2006.01); F24F 3/044 (2006.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 13/10 (2013.01) [F24F 3/0442 (2013.01); F24F 11/745 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air handling unit, comprising:
a manifold having an inlet configured to receive a supply of air;
a plurality of apertures formed in said manifold, said apertures enabling a passage of air from said manifold out of said air handling unit;
a bypass plenum formed in said manifold; and
a damper positioned within said bypass plenum, said damper being pivotable between a closed position and an open position to allow said air from said manifold to exit said air handling unit without passing through said apertures when a pressure applied to said damper exceeds a threshold pressure; and
wherein said bypass plenum is oriented at a distal end of said manifold such that said air exiting said manifold via said bypass plenum is not constrained by said air exiting said manifold via said apertures.