US 12,359,826 B2
Air handler
Kevin Mercer, Danville, IN (US)
Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,146, filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358418 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0029 (2019.01); F24F 1/0063 (2019.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/0029 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0063 (2019.02); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 2013/205 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system comprising:
an air handler comprising:
a body;
a V-shaped evaporator coil disposed within the body;
an axial fan housing disposed within the body and above the V-shaped evaporator coil, the axial fan housing located downstream of the V-shaped evaporator coil, wherein the axial fan housing defines:
an aperture in fluid communication with an axial fan disposed therein;
a first enclosure located at a first corner thereof, the first enclosure configured to house a first set of electronic controls; and
a second enclosure located at a second corner thereof, the second enclosure configured to house a second set of electronic controls,
wherein each of the first enclosure and second enclosure is isolated from a continuous airflow passageway through the aperture of the axial fan housing; and
an electric heating coil disposed within the axial fan housing and proximate the axial fan, the electric heating coil configured to generate heat.