US 12,392,509 B2
Coil assembly plate with compensator accommodation
Xianjin Cheng, Andover, KS (US); and Amr Maher Abdellati Aly, Wichita, KS (US)
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 Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/396,520, filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053030 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 3/00 (2006.01); F24F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 3/001 (2013.01) [F24F 3/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate refrigerant therethrough, the refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a reversing valve configured to transition between a first configuration to direct the refrigerant from the compressor toward the outdoor heat exchanger and a second configuration to direct the refrigerant from the compressor toward the indoor heat exchanger;
a refrigerant charge compensator;
a conduit of the refrigerant charge compensator, wherein the conduit is part of the refrigerant circuit and configured to pass the refrigerant therethrough;
a chamber of the refrigerant charge compensator, wherein the chamber is disposed about the conduit, communicatively coupled to the refrigerant circuit, and configured to retain a portion of the refrigerant therein; and
a coil assembly plate of the indoor heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the coil assembly plate comprises a receptacle configured to receive the refrigerant charge compensator.