US 12,070,426 B2
Air conditioning assembly
David Vincent, Sherfield on Loddon (GB)
Assigned to Sporting Edge (UK) Ltd., Hampshire (GB)
Appl. No. 18/275,352
Filed by Sporting Edge (UK) Ltd., Basingstoke (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/052550
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/167509, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2101483 (GB), filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091088 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 10/02 (2006.01); F24F 3/14 (2006.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 110/76 (2018.01)
CPC A61G 10/023 (2013.01) [F24F 3/14 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2110/76 (2018.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioning assembly for an environmental chamber, the air conditioning assembly comprising:
an air handling unit for supplying air to the environmental chamber;
duct work in fluid communication with the air handing unit and in fluid communication with the environmental chamber; the duct work being configured to draw air from one side of the environmental chamber through at least two outlet vents, and to blow air into an opposite side of the environmental chamber through at least two equal but opposite inlet vents, whereby the outlet vents are spaced equidistant from one another and distributed evenly along one side of the environmental chamber, and the inlet vents are spaced equidistant from one another and distributed evenly along an opposite side of the environmental chamber, such that the outlet vents mirror the inlet vents; and,
at least one air conditioning means in fluid communication with the air handling unit, configured to condition an air flow passing through said air handling unit;
wherein, the at least one air conditioning means comprises an altitude simulator for changing oxygen content of the air flow, and the outlet vents and inlet vents are downwardly directed such that, in use, the inlet vents are configured to drive the air flow down a wall of the environmental chamber, and the outlet vents are configured to draw the air up an opposing wall of the environmental chamber, creating substantially laminar air flow throughout the environmental chamber.