US 12,405,028 B2
Intake hood system for an HVAC unit
Naushad Parapurath Monangat, Pune (IN); Gurpreet Singh, Alwar (IN); Gaurav S. Patil, Pune (IN); Karan Garg, Pune (IN); John L. McElvany, Norman, OK (US); John M. Pinkston, Carrollton, TX (US); and Josue D. Ferreira, Balch Springs, TX (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 Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,279.
Application 18/351,279 is a division of application No. 16/436,534, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,739,978.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,155, filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358438 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 13/28 (2006.01); F24F 7/003 (2021.01); F24F 7/04 (2006.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01)
CPC F24F 13/28 (2013.01) [F24F 7/003 (2021.01); F24F 7/04 (2013.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intake hood system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, comprising:
an intake hood having a first side panel and a second side panel forming an inlet of the intake hood, wherein the first side panel includes a first inner flange and a first outer flange, wherein the first inner flange at least partially defines a first lateral channel configured to capture a first side of an air filter, and the second side panel includes a second inner flange and a second outer flange, wherein the second inner flange at least partially defines a second lateral channel configured to capture a second side of the air filter, wherein the first inner flange and the second inner flange extend inwardly relative to the inlet and the first outer flange and the second outer flange extend outwardly relative to the inlet;
a first support disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel such that a length of the first support is transverse to corresponding lengths of the first and second lateral channels, wherein the first support is configured to capture a first end of the air filter and align with the inlet; and
a second support disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel and configured to capture a second end of the air filter.