US 12,433,969 B2
Air cleaner assembly
Keith Alan Verhage, Middleville, MI (US); Aaron Jon Schradin, West Olive, MI (US); and David Robert Skelton, Bartlett, TN (US)
Assigned to EVERGREEN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, INC., Middleville, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/997,445
Filed by Evergreen Innovation and Technology, Inc., Middleville, MI (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/029792
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/222499, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,708, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,127, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165997 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01)
CPC A61L 9/20 (2013.01) [F24F 8/22 (2021.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/15 (2013.01); A61L 2209/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cleaning assembly comprising:
a housing having a base portion extending along a length thereof, an intake opening and a discharge opening;
a mounting arrangement disposed on said base portion and configured for fixedly attaching said base portion to a generally planar and substantially rigid support surface;
an interior air duct disposed within said housing;
a lighting arrangement disposed within said interior air duct and comprising a plurality of ultraviolet emitting LED lights;
at least one air moving device fixed to said housing and configured to transport contaminated air from an environment exterior to said housing through said intake opening of said housing and into said interior air duct for cleaning by said plurality of ultraviolet lights and to discharge cleaned air from said interior air duct to the exterior environment through said discharge opening of said housing; and
a heat dissipating arrangement disposed on said housing and comprising at least one cooling channel, at least one cooling air inlet in communication with an environment exterior to said housing and at least one heat transfer element disposed adjacent said LED lights to dissipate and conduct heat generated by said LED lights away therefrom such that heated air is discharged from said housing via said at least one cooling channel.