IP Library Granted Patent US 12,298,027
Granted Patent B2
US 12,298,027 · App. 17/956,335 · Granted May 13, 2025

Chamberless wide area duct smoke detector

Inventors: David L. Lincoln (Cromwell, CT); Marcin Piech (East Hampton, CT); Slade R. Culp (Coventry, CT); Joseph Anthony Vidulich (Englewood, FL); Rick Wolf (Sarasota, FL); Michael J. Birnkrant (Wethersfield, CT); Michael T. Gorski (Clinton, CT); Kyle Aaron (Torrington, CT); Devis Dishnica (Oakville, CT)
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
F24F13/00G01N15/06F24F2110/64G01N15/075
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Patent No.
US 12,298,027
App. No.
17/956,335
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detector assembly for a duct of a heating ventilation and air conditioning system includes an outer housing having at least one through hole formed therein, an inner sampling support receivable within a hollow interior of the outer housing, and at least one detector mounted to the inner sampling support. The at least one detector is axially aligned with the at least one through hole when the inner sampling support is installed within the hollow interior of the outer housing. The at least one detector is operable to sample air within the duct to detect a hazardous condition.

Claims (11)

1. A heating ventilation and air condition system comprising:

a duct having a hollow interior;

at least one detector assembly mounted to the duct, the at least one detector assembly including:

an outer housing having at least one through hole formed therein;

an inner sampling support slidably receivable within the outer housing, the inner sampling support being rotatable relative to the outer housing when received within the outer housing; and

at least one detector mounted to the inner sampling support, the at least one detector being aligned with at least one through hole of the outer housing relative to a direction of flow through the duct when the inner sampling tube is installed within the outer housing, wherein the at least one detector is arranged in fluid communication with the hollow interior of the duct and is operable to detect a hazardous condition within the hollow interior of the duct.

2. The heating ventilation and air condition system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector assembly includes a plurality of detector assemblies mounted at intervals over an axial length of the duct.

3. The heating ventilation and air condition system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector further comprises a plurality of detectors mounted at intervals over an axial length of the inner sampling support.

4. The heating ventilation and air condition system of claim 3 , wherein the inner sampling support further comprises a plurality of segments connected together and each of the plurality of segments including at least one detector.

5. The heating ventilation and air condition system of claim 1 , wherein the duct further comprises a sidewall and the outer housing further comprises a flange, the flange being mounted to the sidewall to attach the at least one detector assembly to the sidewall.

6. The heating ventilation and air condition system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector assembly extends within the hollow interior of the duct perpendicular to an axial length of the duct.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2025
From: CARRIER CORPORATION; CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY EMEA; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY, LLC; CARRIER CANADA CORPORATION; CLIMATE, CONTROLS & SECURITY ARGENTINA S.A.; KIDDE IP HOLDINGS , INC.; KIDDE LTD.; KIDDE PRODUCTS LTD.; CARRIER TRANSICOLD AUSTRIA GMBH; CARRIER TRANSICOLD FRANCE SCS
To: KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC
Reel/Frame 072828/0591 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: PIECH, MARCIN; VIDULICH, JOSEPH ANTHONY; WOLF, RICK; AARON, KYLE; DISHNICA, DEVIS
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061259/0271 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: LINCOLN, DAVID L.; CULP, SLADE R.; BIRNKRANT, MICHAEL J.; GORSKI, MICHAEL T.
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061259/0345 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16819442 · Mar 16, 2020
Provisional Application 62821128 · Mar 20, 2019
Related Publication 20230028619A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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