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Granted Patent B2
US 12,331,955 · App. 18/178,173 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Air handling unit with movable coils

Inventors: Elena Gowdy Charming (Arlington, VA); Ionel Petrus (Silver Spring, MD)
Assignee: SMITHGROUP COMPANIES, INC.
F24F13/30F24F3/06
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Patent No.
US 12,331,955
App. No.
18/178,173
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building air handling unit includes a housing defining an air passageway, and a plurality of coil banks arranged in layers of adjacent pairs within the air passageway. At least some of the adjacent pairs are swivel mounted with the housing and may rotate relative to the housing to alter orientation of the at least some of the adjacent pairs relative to flow of air through the air passageway.

Claims (6)

1. A building air handling unit comprising:

a housing defining an air passageway; and

a plurality of coil banks arranged in layers of adjacent pairs within the air passageway, at least one of the adjacent pairs being fixedly mounted with the housing to preclude rotation and at least another of the adjacent pairs being swivel mounted with the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing to alter orientation of the at least another of the adjacent pairs relative to flow of air through the air passageway.

2. The building air handling unit of claim 1 , wherein some of the at least another of the adjacent pairs rotate in a first direction and other of the adjacent pairs on a side of the at least one of the adjacent pairs opposite the at least another of the adjacent pairs rotate in a direction opposite the first direction.

3. The building air handling unit of claim 1 further comprising hydronic piping associated with the housing and including rotary unions configured to deliver fluid to, or receive fluid from, the at least another of the adjacent pairs.

4. The building air handling unit of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of actuators associated with the housing, each of the actuators configured to rotate at least one of the coil banks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2023
From: CHARMING, ELENA GOWDY; PETRUS, IONEL
To: SMITHGROUP COMPANIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063192/0048 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240295341A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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