Patent ID: 11859852
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. An air conditioner unit defining a mutually-perpendicular vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the air conditioner unit comprising:
a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion;
an outdoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the outdoor portion and comprising an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan;
an indoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the indoor portion and comprising an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan;
a compressor in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger;
a plenum attached to the housing, the plenum receivable within a wall channel defined by a structure wall along an axial direction;
a make-up air duct extending between the plenum and the indoor portion of the housing;
a plurality of brackets fixed in place within the make-up air duct; and
a plurality of make-up air components, each make-up air component of the plurality of make-up air components slidably received in one corresponding bracket of the plurality of brackets, wherein the make-up air components are each removable from the corresponding bracket of the plurality of brackets, wherein each bracket of the plurality of brackets comprises a bottom wall extending generally perpendicular to the vertical direction, a first side wall extending generally perpendicular to the bottom wall, a second side wall extending generally perpendicular to the bottom wall, a front lip extending generally perpendicularly from one of the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and a back lip extending generally perpendicularly from one of the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, whereby each make-up air component is constrained within and by the corresponding bracket along the lateral direction by the first side wall and the second side wall of the corresponding bracket and along the transverse direction by the front lip and the back lip of the corresponding bracket, and each make-up air component is not constrained by the bracket in at least one direction generally parallel to the vertical direction.