Patent ID: 7543458
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A portable vapor cycle air conditioning unit for small aircraft comprising: a single portable module including an evaporator, a condenser/compressor and cooling coils operably connected together, the module being designed to be positioned within a cabin of the small aircraft so that cabin air is drawn into a cabin air inlet in the module, passes over the cooling coils, and is expelled through a cabin air outlet; a first air duct having a fresh air inlet end with mounting apparatus for mounting the fresh air inlet end in a window of the small aircraft, the first air duct having a fresh air outlet end; a second air duct having a waste heat air outlet end with mounting apparatus for mounting the waste heat air outlet end in a window of the small aircraft, the second air duct having a waste heat air inlet end; a venturi system positioned to draw condensate from the evaporator and expel the condensate through the waste heat air outlet end of the second air duct; and a blower in communication with the fresh air outlet end of the first air duct and the waste heat air inlet end of the second air duct for flowing the fresh air from the first air duct over the condenser/compressor and carrying waste heat out through the second air duct.