GERALD DWIGHT SMITH
Pilots in New Braunfels, TX

5890373, Apr 6, 1999

Aug 14, 1997

8/911344

Gerald C. Smith - Canyon Lake TX

F25D 1706

62428

The invention is of a new design for a room air conditioner. An air conditioner according to the present design will emit a substantially lower operating noise level than units of comparable cooling capacity and energy consumption. Additionally, the present design prescribes a coil design which requires approximately one-third less aluminum and copper than similarly performing room air conditioner units. The benefits of the present design arise from its reliance on a single row, wrap-around coil design which is used in conjunction with a tangential blower assembly. The single row evaporator coil of the present invention inherently produces less "wind noise" than multiple row coils. The positioning of the blower relative to the evaporator coil (the blower is enveloped by the coil in the preferred embodiment) and the positioning of the evaporator coil relative to the inner wall of the unit (which separates interior from exterior space) causes room air to flow into the space defined by the wrap-around evaporator coil from all directions, including the space adjacent to the inner wall, which air flow reduces the temperature gradient across the inner wall and reduces chassis insulation requirements.

5732565, Mar 31, 1998

Feb 5, 1997

8/794426

Rengaswamy Ramakrishnan - San Antonio TX
Eric H. Albrecht - San Antonio TX
Gerald C. Smith - Canyon Lake TX
Roger D. Conatser - San Antonio TX

U.S. Natural Resources, Inc. - San Antonio TX

F25D 1900

62298

An air conditioning unit comprising a refrigeration assembly, an air handling assembly, and a control assembly. The refrigeration assembly includes a generally rectangular base pan having upturned edges and a floor having a raised section, the base pan having a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor mounted to an upper surface thereof. The air handling assembly includes a bulkhead having adjacent side wall portions, a scroll, a motor having an output shaft, a motor mount bracket for engaging the base pan of the refrigeration assembly, a fan, and a blower engaging the output shaft of the motor, a fan shroud and struts for mounting the shroud to the bulkhead and an air plenum assembly. The control assembly includes a control housing and a control panel.

5622058, Apr 22, 1997

Jun 7, 1995

8/475484

Rengaswamy Ramakrishnan - San Antonio TX
Eric H. Albrecht - San Antonio TX
Gerald C. Smith - Canyon Lake TX
Roger D. Conatser - San Antonio TX

U.S. Natural Resources, Inc. - San Antonio TX

F25D 1900

62295

An air conditioning unit comprising a refrigeration assembly, an air handling assembly, and a control assembly. The refrigeration assembly includes a generally rectangular base pan having upturned edges and a floor having a raised section, the base pan having a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor mounted to an upper surface thereof. The air handling assembly includes a bulkhead having adjacent side wall portions, a scroll, a motor having an output shaft, a motor mount bracket for engaging the base pan of the refrigeration assembly, a fan, and a blower engaging the output shaft of the motor, a fan shroud and struts for mounting the shroud to the bulkhead and an air plenum assembly. The control assembly includes a control housing and a control panel.

3990261, Nov 9, 1976

Nov 5, 1975

5/628937

Gerald C. Smith - New Braunfels TX

Weil-McLain Co., Inc. - Dallas TX

F25D 2312, F25B 3904

62262

An air conditioning unit in which a housing is provided having side walls adapted to extend within an opening formed in an exterior wall of a room to be cooled. Air inlet and outlet means are associated with the front wall and rear walls of the housing to circulate room air and ambient air through the unit. A condenser heat exchanger and an evaporator heat exchanger are disposed in the housing in proximity to its rear wall and front wall, respectively, and extend at an angle relative to the latter walls. Ambient air is circulated into the inlet associated with the rear wall, across the condenser heat exchanger and out the outlet associated with the rear wall, and room air is circulated through the inlet associated with the front wall, across the evaporator heat exchanger and out the outlet associated with the front wall.