Patents by Inventor Kirankumar A. Muley
Kirankumar A. Muley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240035686Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an air flow amplifier coupled to a fan deck of the HVAC unit. The air flow amplifier includes a ring having an annular cavity and an air flow inlet formed in the ring. The air flow inlet is configured to direct an air flow into the annular cavity. The air flow amplifier also includes a first annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a first portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along an inner diameter of the ring. The air flow amplifier further includes a second annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a second portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along the inner diameter of the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Abhishek G. Parab, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Satyajit P. Phadtare, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20230375002Abstract: A blower assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel. A plurality of blades are coupled to the fan wheel at an inner blade boundary and extend radially to an outer blade boundary. The blower assembly includes a first housing panel and a second housing panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the centrifugal fan. The blower assembly includes a wall extending between the first housing panel and the second housing panel and a flange extending from the wall at a vertex. The flange extends outwardly from the wall. A first radial distance from the vertex to the outer blade boundary is between 4 percent and 20 percent of a second radial distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to the outer blade boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Pankaj B. Avhad, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi
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Patent number: 11781763Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an air flow amplifier coupled to a fan deck of the HVAC unit. The air flow amplifier includes a ring having an annular cavity and an air flow inlet formed in the ring. The air flow inlet is configured to direct an air flow into the annular cavity. The air flow amplifier also includes a first annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a first portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along an inner diameter of the ring. The air flow amplifier further includes a second annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a second portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along the inner diameter of the ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Abhishek G. Parab, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Satyajit P. Phadtare, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Patent number: 11713771Abstract: A blower assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel. A plurality of blades are coupled to the fan wheel at an inner blade boundary and extend radially to an outer blade boundary. The blower assembly includes a first housing panel and a second housing panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the centrifugal fan. The blower assembly includes a wall extending between the first housing panel and the second housing panel and a flange extending from the wall at a vertex. The flange extends outwardly from the wall. A first radial distance from the vertex to the outer blade boundary is between 4 percent and 20 percent of a second radial distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to the outer blade boundary.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Pankaj B. Avhad, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi
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Publication number: 20230057952Abstract: A blower assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel. A plurality of blades are coupled to the fan wheel at an inner blade boundary and extend radially to an outer blade boundary. The blower assembly includes a first housing panel and a second housing panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the centrifugal fan. The blower assembly includes a wall extending between the first housing panel and the second housing panel and a flange extending from the wall at a vertex. The flange extends outwardly from the wall. A first radial distance from the vertex to the outer blade boundary is between 4 percent and 20 percent of a second radial distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to the outer blade boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Pankaj B. Avhad, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi
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Publication number: 20230025710Abstract: A furnace for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a heat exchanger tube including a tube inlet and a tube outlet, such that the heat exchanger tube is configured to receive combustion products via the tube inlet, circulate the combustion products through the heat exchanger tube, and discharge the combustion products via the tube outlet. Additionally, the furnace includes a collector box coupled to the heat exchanger tube and having a cavity configured to receive the combustion products via the tube outlet. The furnace includes a diverter plate disposed within the cavity, where the diverter plate overlaps the tube outlet to disperse the combustion products received via the tube outlet throughout the collector box.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Hamid Ouabdenbi, William M. Harris, Kirankumar A. Muley, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi
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Patent number: 11555629Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a discharge section housing forming a chamber, a first opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the chamber is configured to receive an air flow from a blower of the HVAC system via the first opening, and a second opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the second opening is positionally offset to the first opening. The chamber is configured to discharge the air flow through the second opening. The HVAC system also includes a guide extending across the chamber and sloping toward the second opening such that the guide is configured to direct the air flow from the first opening toward the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Kirankumar A. Muley, Gaurav S. Patil, Pankaj B. Avhad
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Patent number: 11549694Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior configured to house components of the HVAC unit. The cabinet includes an opening defining an air flow path between the cabinet interior and an external environment. The HVAC unit also includes a fan assembly including fan blades configured to move an air flow through the opening, wherein the fan assembly is configured to enable translation of the fan blades through the opening between a shipping arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the cabinet interior and an operational arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the external environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Marc Huynh, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Zhiwei Huang, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Patent number: 11493056Abstract: A blower assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel. A plurality of blades are coupled to the fan wheel at an inner blade boundary and extend radially to an outer blade boundary. The blower assembly includes a first housing panel and a second housing panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the centrifugal fan. The blower assembly includes a wall extending between the first housing panel and the second housing panel and a flange extending from the wall at a vertex. The flange extends outwardly from the wall. A first radial distance from the vertex to the outer blade boundary is between 4 percent and 20 percent of a second radial distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to the outer blade boundary.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Pankaj B. Avhad, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi
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Patent number: 11460221Abstract: A furnace for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a heat exchanger tube including a tube inlet and a tube outlet, such that the heat exchanger tube is configured to receive combustion products via the tube inlet, circulate the combustion products through the heat exchanger tube, and discharge the combustion products via the tube outlet. Additionally, the furnace includes a collector box coupled to the heat exchanger tube and having a cavity configured to receive the combustion products via the tube outlet. The furnace includes a diverter plate disposed within the cavity, where the diverter plate overlaps the tube outlet to disperse the combustion products received via the tube outlet throughout the collector box.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Hamid Ouabdenbi, William M. Harris, Kirankumar A. Muley, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi
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Publication number: 20210254855Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a discharge section housing forming a chamber, a first opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the chamber is configured to receive an air flow from a blower of the HVAC system via the first opening, and a second opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the second opening is positionally offset to the first opening. The chamber is configured to discharge the air flow through the second opening. The HVAC system also includes a guide extending across the chamber and sloping toward the second opening such that the guide is configured to direct the air flow from the first opening toward the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Kirankumar A. Muley, Gaurav S. Patil, Pankaj B. Avhad
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Publication number: 20210215362Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an air flow amplifier coupled to a fan deck of the HVAC unit. The air flow amplifier includes a ring having an annular cavity and an air flow inlet formed in the ring. The air flow inlet is configured to direct an air flow into the annular cavity. The air flow amplifier also includes a first annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a first portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along an inner diameter of the ring. The air flow amplifier further includes a second annular air flow outlet formed in the ring and configured to direct a second portion of the air flow out of the annular cavity and along the inner diameter of the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Abhishek G. Parab, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Satyajit P. Phadtare, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20210215356Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior configured to house components of the HVAC unit. The cabinet includes an opening defining an air flow path between the cabinet interior and an external environment. The HVAC unit also includes a fan assembly including fan blades configured to move an air flow through the opening, wherein the fan assembly is configured to enable translation of the fan blades through the opening between a shipping arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the cabinet interior and an operational arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the external environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Marc Huynh, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Zhiwei Huang, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20210190373Abstract: A furnace for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a heat exchanger tube including a tube inlet and a tube outlet, such that the heat exchanger tube is configured to receive combustion products via the tube inlet, circulate the combustion products through the heat exchanger tube, and discharge the combustion products via the tube outlet. Additionally, the furnace includes a collector box coupled to the heat exchanger tube and having a cavity configured to receive the combustion products via the tube outlet. The furnace includes a diverter plate disposed within the cavity, where the diverter plate overlaps the tube outlet to disperse the combustion products received via the tube outlet throughout the collector box.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Hamid Ouabdenbi, William M. Harris, Kirankumar A. Muley, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi
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Publication number: 20210190090Abstract: A blower assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel. A plurality of blades are coupled to the fan wheel at an inner blade boundary and extend radially to an outer blade boundary. The blower assembly includes a first housing panel and a second housing panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the centrifugal fan. The blower assembly includes a wall extending between the first housing panel and the second housing panel and a flange extending from the wall at a vertex. The flange extends outwardly from the wall. A first radial distance from the vertex to the outer blade boundary is between 4 percent and 20 percent of a second radial distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to the outer blade boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Pankaj B. Avhad, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Tukaram R. Suryawanshi
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Publication number: 20200370841Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a tube configured to direct a working fluid therethrough. The heat exchanger also includes a fin disposed about the tube and having a louver, where the tube and the fin are made of a polymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Kirankumar A. Muley, Sumedh J. Suryawanshi, Manian A K S
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Patent number: 10816236Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a climate management system that includes a condensate pan configured to collect condensate from a first heat exchanger of the climate management system, a pump fluidly coupled to the condensate pan, and a nozzle fluidly coupled to the pump, wherein the nozzle is configured to receive the condensate from the pump and direct the condensate toward an airflow across a second heat exchanger of the climate management system.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Daniel V. Winders, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Vilas G. Pawanarkar, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20200182560Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger that has a microchannel heat exchanger tube that may flow a refrigerant therethrough. The microchannel heat exchanger tube may extend from a first end of the microchannel tube to a second end of the microchannel tube, and the microchannel heat exchanger tube may have a sinusoidal configuration between the first end and the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Anil V. Bhosale, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20180356116Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a climate management system that includes a condensate pan configured to collect condensate from a first heat exchanger of the climate management system, a pump fluidly coupled to the condensate pan, and a nozzle fluidly coupled to the pump, wherein the nozzle is configured to receive the condensate from the pump and direct the condensate toward an airflow across a second heat exchanger of the climate management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Daniel V. Winders, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Vilas G. Pawanarkar, Kirankumar A. Muley
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Publication number: 20180356124Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a heat exchanger configured to translate between a first position within an air flow path of the HVAC system and a second position external to the air flow path of the HVAC system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Neelkanth S. Gupte, Vilas G. Pawanarkar, Kirankumar A. Muley, Julie A. Shirey, Anil V. Bhosale, Siddappa R. Bidari, Ravindra B. Salunkhe, Gnanesh Suvvada, Mujibul R. Mohammad, Manjur Tamboli