US Patent Issued to CARRIER on April 1 for "Coil cleaning easy access" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,840, issued on April 1, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Coil cleaning easy access" was invented by Frank Silva (Huntersville, N.C.) and Thomas Franaszek (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access panel assembly and a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system incorporating the access panel assembly are provided. The HVAC system includes a heat exchanger assembly with a first heat exchanger coil and a second heat exchanger coil (e.g., in a V-shaped configuration). The first heat exchanger coil and the second heat exchanger coil each respectively include an exterior surface, ...