Building structure for garage mounted apparatus

Abstract

A building structure for garage mounted air conditioning apparatus includes a garage having an interior defined by a plurality of walls including at least one exterior wall on which a concealed condensing unit (CCU) of the air conditioning apparatus is mountable, a ceiling, and a garage door of an overhead type which is engageably displaceable along a track having an inverted L-shape. The at least one exterior wall is formed with at least one through-hole opening in a headroom between a horizontal section of the track and the garage ceiling which is in fluid communication with the CCU.

1 . A building structure for a garage mounted air conditioning apparatus, comprising a garage having an interior defined by a plurality of walls including a garage door of an overhead type which is engageably displaceable along a track having an inverted L-shape, at least one exterior side wall substantially perpendicular to said garage door when said garage door is set to a closed position on which a concealed condensing unit (CCU) constituting an outdoor unit of split-type air conditioning apparatus is mountable, and a garage ceiling, wherein one of said at least one exterior side wall is formed with at least one through-hole opening which is in fluid communication with the CCU in a headroom between a horizontal section of the track and the garage ceiling and in a sideroom located between the horizontal section and said one exterior side wall. 
     
     
         2 . The building structure according to  claim 1 , further configured with one or more mounting elements for mounting the CCU onto the one exterior garage side wall, wherein the CCU has a casing for enclosing CCU components including a freestanding compressor and a condenser coil, said one or more mounting elements configured to mount the casing having a maximum height approximately equal to the height of the compressor and less than the height of the headroom without interfering with the horizontal section of the track or with the garage door when set to an opened position and is in engagement with the horizontal section of the track. 
     
     
         3 . The building structure according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one through-hole opening is an opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere and the one or more mounting elements is a frame member surrounding the opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere, wherein said frame member is configured in such a way that an exhaust opening of the CCU is aligned with the opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere. 
     
     
         4 . The building structure according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one through-hole opening is an opening through which intake air from the atmosphere is introduced to the CCU and the one or more mounting elements is a frame member surrounding the opening through which intake air is introduced, wherein said frame member is configured in such a way that an intake opening of the CCU is aligned with the opening through which intake air is introduced. 
     
     
         5 . The building structure according to  claim 1 , wherein a second exterior garage side wall spaced from a first exterior garage side wall on which the CCU is mounted is formed with a duct opening within which a duct extending to the CCU is fixed. 
     
     
         6 . The building structure according to  claim 5 , wherein the duct opening is formed in the headroom between the horizontal section of the track and the garage ceiling. 
     
     
         7 . The building structure according to  claim 1 , which is additionally configured with at least one penetration formed in the garage ceiling, a corresponding conduit through which flows a refrigerant adapted to condition at least one interior room of the building extending upwardly through said at least one penetration to an indoor unit of the air conditioning apparatus. 
     
     
         8 . The building structure according to  claim 1 , which is additionally configured with a drain element through which condensate produced by the CCU is dischargeable. 
     
     
         9 . The building structure according to  claim 11 , wherein a maximum height of the at least one through-hole opening is less than the maximum height of the CCU casing. 
     
     
         10 . The building structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the building is configured with the garage mounted air conditioning apparatus, and the building has:
 a) the garage having the interior defined by the plurality of walls including the garage door of an overhead type which is engageably displaceable along a track having an inverted L-shape, the least one exterior side wall substantially perpendicular to the garage door when the garage door is set to a closed position, and the garage ceiling;   b) a concealed condensing unit (CCU) constituting an outdoor unit of split-type air conditioning apparatus; and   c) an indoor unit of the split-type air conditioning apparatus between which and said CCU a refrigerant is circulatable, said indoor unit being mounted in an interior space of the building other than the garage,   wherein said CCU is configured to cooperate in conditioning said interior space, but not the garage, and is mounted in the headroom of one of the at least one exterior side wall between the horizontal section of the track and the garage ceiling and in the sideroom located between the horizontal section and the one exterior side wall without interfering with the garage door when the garage door is set to an opened position and is in engagement with the horizontal section of the track, and is in fluid communication with the at least one through-hole opening formed at the headroom and at the sideroom.   
     
     
         11 . The building structure according to  claim 10 , wherein the CCU comprises components that include a fan, a freestanding compressor, a condenser coil, and a casing that encloses the compressor and condenser coil and that has a height which is less than the height of the headroom, to prevent overheating of the fan and of the compressor. 
     
     
         12 . The building structure according to  claim 11 , wherein the casing has a height which is less than 0.8 times the height of the headroom. 
     
     
         13 . The building structure according to  claim 10 , further configured with one or more mounting elements for mounting the CCU onto the one exterior garage side wall. 
     
     
         14 . The building structure according to  claim 13 , wherein the at least one through-hole opening is an opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere to prevent overheating of the garage interior and the one or more mounting elements is a frame member surrounding the opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere, wherein said frame member is configured in such a way that an exhaust opening of the CCU is aligned with the opening through which CCU exhaust air is exhausted to the atmosphere. 
     
     
         15 . The building structure according to  claim 13 , wherein the at least one through-hole opening is an opening through which intake air from the atmosphere is introduced to the CCU and the one or more mounting elements is a frame member surrounding the opening through which intake air is introduced, wherein said frame member is configured in such a way that an intake opening of the CCU is aligned with the opening through which intake air is introduced. 
     
     
         16 . The building structure according to  claim 10 , wherein a second exterior garage side wall spaced from a first exterior garage side wall on which the CCU is mounted is formed with a duct opening within which a duct extending to the CCU is fixed. 
     
     
         17 . The building structure according to  claim 16 , wherein the duct opening is formed in the headroom between the horizontal section of the track and the garage ceiling. 
     
     
         18 . The building structure according to  claim 10 , which is additionally configured with at least one penetration formed in the garage ceiling, a corresponding conduit through which flows the refrigerant extending upwardly through said at least one penetration. 
     
     
         19 . The building structure according to  claim 11 , wherein the casing is configured with separated CCU intake and exhaust openings that prevent infiltration of exhaust air from the exhaust opening into intake air flowing to the intake opening.