Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigeration devices including temperature-controlled container systems
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Application No.: US14484969Application Date: 2014-09-12
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Publication No.: US09726418B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Fong-Li Chou , Philip A. Eckhoff , Lawrence Morgan Fowler , William Gates , Jennifer Ezu Hu , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Fridrik Larusson , Shieng Liu , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Nels R. Peterson , Clarence T. Tegreene , Maurizio Vecchione , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Victoria Y. H. Wood
- Applicant: Tokitae LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Tokitae LLC
- Current Assignee: Tokitae LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: F25B39/02
- IPC: F25B39/02 ; F25B49/02 ; F25D11/02 ; F25B23/00 ; F28F3/14 ; F25D11/00

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to the refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned at least partially within the liquid-impermeable container; a unidirectional thermal conductor with a condensing end and an evaporative end, the condensing end positioned within the liquid-impermeable container; a first aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the first aperture of a size, shape and position to permit the set of evaporator coils to traverse the aperture; a second aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the second aperture including an internal surface of a size, shape and position to mate with an external surface of the unidirectional thermal conductor; and one or more walls substantially forming a storage region in thermal contact with the evaporative end of the unidirectional thermal conductor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150143831A1 REFRIGERATION DEVICES INCLUDING TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CONTAINER SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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