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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shuji Ikegami, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Makino, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Yasuo, Osaka, JP;
Hyunyoung Kim, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Mamoru Okumoto, Osaka, JP;
Chuncheng Piao, Osaka, JP;
Lan Jiang, Osaka, JP;
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A cooling/heating, module configured to cool and heat air includes: first and second cooling/heating sections (), each having a thermoelastic material (); and an actuator () applying tension to the thermoelastic material (). The actuator () is configured to alternately perform the operation of applying tension to the thermoelastic material () of the first cooling/heating section () and removing tension from the thermoelastic material () of the second cooling/heating section () and the operation of applying tension to the thermoelastic material () of the second cooling/heating section () and removing tension from the thermoelastic material () of the first cooling/heating section ().