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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);
Peter L. Hagelstein, Carlisle, MA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Schurig, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Various heaters and arrays of heaters that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In various arrangements, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to pass a current for heating.