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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Tomita, Nara, JP;
Yoshiaki Kurosawa, Osaka, JP;
Atsunori Hashimoto, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A heat storage device () of the present disclosure includes: a heat storage container () having an inlet () and an outlet () for a heat medium; a plate-like heat storage body () disposed in the heat storage container () and having a heat storage material () and an envelope () containing the heat storage material (); a plate-like spacer () placed on the heat storage body () in the heat storage container () and having a plurality of contact portions () that are in contact with the heat storage body () and a plurality of non-contact portions () that are spaced from the heat storage body (), the contact portions () and the non-contact portions () being alternately formed in a specific direction; and a plurality of flow paths () for leading the heat medium from the inlet () to the outlet (), the flow paths being formed by a surface of the heat storage body () and the non-contact portions () and extending in a direction intersecting the specific direction. Thereby, the heat transfer characteristics between the heat storage material and the heat medium are good.