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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Llc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steve Qingjun Cai, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Avijit Bhunia, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/04 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/046 (2013.01); F28D 15/02 (2013.01); F28D 15/0258 (2013.01); F28D 15/04 (2013.01); B01D 53/343 (2013.01); B01D 2259/655 (2013.01); B01D 2259/657 (2013.01);
Abstract

An osmotic transport apparatus includes a heat conducting chamber having an inner wall, a heat absorption end and a heat dissipation end, an osmotic membrane extending substantially longitudinally along an inner wall of the heat conducting chamber from the heat absorption end to the heat dissipation end, a liquid salt solution disposed in the osmotic membrane, and an inner vapor cavity so that when heat is applied to the heat absorption end, vapor is expelled from the osmotic membrane at the heat absorption end, is condensed on the osmotic membrane at the heat dissipation end, and is drawn into the osmotic membrane at the heat dissipation end for passive pumping transport back to the heat absorption end as more condensate is drawn through the osmotic membrane.


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