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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Norwich Technologies, Inc., White River Junction, VT (US);

Inventors:

Troy McBride, Norwich, VT (US);

Jonathan Lynch, St. Johnsbury, VT (US);

Joel Stettenheim, Norwich, VT (US);

Oliver James Brambles, Wesham, GB;

Leif Kilkenny Johnson, West Lebanon, NH (US);

Per Erik Kristoffer Edstrom, Stockbridge, VT (US);

Assignee:

Norwich Technologies, Inc., White River Junction, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/0034 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A floating piston configured to be disposed in a vessel of a thermal energy storage system to separate a hot working fluid from a cold working fluid. The floating piston includes a piston body having a first end, a second end, and a central region. There is a compressible member which is disposed in the central region of the piston and which is configured to engage with an inner surface of the vessel when the piston is disposed in the vessel.


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