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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Modern Electron, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Stephen E. Clark, Issaquah, WA (US);
David A. Degtiarov, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory A. Kirkos, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Kraemer, Kirkland, WA (US);
John J. Lorr, Redmond, WA (US);
Max N. Mankin, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason M. Parker, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander J. Pearse, Seattle, WA (US);
Levi D. Rodriguez, Seattle, WA (US);
Ad de Pijper, Redmond, WA (US);
Modern Electron, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Various disclosed embodiments include thermionic energy converters with a thermal concentrating hot shell and emitters for thermionic energy converters. In some embodiments, an illustrative thermionic energy converter includes: an emitter electrode; a hot shell configured to concentrate heat flow toward the emitter electrode; a collector electrode; and a cold shell that is thermally isolated from the hot shell.