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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Sonoco Development, Inc., Hartsville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Iftekhar Ahmed, Pierrefonds, CA;
Assignee:
Sonoco Development, Inc., Hartsville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F28D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/0233 (2013.01); F25D 11/003 (2013.01); F28D 15/00 (2013.01); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaging system for transporting a payload while maintaining the payload within an acceptable temperature range. The payload is cooled by two sets of U-shaped heat pipes within the payload compartment. A set of cold heat pipes is cooled by a layer of phase change material located above the payload, while a set of warm heat pipes is cooled by a layer of phase change material located below the payload.