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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
Embr Labs Ip Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Kristen Warren, Cambridge, MA (US);
Locklin George, Boston, MA (US);
Sarah Horton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Caitlynn Tov, Sacramento, CA (US);
Matthew Dowling, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Xuchen He, Malden, MA (US);
Matthew J. Smith, Somerville, MA (US);
EMBR Labs IP LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for manipulating the temperature of a surface may include a heat transfer surface including active portions and a passive portion. The passive portion may include an inner passive portion disposed between each of the active portions and/or may include an outer passive portion that may surround each of the active portions. The active portions may form 40-90% of a total surface area of the heat transfer surface, where total surface area includes active portions and an inner passive portion. The passive portion(s) may have a thermal conductivity less than the active portion. A processor may be in electrical communication with thermoelectric modules defining or forming the active portions to generate a heat flux through the heat transfer surface. The heat flux through the active portions may be between 500 and 15,000 W/mduring nominal operation of the device.