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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:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2025
Applicant:

Orca Sciences Llc, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Austin Blake Vernon, Kirkland, WA (US);

James Williams, Kirkland, WA (US);

Aravindh Rajan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Ian Salmon Mckay, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Orca Sciences LLC, Kirkland, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system can include: a heat storage medium (e.g., soil, dirt, gley, sand, earth, bedrock, gravel, clay, silt, loam, rock, talus, scree, volcanic material, glacial debris, humus, and/or other earthen material), a heat transfer mechanism (e.g., resistive heater, inductive heater, forced air heater, forced fluid heater, etc.), and a heat output mechanism (e.g., thermoelectric device, fluid coupling, etc.). A method can include heating a heat storage medium with a heat transfer mechanism and extracting heat from the heat storage medium using a heat transfer mechanism.


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