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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
May. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
W Edward Wallace, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
H Kevin Smith, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raymond S Craig, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Fiaz Pourarian, Verona, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ; C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
420416 ; 62 462 ; 420900 ;
Abstract
A heat pump utilizing beds of hydride forming materials for absorption and desorption of hydrogen as a working fluid in a sealed system. A bed structure including alternate layers of heat conducting discs and powdered hydride former is disclosed, and the incorporation of the beds into a liquid type heat exchanger-reaction vessel is also set forth.