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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuaki Yazawa, Chiba, JP;
Avram Bar-Cohen, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 2/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 2/502 ;
Abstract
A method for enhancing natural convection and for converting lower temperature dissipated heat to other useful energy and apparatus therefor. Heat energy is transferred to a medium contained with a channel, and natural convection of the medium is utilized to transfer kinetic energy to another type of energy such as electrical energy.