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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:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Kazuaki Yazawa, Chiba, JP;
Avram Bar-cohen, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kazuaki Yazawa, Chiba, JP;
Avram Bar-Cohen, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B013/00 ; H05K007/20 ; G06F001/16 ; F28D015/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for converting lower temperature dissipated heat to other useful energy and apparatus therefore. Heat energy is transferred to a fluid contained within a conduit, and natural convection of the fluid is utilized to transfer kinetic energy of the heat to another type of energy such as electrical energy.