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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Hideo Kobayashi, Mishima, JP;
Katuhiko Arisawa, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiko Hayashi, Odawara, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Mishima, JP;
Katuhiko Arisawa, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiko Hayashi, Odawara, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A heat accumulator () is formed by connecting a first container () and a second container () using a spring (). The first container () has a wall-shaped inner side wall that corresponds to the shape of a cylinder bore wall (). Provided on this inner side wall is a flexible structural part (). The flexible structural part () is formed of highly elastic resin. The second container () has a similar structure. A heat storage medium within the first container () and the second container () absorbs heat, which generates a change of phase from a solid to a liquid. When this happens, the volume of the heat storage medium increases. The increase in the heat storage medium projects the flexible structural part (), and separates the first container () and the second container () from the cylinder bore wall ().