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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:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);

John (Jack) Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);

Joseph Anthony Tobbe, Louisville, KY (US);

Blake Philip Bomar, Louisville, KY (US);

Inventors:

Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);

John (Jack) Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);

Joseph Anthony Tobbe, Louisville, KY (US);

Blake Philip Bomar, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 27/00 (2006.01); F24H 4/04 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F24H 1/20 (2006.01); F24H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/023 (2013.01); F24H 4/04 (2013.01); F24H 1/202 (2013.01); F24D 2220/10 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01); F24H 7/0241 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An appliance includes a water heater storage tank, a heating assembly configured to heat water within the water heater storage tank, and a heat exchange device disposed within the heat storage unit in a fixed relationship relative to a position of the heating assembly. The heat exchange device includes a hollow object and a phase change material within the hollow object.


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