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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
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);
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);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
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.