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Patent No.:

US 9139351 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2010

Temperature-stabilized storage systems with flexible connectors

Applicants:

Fong-li Chou, Issaquah, WA (US);

Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);

Zihong Guo, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Nels R. Peterson, Seattle, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Fong-Li Chou, Issaquah, WA (US);

Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);

Zihong Guo, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Nels R. Peterson, Seattle, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

TOKITAE LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Fenn Mathew

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew T Kirsch

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B65D 1/24 (2006.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B65D 25/04 (2006.01); B65D 57/00 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01); F17C 1/00 (2006.01); F17C 3/00 (2006.01); F17C 13/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/00 (2006.01); A47J 39/00 (2006.01); A47J 41/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01); A61J 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B65D 81/3806 (2013.01); A61J 1/00 (2013.01); A61J 2200/40 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01);

Abstract

Substantially thermally sealed containers including flexible connectors joining an aperture in the exterior of the container to an aperture in a substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container are described. The flexible connectors include a duct forming an elongated thermal pathway between the exterior of the container and the substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container. The flexible connectors include compression units mated to each end of the duct and a plurality of compression strands connected between the compression units.

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