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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Tokitae Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Philip A. Eckhoff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lawrence Morgan Fowler, Redmond, WA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
Jennifer Ezu Hu, Seattle, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Nels R. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Maurizio Vecchione, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Tokitac LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a temperature-controlled container for use within a refrigeration device includes: one or more sections of insulation material substantially defining one or more walls of a temperature-controlled container, the temperature-controlled container including an internal region; a thermally-insulated partition dividing the internal region to form a storage region and a phase change material region internal to the container, the thermally-insulated partition including a conduit between the storage region and the phase change material region; a thermal control device within the conduit; an aperture within a section of the insulation material substantially defining the container, the aperture between the phase change material region internal to the container and an external surface of the container; and a unidirectional thermal conductor positioned within the aperture, the unidirectional thermal conductor configured to transmit heat in a direction from the phase change material region to the external surface of the container.