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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Tokitae Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathan Bloedow, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Ryan Calderon, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Friend, Seattle, WA (US);
David Gasperino, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shieng Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Nathan John Pegram, Seattle, WA (US);
David Keith Piech, Seattle, WA (US);
Shannon Weise Stone, Redmond, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Ozgur Emek Yildirim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tokitac LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a regulated thermal transfer device for a storage container includes: a phase change material unit, the phase change material unit including one or more walls surrounding a phase-change material region, and an aperture in the one or more walls; a heat pipe with a first end positioned within the phase change material unit, and a second end; a thermoelectric unit thermally connected to the second end of the heat pipe; a heat sink connected to the thermoelectric unit, and positioned to radiate heat away from the thermoelectric unit; and an electronic controller operably connected to the thermoelectric unit; wherein the regulated thermal transfer device is of a size and shape to be positioned so that the phase change material unit is within a storage region of a temperature-stabilized storage container, and the thermoelectric unit is positioned adjacent to an external surface of the temperature-stabilized storage container.