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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Tokitae Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Fong-Li Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Philip A. Eckhoff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lawrence Morgan Fowler, Kirkland, WA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
Jennifer Ezu Hu, Seattle, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Fridrik Larusson, Seattle, WA (US);
Shieng Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Brian L. Pal, Medina, WA (US);
Nels R. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Keith Piech, Seattle, WA (US);
Maurizio Vecchione, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
David J. Yager, Carnation, WA (US);
Tokitae LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to a refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned within an interior of the liquid-impermeable container; walls substantially forming a storage region; and a heat transfer system including a first group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form a condenser in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container, a second group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form an evaporator in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a storage region, and a connector with a hollow interior affixed to both the condenser and the evaporator, the connector forming a liquid and vapor flow path between the hollow interior of the condenser and the hollow interior of the evaporator.