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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Phononic Devices, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Jesse W. Edwards, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Robert Joseph Therrien, Cary, NC (US);
Mattias K-O Olsson, Durham, NC (US);
Robert B. Allen, Laurens, SC (US);
Abhishek Yadav, Cary, NC (US);
Paul Brian McCain, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ricardo E. Rodriguez, Raleigh, NC (US);
Justin W. English, Apex, NC (US);
Daniel Barus, Raleigh, NC (US);
Marshall Stanley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Phononic Devices, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a hybrid fan and active heat pumping system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the hybrid fan and active heat pumping system comprises a fan assembly and an active heat pumping system comprises a heat pump. The active heat pumping system is integrated with the fan assembly and is operable to actively cool or heat air as the air passes through the fan assembly. In some embodiments, the heat pump comprised in the active heat pumping system is a solid-state heat pump, a vapor compression heat pump, or a Stirling Cycle heat pump.