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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jaspreet Dhau, Tampa, FL (US);
Dharendra Goswami, Tampa, FL (US);
Chand K. Jotshi, Tampa, FL (US);
Elias K. Stefanakos, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 5/00 (2006.01); C09K 5/06 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); F28F 21/06 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); C23C 18/31 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 5/063 (2013.01); C09K 5/00 (2013.01); C23C 18/165 (2013.01); C23C 18/1641 (2013.01); C23C 18/31 (2013.01); C25D 7/00 (2013.01); F28D 20/023 (2013.01); F28F 21/06 (2013.01); F28F 2225/00 (2013.01); F28F 2255/06 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a phase change material is encapsulated by forming a phase change material pellet, coating the pellet with flexible material, heating the coated pellet to melt the phase change material, wherein the phase change materials expands and air within the pellet diffuses out through the flexible material, and cooling the coated pellet to solidify the phase change material.