Thermally insulated shipping system for pallet-sized payload, methods of making and using the same, and kit for use therein

US10661969B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · US

Inventors

• Fery Pranadi · Pleasanton, US
• Shreyas S. Panse · Boston, US
• TzeHo Lee · Needham, US
• Mark Fontes · North Scituate, US
• Gregory Cook · Warrenville, US
• Richard Orsini · Brookline, US
• Richard M. Formato · Grafton, US
• Karen L. Snyder · Natick, US
• Douglas E. Johnson · Minneapolis, US
• Timothy D. Stovall · Leonidas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 2016
• Grant date: May 26, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2303/085
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Thermally insulated shipping system for use in transporting a pallet-sized payload. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of thermally insulating walls arranged to define an interior volume suitable for receiving a pallet-sized payload. The thermally insulating walls include a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, of which all but the bottom wall include at least two slots facing towards the interior volume. One of the slots is an inner slot that is more proximal to the interior volume, and one of the slots is an outer slot that is more distal to the interior volume. The system also includes a plurality of inner cassettes disposed in at least some of the inner slots and a plurality of outer cassettes disposed in at least some of the outer slots. The inner and outer cassettes include phase-change materials.