Temperature-controlled portable cooling units

US11105556B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOKITAE LLC · US

Inventors

• Fong-Li Chou · Bellevue, US
• Philip A. Eckhoff · Bellevue, US
• Lawrence Morgan Fowler · Kirkland, US
• Shieng Liu · Bellevue, US
• Peter Maier-Laxhuber · Munich, DE
• Nels R. Peterson · Bellevue, US
• Ralf Schmidt · Freising, DE
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Reiner Worz · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
• David J. Yager · Carnation, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D31/006
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Portage storage containers including controlled evaporative cooling systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system includes: a storage region, an evaporative region adjacent to the storage region, a desiccant region adjacent to the outside of the container, and an insulation region positioned between the evaporative region and the desiccant region. A vapor conduit with an attached vapor control unit has a first end within the evaporative region and a second end within the desiccant region. In some embodiments, the controlled evaporative cooling systems are positioned in a radial configuration within the portable container.