Cold storage unit

US6343485B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Behr GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Gottfried Duerr · Stuttgart, DE
• Guenther Feuerecker · Stuttgart, DE
• Karl Fulterer · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans-Dieter Hinderberger · Stuttgart, DE
• Dietrich Klingler · Heubach, DE
• Kurt Molt · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Juergen Otto · Burscheid, DE
• Wolfgang Reier · Schwaikheim, DE
• Ulrich Salzer · Renningen, DE
• Dieter Schmadl · Erbach, DE
• Markus Schmid · Dietmanns, AT
• Werner Schwahn · Schwieberdingen, DE
• Luay Ghussein · Stuttgart, DE
• Werner Rauland · Pforzheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/14
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling apparatus is disclosed which includes a housing and a plurality of chambers which are arranged therein, sealed tightly and filled with a storage medium. The chambers have a substantially flat cross section and are arranged in at least one group. Passages extend between the chambers. The chambers of a group are combined to form a block, and at least one passage is provided between each pair of adjacent chambers. Each of the passages is connected to distribution and collection chambers formed in the housing, in the area of the distribution and collection chambers, with at least one feed port and a return port.