Temperature-stabilized storage systems with flexible connectors

US9139351B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOKITAE LLC · US

Inventors

• Fong-Li Chou · Bellevue, US
• Geoffrey F. Deane · Bellevue, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Zihong Guo · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Nels R. Peterson · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28D20/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Substantially thermally sealed containers including flexible connectors joining an aperture in the exterior of the container to an aperture in a substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container are described. The flexible connectors include a duct forming an elongated thermal pathway between the exterior of the container and the substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container. The flexible connectors include compression units mated to each end of the duct and a plurality of compression strands connected between the compression units.