# US 10,246,243 B1 · Apparatus and method for active heat removal from a heat resistant container

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- Number: US 10,246,243 B1
- Document ID: US10246243B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/790,832
- Filed: 2017-10-23
- Published: 2019-04-25
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-23
- Assignees: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicants: Honeywell International Inc.
- Inventors: David Lowell Miller; Gary Kersten; Kendall McAdams
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246243B1

## CPC

- B65D 81/38: with thermal insulation
- B65D 85/30: for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
- G06F 1/182: {with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI]}
- G06F 1/20: Cooling means
- G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)}
- G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers}
- H10N 10/13: characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
- H04B 1/3822: specially adapted for use in vehicles (H04B1/3827 takes precedence)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04B: TRANSMISSION

## Abstract

A method is provided. The method comprises: receiving thermal energy at a heat resistant container; converting all or a portion of the received thermal energy into electric energy; converting the electric energy into electromagnetic energy; and radiating the electromagnetic energy.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A heat resistant container, comprising:
protected content;
a transmitter system;
a first heat absorber surrounding the protected content;
a thermoelectric generation system surrounding the first heat absorber and electrically coupled to the transmitter system; and
an impact resistant enclosure, part or all of which is permeable to electromagnetic spectrum in which the transmitter system transmits, where the impact resistant enclosure surrounds the thermoelectric generation system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, further comprising a second heat absorber surrounding the protected content, and which is surrounded by the first heat absorber.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The heat resistant container of claim 2, wherein the second heat absorber comprises phase change material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, wherein the first heat absorber comprises a metallic microlattice.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, wherein the transmitter system is configured to transmit electromagnetic energy in the ultra low frequency through millimeter wave frequency spectrum.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, further comprising a thermal insulator surrounding the thermoelectric generation system.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The heat resistant container of claim 6, wherein the thermal insulator comprises ceramic.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The heat resistant container of claim 6, wherein the thermoelectric generation system surrounds the first heat absorber.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, wherein the thermoelectric generation system is a Peltier cooling system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, further comprising a power system coupled between the thermoelectric generation system and the transmitter system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The heat resistant container of claim 1, wherein the protected content is a crash survivable memory system.