Vacuum insulation module and assembly
OwnerMatthew M. Tatarianinventor
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Abstract
A vacuum insulation assembly includes a number of vacuum insulation modules. Each module includes a first layer of material, a second layer of material substantially parallel to the first layer of material, a frame member disposed between the perimeter edges of the first and second layer of materials, a vacuum chamber formed between the first and second layer of materials and the frame member, and one or more spacers that generate a magnetic field. The spacers can be located on the interior, the exterior or disposed within the first and second layers of material. In one aspect, the spacers are permanent magnets, electromagnets, and the like, that are positioned such that the spacers provide a sufficient magnetic field to prevent the first and second layers of material from contacting each other.
Claims20
A vacuum insulation assembly comprising a plurality of vacuum insulation modules arranged adjacent each other,
- each vacuum insulation module, comprising:
- a first layer of material having a perimeter edge;
- a second layer of material having a perimeter edge, the second layer of material spaced apart from the first layer of material;
- a frame member disposed between the perimeter edges of the first layer of material and the second layer of material;
- a vacuum chamber formed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and the frame member;
- a first spacer associated with the first layer of material;
- and
- a second spacer associated with the second layer of material,
- wherein the first and second spacers generate a sufficient magnetic field to prevent physical contact between the first layer of material and the second layer of material,
- wherein the vacuum insulation assembly comprises at least two vacuum insulation modules,
- wherein the first vacuum insulation module is evacuated to a first barometric pressure, and
- wherein the second vacuum insulation module is evacuated to a second barometric pressure, the second barometric pressure different than the first barometric pressure.
A vacuum insulation assembly comprising a plurality of vacuum insulation modules arranged adjacent each other,
- each vacuum insulation module comprising:
- a first layer of material having a perimeter edge;
- a second layer of material having a perimeter edge, the second layer of material spaced apart from the first layer of material;
- a frame member disposed between the perimeter edges of the first layer of material and the second layer of material;
- a vacuum chamber formed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and the frame member;
- a first spacer associated with the first layer of material;
- and
- a second spacer associated with the second layer of material,
- wherein the first and second spacers generate a sufficient magnetic field so as to prevent physical contact between the first layer of material and the second layer of material,
- wherein the vacuum insulation assembly comprises a first vacuum insulation module, a second vacuum insulation module, and a third vacuum insulation module, the second vacuum insulation module disposed between the first and third vacuum insulation modules,
- wherein the first vacuum insulation module is evacuated to a first barometric pressure, wherein the second vacuum insulation module is evacuated to a second barometric pressure, and wherein the third vacuum insulation module is evacuated to a third barometric pressure, and
- wherein the second barometric pressure is greater than the first and third barometric pressures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.