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US 11,788,800 B2Granted
Radiant cooling devices and methods of forming the same
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsJonathan Grinham, Martin Bechthold, Salmaan Craig, Donald Ingber
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Abstract
A radiant cooling device comprises at least one fluidic layer including one or more micro-channel liquid-circuits and at least one structural layer coupled to the at least one fluidic layer. The device further includes a plurality of folds such that the device has a three-dimensional surface geometry having a plurality of inclined surfaces.
Claims21
A radiant cooling device comprising:
- a plurality of generally planar panels, each of the plurality of panels including
- a fluidic layer including one or more micro-channel liquid-circuits, at least one of the one or more micro-channel liquid-circuits having an internal channel configured for fluid flow within the at least one of the one or more micro-channel liquid-circuits, and
- a structural layer coupled to the fluidic layer,
- wherein the device further includes a plurality of folds separating each of the plurality of panels such that the device has a three-dimensional surface geometry having a plurality of inclined surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of folds has a generally zigzag shape.
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A method of forming a radiant cooling device, the method comprising:
- providing at least one fluidic layer including one or more micro-channel liquid-circuits;
- coupling at least one structural layer to the at least one fluidic layer to form a laminated structure;
- folding or bending the laminated structure to form a plurality of folds thereon, wherein each of the plurality of folds has a generally zigzag shape, each of the plurality of folds separating the device into a plurality of generally planar panels having a respective plurality of inclined surfaces, the plurality of inclined surfaces forming a three-dimensional surface geometry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.