US 12,540,028 B2 · Shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials

Abstract

Shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials. In one embodiment, the shipping system includes a frame defining an enclosure. The frame includes a bottom, a top, a front, a rear, a left side, a right side, a left corner gusset, and a right corner gusset. The front serves as a door. Thermal breaks are provided in one or more of the bottom, the front, the left corner gusset, and the right corner gusset. Vacuum insulated panels are positioned along all sides of the frame. Many of the vacuum insulated panels are encapsulated between the frame and an outer shell. A plurality of phase-change material assemblies are positioned within the frame along all sides. Heat-spreaders are positioned interior to the phase-change material assemblies. The shipping system are dimensioned so that four such shipping systems are seated on a prorate manual cargo sheet.

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Dependent claims

A passively-controlled shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials, the passively-controlled shipping system comprising:

(a) an insulated container, the insulated container comprising a frame, the frame comprising a bottom, a top, a front including a door, a rear, a left side, and a right side, the frame defining a closed space, the closed space comprising a payload space, the payload space being dimensioned to accommodate a pallet and a pallet-sized payload, wherein the payload space is dimensioned to accommodate alternatively a standard US-sized pallet and corresponding payload and a standard European-sized pallet and corresponding payload;
and
(b) a quantity of phase-change material disposed within the closed space defined by the frame of the insulated container;
(c) wherein the passively-controlled shipping system is dimensioned so that four such shipping systems may be seated within the footprint of a PMC sheet having dimensions of 125 inches×96 inches and wherein the passively-controlled shipping system is configured to maintain a payload disposed within the insulated container within a desired temperature range for at least 4 days.

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A passively-controlled shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials, the passively-controlled shipping system comprising:

(a) a frame, the frame defining a closed space;
(b) an outer shell, the outer shell being disposed exterior to the frame;
(c) a plurality of vacuum insulated panels, the plurality of vacuum insulated panels being disposed exterior to the frame, with at least some of the vacuum insulated panels positioned between the frame and the outer shell;
(d) a plurality of phase-change material assemblies, the plurality of phase-change material assemblies being disposed interior to the frame, wherein each of the plurality of phase-change material assemblies comprises at least one container and a quantity of phase-change material disposed within the at least one container;
and
(e) a plurality of heat-spreaders, the plurality of heat-spreaders being disposed interior to the phase-change material assemblies and defining an enclosed payload space bounded by a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, a left side and a right side, wherein at least one of the plurality of heat-spreaders is attached to the frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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