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US 12,680,765 B2Granted
Latent heat storage
AssigneeShinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorMichio Horiuchi
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Abstract
A latent heat storage includes a ceramic part, formed of a polycrystalline material, and including a closed space famed therein, and a metal part provided inside the closed space, and including copper.
Claims20
A latent heat storage comprising:
- a ceramic part, formed of a polycrystalline material, and including a closed space formed therein;
- a metal part provided inside the closed space, and including copper;
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- a heater, embedded in the ceramic part, and configured to heat the metal part via the ceramic part, wherein:
- the ceramic part is monolithic, and
- the ceramic part includes one of
- aluminum oxide at a proportion greater than or equal to 90 mass %,
- mullite at a proportion greater than or equal to 90 mass %,
- aluminum nitride at a proportion greater than or equal to 95 mass %, and
- a mixture of aluminum nitride and boron nitride at a proportion greater than or equal to 95 mass %.
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