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US 2019/0195547 A1Published application
Modular and separable cryogenic shipping system
OwnerWilliam G. Moon, Bao Traninventors
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Abstract
A modular shipping system includes a bulk shipping space; and a base to support a pair of stackable cryogenic shipping subunits positioned in the bulk shipping space during long distance shipment, each subunit having a plurality of feet on a subunit bottom adapted to rest above a plurality of corresponding foot receptacles on a subunit lid, each subunit having its own cryogen connection source to maintain temperature during transit.
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A shipping system, comprising:
- a. a bulk shipping space;
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- b. a base;
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- c. a pair of stackable cryogenic shipping subunits above the base and positioned in the bulk shipping space during long distance shipment, each subunit having a plurality of feet on a subunit bottom adapted to rest above a plurality of corresponding foot receptacles on a subunit lid, each subunit having its own cryogen connection to one or more cryogen tank sources coupled to the base to maintain temperature during transit, a temperature controller including a temperature sensor to achieve multiple temperature set-points from −150 degree Celsius to ambient temperature, and an onboard power source operating independently of external power during shipment with independent temperature set-points for each subunit;
- d. a quick connect post for the subunits;
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- e. proximity sensors on the quick connect post to detect a configuration of either a single subunit or a stacked subunits, and to control cryogenic coolant flows to the single subunit or to the pair of stacked subunits.
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