Thermal insulation vessel

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first magnet coupled to the first housing;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second magnet coupled to the second housing, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the inner wall comprising a first plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first magnet coupled to the first housing;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second magnet coupled to the second housing, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the outer wall comprising a second plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first magnet coupled to the first housing;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second magnet coupled to the second housing, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the inner wall comprising a first plurality of facets and the outer wall comprising a second plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first magnet coupled to the first housing;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second magnet coupled to the second housing, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall;
• and
• a conductive heat transfer member positioned between the inner wall and outer wall and having a higher thermal conductivity along a longitudinal axis than an axis passing from the inner wall to the outer wall.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first plurality of magnets coupled to the first housing and positioned proximate the inner wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second plurality of magnets coupled to the second housing and positioned proximate the outer wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall;
• and
• a battery positioned in the second internal cavity.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first plurality of magnets coupled to the first housing and positioned proximate the inner wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second plurality of magnets coupled to the second housing and positioned proximate the outer wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the inner wall comprising a first plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first plurality of magnets coupled to the first housing and positioned proximate the inner wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second plurality of magnets coupled to the second housing and positioned proximate the outer wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the outer wall comprising a second plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first plurality of magnets coupled to the first housing and positioned proximate the inner wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second plurality of magnets coupled to the second housing and positioned proximate the outer wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall,
• the inner wall comprising a first plurality of facets and the outer wall comprises a second plurality of facets.

A thermal insulation vessel, comprising:

• a first housing having a first internal cavity and an inner wall;
• a first plurality of magnets coupled to the first housing and positioned proximate the inner wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation;
• a second housing positioned in the first internal cavity and having a second internal cavity and an outer wall;
• a second plurality of magnets coupled to the second housing and positioned proximate the outer wall in circumferentially spaced-apart relation, the second magnet interacting with the first magnet to maintain a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall;
• and
• a first inductive coupling coupled to the second housing.

Apparatus for thermally insulating an electrical component, comprising:

• a vessel;
• a structure for supporting the electrical component, the structure being receivable within the vessel;
• a system for levitating the structure within the vessel in a manner preventing physical contact between the structure and the vessel;
• and
• an electrical circuit structure coupled to the electrical component.

Apparatus comprising:

• a component to be thermally insulated;
• a vessel in which the component is received;
• and
• a system levitating the component within the vessel in a manner substantially preventing conductive heat transfer between the component and the vessel,
• the component being a battery.

A downhole tool assembly, comprising:

• a downhole tool;
• and
• apparatus coupled to the downhole tool and including:
• a vessel,
• a component disposed within the vessel, and
• a system levitating the component within the vessel.

A thermal insulation vessel comprising:

• a first tubular housing formed from a nonmagnetic material and having a sidewall portion extending between closed opposite ends and having an inner side surface with a circumferentially spaced plurality of longitudinally extending depressions formed therein;
• a second tubular housing formed from a nonmagnetic material and being adapted to receive an object to be thermally insulated, the second tubular housing being movably disposed within the first tubular housing in a longitudinally parallel relationship therewith and having a sidewall portion extending between closed opposite ends and having an outer side surface with a circumferentially spaced plurality of longitudinally extending depressions formed therein;
• first and second pluralities of magnetic structures respectively carried in the depressions of the first and second tubular housings and magnetically maintaining between the first and second tubular housings a gap that laterally circumscribes the second tubular housing;
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• end magnetic structures disposed on the opposite ends of the first and second tubular housings and magnetically maintaining within the first tubular housing gaps between facing end portions of the first and second tubular housings.