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US 9,211,498 B2Granted
Functional desiccants
AssigneeMakefield LLC
InventorsKutadgu Akdogan, Kalyan C. Vepuri, Christian Von Heifner
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Abstract
A device includes a desiccant and an enclosure having an interior surrounding the desiccant. The enclosure may include a moisture vapor permeable membrane with a moisture permeability sufficient to pass moisture from outside the enclosure to the desiccant. The device may further include a functional device within the enclosure having processing circuitry to perform at least one function associated with the desiccant.
Claims31
A device comprising:
- a desiccant;
- an enclosure having an interior surrounding the desiccant and including a moisture vapor permeable membrane with a moisture permeability sufficient to pass moisture from outside the enclosure to the desiccant;
- and
- a functional device within the enclosure including processing circuitry to perform at least one function associated with the desiccant, wherein the functional device is configured to control operation of the desiccant by controlling an interaction of the desiccant with an environment outside the enclosure, and wherein the functional device controls a physical exposure of the desiccant to the environment in a manner that varies over time.
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A device comprising:
- a desiccant;
- an enclosure having an interior surrounding the desiccant and including a moisture vapor permeable membrane with a moisture permeability sufficient to pass moisture from outside the enclosure to the desiccant;
- and
- a functional device coupled to an exterior of the enclosure including processing circuitry to perform at least one function associated with the desiccant, wherein the functional device is configured to control operation of the desiccant by controlling an interaction of the desiccant with an environment outside the enclosure, and wherein the functional device controls a physical exposure of the desiccant to the environment in a manner that varies over time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.