Thermal rectifier and thermal rectification unit

    公开(公告)号:US11060804B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US16486466

    申请日:2018-02-15

    Inventor: Hiroyuki Abe

    Abstract: A thermal rectifier includes a first panel, a second panel, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism includes a first thermally conductive portion thermally connected to the first panel and a second thermally conductive portion thermally connected to the second panel. The switching mechanism switches, as at least one of the first thermally conductive portion or the second thermally conductive portion changes their shape or dimensions, from a heat radiation state to a heat insulation state, or vice versa. The heat radiation state is a state where the first thermally conductive portion and the second thermally conductive portion are thermally coupled together. The heat insulation state is a state where the first thermally conductive portion and the second thermally conductive portion are thermally isolated from each other.

    Glass panel unit and windowpane
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10597933B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15763787

    申请日:2016-09-14

    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes a first pane of glass, and a second pane of glass facing the first pane of glass with the panes of glass spaced a predetermined interval apart. The glass panel includes a seal disposed between the panes of glass and joined to them in an airtight manner, and an interior space encompassed with the panes of glass and the seal. The glass panel unit includes: a partition wall disposed in the interior space and divides the interior space into a first space as a vacuum space and a second space; an air release vent formed in a first or second pane of glass and communicates with the second space; and a blocking member provided in the air release vent.

    Glass panel unit
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12196034B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-14

    申请号:US17599976

    申请日:2020-03-05

    Abstract: Provided is a glass panel unit that reduces the chances of an electric wire extended being disconnected. A glass panel unit includes a first panel, a second panel, a seal, a connecting void, and an electric wire. The first panel includes a first glass pane. The second panel includes a second glass pane and is arranged to face the second glass pane. The seal has a frame shape and hermetically bonds respective peripheral edge portions of the first panel and the second panel to create an internal space between the first panel and the second panel. The connecting void is provided for a portion, other than a portion facing the internal space, of at least one of the first panel or the second panel. The electric wire is extended from the internal space to the connecting void by passing through the seal.

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