公开(公告)号：US20090301103A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12477812

申请日：2009-06-03

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

IPC分类号： F25B21/02

CPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  Y10T29/4935

摘要： In certain embodiments, a thermoelectric heat pump includes a heat transfer region having an array of thermoelectric modules, a waste channel in substantial thermal communication with a high temperature portion of the heat transfer region, and a main channel in substantial thermal communication with a low temperature portion of the heat transfer region. An enclosure wall provides a barrier between fluid in the waste channel and fluid in the main channel throughout the interior of the thermoelectric heat pump. In some embodiments, the waste fluid channel and the main fluid channel are positioned and shaped such that differences in temperature between fluids disposed near opposite sides of the enclosure wall are substantially decreased or minimized at corresponding positions along the channels.

公开(公告)号：US20080307796A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-18

申请号：US12135062

申请日：2008-06-06

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Darrell Park

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Darrell Park

IPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F24F7/04 ,  F24F3/16

CPC分类号： H01L35/00 ,  F24F5/0042 ,  F24F2221/38 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  F25D31/007

摘要： A personal environment appliance and a vent for a personal environment appliance are provided. The appliance includes at least one thermoelectric module over at least one inlet port. The appliance further includes at least one main outlet port spaced from the at least one inlet port and at least one waste outlet port spaced from the at least one inlet port. The appliance further includes at least one filter between the at least one inlet port and the at least one thermoelectric module. The vent includes a plurality of first tubular conduits generally parallel to one another and each first tubular conduit having a ratio of the length divided by the width, The vent further includes a plurality of second tubular conduits generally parallel to one another and having a ratio of the length divided by the width. The plurality of second tubular conduits generally surrounds the plurality of first tubular conduits. The ratios of the second tubular conduits are sufficiently large such that air flow from the second tubular conduits is substantially laminar.

摘要翻译： 提供个人环境设备和个人环境设备的通风口。 该器具包括至少一个入口端口上的至少一个热电模块。 该器具还包括与至少一个入口端口间隔开的至少一个主出口端口和与至少一个入口端口间隔开的至少一个废物出口端口。 该装置还包括在至少一个入口端口和至少一个热电模块之间的至少一个过滤器。 通风口包括大体上彼此平行的多个第一管状管道，并且每个第一管状管道具有长度除以宽度的比率。 通风口还包括大体上彼此平行并具有长度除以宽度的比例的多个第二管状导管。 多个第二管状导管通常围绕多个第一管状导管。 第二管状导管的比例足够大，使得来自第二管状导管的空气流基本上是层流的。

公开(公告)号：US20090293499A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US12477806

申请日：2009-06-03

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

IPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  B21D53/02

CPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  Y10T29/4935

摘要： In certain embodiments, a thermoelectric heat pump includes a heat transfer region having an array of thermoelectric modules, a waste channel in substantial thermal communication with a high temperature portion of the heat transfer region, and a main channel in substantial thermal communication with a low temperature portion of the heat transfer region. An enclosure wall provides a barrier between fluid in the waste channel and fluid in the main channel throughout the interior of the thermoelectric heat pump. In some embodiments, the waste fluid channel and the main fluid channel are positioned and shaped such that differences in temperature between fluids disposed near opposite sides of the enclosure wall are substantially decreased or minimized at corresponding positions along the channels.

摘要翻译： 在某些实施例中，热电热泵包括具有热电模块阵列的传热区域，与传热区域的高温部分基本上热连通的废气通道，以及与低温 部分传热区域。 封闭壁在废气通道中的流体和热电热泵的整个内部的主通道中的流体之间提供屏障。 在一些实施例中，废流体通道和主流体通道被定位和成形，使得设置在外壳壁的相对侧附近的流体之间的温度差异在沿着通道的相应位置处基本上减小或最小化。

公开(公告)号：US07426835B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-23

申请号：US10215163

申请日：2002-08-07

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

IPC分类号： F25B21/02

CPC分类号： F24F5/0042 ,  F24F2221/38 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  F25D31/007 ,  H01L35/00

摘要： A personal environment appliance is disclosed in which a person in a work area can individually control the ambient conditions of that persons localized work space environment. The control permits highly localized adjustment to suit individual preferences, thereby, reducing the impact of individual environmental preferences on the individuals. In addition to environment conditions, a variety of accessories may be provided such as beverage heaters and/or coolers.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种个人环境设备，其中工作区域中的人可以单独地控制该人员本地化的工作空间环境的环境条件。 控制允许高度本地化的调整以适应个人喜好，从而减少个人环境偏好对个人的影响。 除了环境条件之外，可以提供各种附件，例如饮料加热器和/或冷却器。

公开(公告)号：US08640466B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US12477812

申请日：2009-06-03

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

IPC分类号： F25B21/02

CPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  Y10T29/4935

摘要： In certain embodiments, a thermoelectric heat pump includes a heat transfer region having an array of thermoelectric modules, a waste channel in substantial thermal communication with a high temperature portion of the heat transfer region, and a main channel in substantial thermal communication with a low temperature portion of the heat transfer region. An enclosure wall provides a barrier between fluid in the waste channel and fluid in the main channel throughout the interior of the thermoelectric heat pump. In some embodiments, the waste fluid channel and the main fluid channel are positioned and shaped such that differences in temperature between fluids disposed near opposite sides of the enclosure wall are substantially decreased or minimized at corresponding positions along the channels.

摘要翻译： 在某些实施例中，热电热泵包括具有热电模块阵列的传热区域，与传热区域的高温部分基本上热连通的废气通道，以及与低温 部分传热区域。 封闭壁在废气通道中的流体和热电热泵的整个内部的主通道中的流体之间提供屏障。 在一些实施例中，废流体通道和主流体通道被定位和成形，使得设置在外壳壁的相对侧附近的流体之间的温度差异在沿着通道的相应位置处基本上减小或最小化。

公开(公告)号：US08490412B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-23

申请号：US12135062

申请日：2008-06-06

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Darrell Park

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Darrell Park

IPC分类号： F25B21/02

CPC分类号： H01L35/00 ,  F24F5/0042 ,  F24F2221/38 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  F25D31/007

摘要： A personal environment appliance and a vent for a personal environment appliance are provided. The appliance includes at least one thermoelectric module over at least one inlet port. The appliance further includes at least one main outlet port spaced from the at least one inlet port and at least one waste outlet port spaced from the at least one inlet port. The appliance further includes at least one filter between the at least one inlet port and the at least one thermoelectric module. The vent includes a plurality of first tubular conduits generally parallel to one another and each first tubular conduit having a ratio of the length divided by the width, The vent further includes a plurality of second tubular conduits generally parallel to one another and having a ratio of the length divided by the width. The plurality of second tubular conduits generally surrounds the plurality of first tubular conduits. The ratios of the second tubular conduits are sufficiently large such that air flow from the second tubular conduits is substantially laminar.

摘要翻译： 提供个人环境设备和个人环境设备的通风口。 该器具包括至少一个入口端口上的至少一个热电模块。 该器具还包括与至少一个入口端口间隔开的至少一个主出口端口和与至少一个入口端口间隔开的至少一个废物出口端口。 该装置还包括在至少一个入口端口和至少一个热电模块之间的至少一个过滤器。 通风口包括大体上彼此平行的多个第一管状管道，并且每个第一管状管道具有长度除以宽度的比率。 通风口还包括大体上彼此平行并具有长度除以宽度的比例的多个第二管状导管。 多个第二管状导管通常围绕多个第一管状导管。 第二管状导管的比例足够大，使得来自第二管状导管的空气流基本上是层流的。

公开(公告)号：US4184136A

公开(公告)日：1980-01-15

申请号：US878408

申请日：1978-02-16

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller

IPC分类号： H01H37/50 ,  H01H61/00 ,  H01H61/01 ,  H01H61/013 ,  H01H61/02 ,  H01H61/06

CPC分类号： H01H61/02

摘要： A snap-action thermal relay in which a thin sheet of spring material having a central opening is mounted at one point along one edge and is crimped along an adjacent edge to distort the sheet into a slightly convex bowed shape. A heater element in the form of a thin band of metal is anchored at either end to the normally convex surface of the sheet adjacent opposite edges of the sheet, with a bridging member inserted between the band and the sheet to put the band under tension. A printed circuit heating element is applied to the band on the side opposite from the sheet. The tension in the band holds the sheet in a concave bowed condition. Heating of the bank reduces the tension in the band and allows the sheet to snap back to its normal convex bowed condition. This action brings the band into direct thermal contact with the convex surface of the sheet over a substantial length of the band to provide good conductive transfer of heat from the band and heater to the spring sheet.

摘要翻译： 一种快动式热继电器，其中具有中心开口的弹簧材料薄片沿着一个边缘安装在一个点上，并且沿着相邻的边缘卷曲，以将片材变形成稍凸的弓形。 金属薄带形式的加热器元件被锚定在板的相邻边缘的板的正常凸形表面的任一端，桥接构件插入在带和片之间，以使带处于张力。 将印刷电路加热元件施加到与片材相对的一侧上的带。 带中的张力将片材保持在凹形弯曲状态。 堤的加热减小了带中的张力，并允许片材回弹到其正常的凸弯状态。 该作用使得带在带的大部分长度上与片的凸表面直接热接触，以提供从带和加热器到弹簧片的良好导热传递。

公开(公告)号：US08704076B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12450825

申请日：2008-04-11

申请人： Ralf Braun ,  Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Christoph Reitz

发明人： Ralf Braun ,  Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Christoph Reitz

IPC分类号： H01L35/30 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H01L35/32 ,  F24F5/00

CPC分类号： H01L35/32 ,  F24F5/0042 ,  F24F2221/36 ,  F28F2210/08 ,  H05K7/206

摘要： A thermoelectric tempering device having a plurality of thermoelectrically operating tempering elements, including a cold surface, which forms upon the supply of an electric current, on one side thereof, and a warm surface on the opposite side thereof, including air/heat exchange bodies affixed on both sides and accommodated in a respective air flow chamber, and ventilators effecting an air flow along the same. Simple adjustment and expansion possibilities are provided with a unit of the tempering device configured as a tempering module and constructed so that the air flow chambers are configured as flow channels surrounding the heat exchange bodies parallel to the flow direction laterally and on the cover side facing away from the tempering elements, the flow channels having an air intake opening and an air discharge opening, wherein the ventilator of the respective flow channel is disposed on an intake opening or on a discharge opening.

摘要翻译： 一种具有多个热电工作回火元件的热电回火装置，包括在其一侧提供电流时形成的冷表面及其相对侧上的暖表面，包括固定的空气/热交换体 并且容纳在相应的空气流动室中，并且通风机沿着其流动。 提供简单的调节和膨胀可能性，其中回火装置的单元被构造为回火模块，并且被构造成使得气流室被构造为围绕热交换器主体的流动通道，该流动通道横向流动方向和覆盖面侧面 来自回火元件的流动通道具有进气口和排气口，其中相应流动通道的通风机设置在进气口或排气口上。

公开(公告)号：US20110017252A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-27

申请号：US12450825

申请日：2008-04-11

申请人： Ralf Braun ,  Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Christoph Reitz

发明人： Ralf Braun ,  Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Christoph Reitz

IPC分类号： H01L35/30 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H01L35/32 ,  F24F5/0042 ,  F24F2221/36 ,  F28F2210/08 ,  H05K7/206

摘要： A thermoelectric tempering device having a plurality of thermoelectrically operating tempering elements, including a cold surface, which forms upon the supply of an electric current, on one side thereof, and a warm surface on the opposite side thereof, including air/heat exchange bodies affixed on both sides and accommodated in a respective air flow chamber, and ventilators effecting an air flow along the same. Simple adjustment and expansion possibilities are provided with a unit of the tempering device configured as a tempering module and constructed so that the air flow chambers are configured as flow channels surrounding the heat exchange bodies parallel to the flow direction laterally and on the cover side facing away from the tempering elements, the flow channels having an air intake opening and an air discharge opening, wherein the ventilator of the respective flow channel is disposed on an intake opening or on a discharge opening.

摘要翻译： 一种具有多个热电工作回火元件的热电回火装置，包括在其一侧提供电流时形成的冷表面及其相对侧上的暖表面，包括固定的空气/热交换体 并且容纳在相应的空气流动室中，并且通风机沿着其流动。 提供简单的调节和膨胀可能性，其中回火装置的单元被构造为回火模块，并且被构造成使得气流室被构造为围绕热交换器主体的流动通道，该流动通道横向流动方向和覆盖面侧面 来自回火元件的流动通道具有进气口和排气口，其中相应流动通道的通风机设置在进气口或排气口上。

公开(公告)号：US20100031987A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-11

申请号：US12534006

申请日：2009-07-31

申请人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Douglas T. Crane ,  John La Grandeur ,  Fred R. Harris

发明人： Lon E. Bell ,  Robert W. Diller ,  Douglas T. Crane ,  John La Grandeur ,  Fred R. Harris

IPC分类号： H01L35/00

CPC分类号： H01L35/32 ,  H01L23/373 ,  H01L23/3733 ,  H01L23/3735 ,  H01L23/38 ,  H01L23/46 ,  H01L35/08 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/09701 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： In certain embodiments, a thermoelectric system includes at least one cell. The at least one cell can include a first plurality of electrically conductive shunts extending along a first direction, a second plurality of electrically conductive shunts extending along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, and a first plurality of thermoelectric (TE) elements. The first plurality of TE elements can include a first TE element between and in electrical communication with a first shunt of the first plurality of shunts and a second shunt of the second plurality of shunts, a second TE element between and in electrical communication with the second shunt and a third shunt of the first plurality of shunts, and a third TE element between and in electrical communication with the third shunt and a fourth shunt of the second plurality of shunts.

摘要翻译： 在某些实施例中，热电系统包括至少一个电池。 所述至少一个电池可以包括沿着第一方向延伸的第一多个导电分流器，沿着不平行于所述第一方向的第二方向延伸的第二多个导电分流器，以及第一多个热电（TE）元件 。 第一多个TE元件可以包括在第一多个分流器的第一分路之间并与之电通信的第一TE元件和第二多个分流器的第二分流器之间的第一TE元件，以及与第二多个分流器电连接的第二TE元件 分流和第一分流器的第三分流器，以及与第三分流器电连接并与第二分流器电连通的第三TE元件和第二多个分流器的第四分流器。