US Patent Issued to Battelle Savannah River Alliance on June 10 for "Systems and methods for controlling heat transfer between components" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,848, issued on June 10, was assigned to Battelle Savannah River Alliance LLC (Aiken, S.C.).

"Systems and methods for controlling heat transfer between components" was invented by John T. Bobbitt III (Evans, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling heat transfer between components. The system includes a first component and a second component spaced apart from the first component. The system also includes a thermal diode positioned between the first and second components. The thermal diode includes a negative coefficient of thermal expansion layer and a positive coefficient of thermal expansion layer. The thermal dio...