ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,192, issued on March 25, was assigned to NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).
"Mobile phase-change heat and cold storage device" was invented by Xiang Ling (Jiangsu, China), Mingsheng Du (Jiangsu, China) and Hang Wang (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile phase-change heat and cold storage device include heat transfer plates, a bracket, a casing, a main tube, a storage tank, and a phase-change working medium. Heat is stored and released by the phase-change working medium, and the main tube and casing provide an interface between the heat and cold storage device and the outside world. In the process of heat sto...