US Patent Issued to PHASESTOR on April 15 for "Rechargeable thermal battery systems for use in transporting or storing perishable items" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,449, issued on April 15, was assigned to PHASESTOR LLC (Asheboro, N.C.).

"Rechargeable thermal battery systems for use in transporting or storing perishable items" was invented by Alfred Scott Queen (Asheboro, N.C.) and Byron C. Owens (Asheboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a cargo area with a heat exchanger; a thermal battery system having a phase change material (PCM) with first and second heat exchangers embedded in the PCM; fluid conduits defining fluid passageways interconnecting the cargo area heat exchanger and the first PCM-embedded heat exchanger; and a pump creating a fluid flow through the fluid...