Anne Swift Hendricks

US Patent:

20110192393, Aug 11, 2011

Filed:

Apr 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/088295

Inventors:

John Swift - King City, CA
Anne Swift Hendricks - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

F24J 2/24

US Classification:

126663

Abstract:

A device and method of its production for a micro-channel thermal absorber to be used as a solar thermal collector, heat collector, or heat dissipater, extruded or continuously cast in one piece or in modular segments from a metal, plastic, or glass and assembled into panels of different structures seamlessly integrated into the envelope of a building as covering layers or structural elements. The micro-channel thermal absorber comprises an active plate, a back plate adjacent to the active plate, and a plurality of micro-channel walls arranged substantially perpendicular to the active plate and the back plate to define a plurality of fluid transport micro-channels configured to allow fluid flow there-along, wherein the micro-channel walls constitute supporting elements between the active plate and the back plate to provide structure.

US Patent:

20150168018, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Feb 25, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/630989

Inventors:

John Swift - King City, CA
Anne Swift Hendricks - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

F24J 2/04

Abstract:

A device and method of its production for a micro-channel thermal absorber to be used as a solar thermal collector, heat collector, or heat dissipater, extruded or continuously cast in one piece or in modular segments from a metal, plastic, or glass and assembled into panels of different structures seamlessly integrated into the envelope of a building as covering layers or structural elements. The micro-channel thermal absorber comprises an active plate, a back plate adjacent to the active plate, and a plurality of micro-channel walls arranged substantially perpendicular to the active plate and the back plate to define a plurality of fluid transport micro-channels configured to allow fluid flow there-along, wherein the micro-channel walls constitute supporting elements between the active plate and the back plate to provide structure.