Nathan B Thompson

US Patent:

20220316131, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Apr 6, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/223380

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

D06M 13/50

Abstract:

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described that combine a sorbent containing a flame retardant with a substrate, which is capable of responding to temperature increases to prevent, suppress, delay the spread of, or otherwise mitigate a proximal thermal event. A flame retardant system has a flame retardant material that is incorporated into a matrical sorbent material, which is incorporated into a substrate. The matrical sorbent material is configured to release the flame retardant material upon exposure to an elevated temperature, e.g., a temperature that is greater than 300 C. in one embodiment.

US Patent:

20220232735, Jul 21, 2022

Filed:

Jan 19, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/152178

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Chih-hung Yen - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
F28D 15/04
G08B 21/18

Abstract:

A heat pipe is provided for cooling an electronic component of a printed circuit board. The heat pipe includes a tube having an inner diameter surface defining a bore, with the tube having first and second ends along the bore. The heat pipe further includes a sorbent material coated onto the inner diameter surface of the tube, a first liquid contained within the bore, and a second liquid adsorbed by the sorbent material. The second liquid has a second boiling temperature that is higher than a first boiling temperature of the first liquid. The first liquid vaporizes into a first vapor, in response to the tube receiving heat from the electronic component and the first liquid reaching the first boiling temperature. The second liquid is desorbed from the sorbent material and vaporizes into a second vapor in response to the second liquid reaching the second boiling temperature.

US Patent:

20220219510, Jul 14, 2022

Filed:

Jan 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/148025

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

International Classification:

B60H 3/02

Abstract:

A climate control device includes a radiant heater for radiating heat and a porous material attached to the radiant heater. The porous material desorbs a plurality of water molecules, in response to the porous material receiving heat from the radiant heater and raising a temperature of the water molecules in the porous material to a boiling temperature threshold. The porous material adsorbs the water molecules in response to the temperature of the water molecules falling below the boiling temperature threshold.