Patent ID: 11933524
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 15:
16. The device of claim 15, wherein:
the heat transfer laminates comprise one or more groups of the heat transfer laminates, each of the groups comprising a first heat transfer laminate, a second heat transfer laminate, and a third heat transfer laminate,
the first heat transfer laminate forms a thermal contact with two neighboring ones of the flexible electrocaloric elements comprising an upper electrocaloric element and a lower electrocaloric element, when:
a voltage is applied both:
between the flexible electrode layer of the upper electrocaloric element and the electrode of the first heat transfer laminate, and
between the flexible electrode layer of the lower electrocaloric element and the electrode of the first heat transfer laminate, and

no voltage is applied:
between the flexible electrode layer of the upper electrocaloric element and the electrode of the second heat transfer laminate above the upper electrocaloric element, and
between the flexible electrode layer of the lower electrocaloric element and the electrode of the third heat transfer laminate below the lower electrocaloric element; and

the second heat transfer laminate and the third heat transfer laminate form an air gap with their respective adjacent flexible electrocaloric elements.