Patent ID: 11898795
Assignee: ILLUMINATE CONSULTING, LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for thermally protecting a load, comprising:
a container, wherein the container is configured to position the load within an interior of the container;
a thermal bank, wherein the thermal bank is configured to absorb heat from a source above an operating temperature of the thermal bank;
a conductive equalizer, wherein at least a portion of the conductive equalizer has a thermal conductivity of at least 10 W/mK;
wherein the conductive equalizer is direct thermal conductively connected to the thermal bank, wherein the thermal bank can absorb heat from the conductive equalizer or provide heat to the conductive equalizer,
wherein the conductive equalizer comprises a sheet of material having a thermal conductivity, TC, wherein the sheet of material has a length, L, from a proximal end of the sheet directly thermally conductively connected to the conductive equalizer to a distal end of the sheet, a thickness T, and a width w,
wherein the sheet has an effective thermal conductance from the distal end to the proximal end equal to TC×w×T/L, and
wherein the effective thermal conductance is at least 0.003 W/K, where W is watts and K is degrees Kelvin,
wherein when the load is positioned within the interior of the container and the conductive equalizer is positioned proximate the load, a period of time the load is maintained in a desired temperature range is extended.