Patent ID: 7505269

Claim:
A thermal energy storage transfer system for use with an electronics enclosure having an interior space for electronics, the thermal energy storage transfer system comprising: a main housing positioned within the interior space of the electronics enclosure; a phase change material in the main housing and adapted to absorb heat created by the electronics; a heat sink coupled to the main housing and in communication with the phase change material, the heat sink adapted to transfer heat to the phase change material that is generated by the electronics within the electronics enclosure; a conductive material positioned within the main housing and embedded within the phase change material, the conductive material adapted to transfer heat from the phase change material; a heat pipe coupled to the main housing and in communication with the conductive material, the heat pipe arranged to extend from the interior space of the electronics enclosure to a convection chimney associated with the electronics enclosure; and a condenser coupled to the heat pipe and positioned within the convection chimney, the condenser adapted to remove heat from the heat pipe by releasing the heat into air moving through the convection chimney.