Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice
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Application No.: US15724995Application Date: 2017-10-04
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Publication No.: US10661908B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Jonathan B. Boreyko , Saurabh Nath , Caitlin Bisbano , Grady J. Iliff , Ryan Hansen , C. Patrick Collier
- Applicant: Jonathan B. Boreyko , Saurabh Nath , Caitlin Bisbano , Grady J. Iliff , Ryan Hansen , C. Patrick Collier
- Applicant Address: US VA Blacksburg US TN Oak Ridge
- Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.,UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.,UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Blacksburg US TN Oak Ridge
- Agency: Keith Vogt, Ltd.
- Agent Keith A. Vogt
- Main IPC: B64D15/06
- IPC: B64D15/06 ; F25B47/00 ; F25C1/06 ; B05D1/38 ; B05D7/24 ; F28F19/00 ; F28F19/02 ; F25D21/04
Abstract:
A method and device for reducing ice and frost on a surface comprising a wettable pattern on a surface. The pattern is wetted with water which is frozen into ice to create overlapping hygroscopic that cover the surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180093775A1 Passive Anti-frosting Surface Comprised of Microscopic Wettability Patterns Containing Sacrificial Ice Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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