US 11,940,225 B1
Energy storage systems
Young-Hwa Kim, Hudson, WI (US); and Richard Dale Olmsted, Vadnais Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to Higher Dimension Materials, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Higher Dimension Materials, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,916.
Int. Cl. F28D 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 20/0056 (2013.01) [F28D 2020/0082 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy storage system comprising:
a vacuum chamber;
a container located within the vacuum chamber;
a thermal energy storage medium located within the container;
a heater located within the vacuum chamber;
a heat receiver located within the vacuum chamber;
a first radiation shield that is movably reconfigurable between: (i) a first position that separates the heater from the container and (ii) a second position in which the heater is exposed to the container;
a second radiation shield that is movably reconfigurable between: (i) a first position that separates the heat receiver from the container and (ii) a second position in which the container is exposed to the heat receiver; and
a first thermal radiation reflector, wherein the heater is located between the first thermal radiation reflector and the container.