US 12,207,364 B2
Electrocaloric fiber, fabric and system comprising same
Scott Alan Eastman, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Sergei F. Burlatsky, West Hartford, CT (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Appl. No. 15/734,417
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050292
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050802, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,394, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377852 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 3/34 (2006.01); D01F 8/18 (2006.01); H05B 3/14 (2006.01); H10N 10/85 (2023.01)
CPC H05B 3/342 (2013.01) [D01F 8/18 (2013.01); H05B 3/141 (2013.01); H05B 3/146 (2013.01); H10N 10/85 (2023.02); D10B 2401/16 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); D10B 2403/02431 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat transfer system comprising:
an electrocaloric fabric comprising outer electrodes surrounding electrocaloric fibers wherein the electrocaloric fibers comprise electrocaloric material surrounding centrally located electrodes; and
one or more supports for support and retention of the electrocaloric fabric and configured to provide header spaces for transport of working fluids to and from the electrocaloric fabric along a fluid flow path.