US 12,215,928 B2
Thermal energy storage and power generation system
Eric Joseph Linwood, St. Helens, OR (US); Kyle Allen Hanson, St. Helens, OR (US); and Cody William Dunlop, St. Helens, OR (US)
Assigned to GYFT Labs, St. Helens, OR (US)
Filed by GYFT Labs, St. Helens, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,474.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,879, filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266071 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F28D 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 20/00 (2013.01) [F28D 2020/0013 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0065 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a thermal energy storage device, including:
a container;
a heating element in the container;
a pair of fins in the container and arranged on opposite sides of the heating element;
a thermal storage material in the container and surrounding the heating element and the pair of fins;
a tube in the container and extending around a perimeter of the thermal storage material, the tube having an inlet and an outlet extending through the container;
a generator in communication with the outlet and the inlet of the tube of the thermal energy storage device;
a cooling system in communication with the generator; and
an electrical generation and distribution system in communication with the thermal energy storage device, the generator, and the cooling system.