US 12,228,353 B2
Near-field radiative heat transfer systems and methods of use thereof
Ziqi Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Xiaopeng Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Taehwa Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Hideo Iizuka, Nagakute (JP)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Totota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,085, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/315,180, filed on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280114 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F28F 13/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); F25B 23/00 (2006.01); F28F 5/00 (2006.01); F28F 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 5/00 (2013.01) [B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); F25B 23/003 (2013.01); F28F 13/00 (2013.01); F28F 27/00 (2013.01); G02B 1/002 (2013.01); F28F 2013/001 (2013.01); F28F 2013/008 (2013.01); F28F 2255/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tunable heat transfer system comprising:
a controller;
a first body communicatively coupled to the controller; and
a second body communicatively coupled to the controller and spaced apart from the first body, the second body having a plurality of semimetal layers and a dielectric portion positioned between each of the plurality of semimetal layers, each of the dielectric portions having a thickness to define a gap between each the plurality of semimetal layers in an expanded state and permitting each of the plurality of semimetal layers to abut each other in a contracted state,
wherein the controller is configured to change a near-field radiative heat transfer between the first body and the second body by changing the thickness of each of the dielectric portions between the expanded state and the contracted state.