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Temperature-stabilized storage systems with flexible connectors

  • US 9,139,351 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2010
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A substantially thermally sealed storage container, comprising:

  • an outer wall;

    an inner wall at least partially defining a substantially sealed thermal storage region within the container, the inner wall spaced from the outer wall by a gap;

    a flexible connector joining an aperture in an exterior of a substantially thermally sealed storage container to an aperture in the substantially thermally sealed storage region, wherein the flexible connector includes;

    a duct forming an elongated thermal pathway between the exterior of the container and the substantially thermally sealed storage region, the duct substantially defining a conduit between the exterior of the substantially thermally sealed storage container and the aperture in the substantially thermally sealed storage region, the duct including an inner surface adjacent to the conduit and an outer surface adjacent to an interior of the container,a first compression unit configured to mate with a first end of the duct,a second compression unit configured to mate with a second end of the duct, anda plurality of compression strands connected between the first compression unit and the second compression unit, the plurality of compression strands positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the duct; and

    a restriction unit including,a rod extending from an interior surface of the outer wall and being spaced from the inner wall by a gap therebetween; and

    a restriction component extending from an exterior surface of the inner wall, the restriction component at least partially surrounding the rod to limit lateral movement of the rod with respect to the restriction component, the restriction component being spaced from the rod by a standoff distance at least when the container is in an upright position.

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