Patents by Inventor João Filipe HORTA BELO DA SILVA

João Filipe HORTA BELO DA SILVA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MAGNETOCALORIC REFRIGERATOR OR HEAT PUMP COMPRISING AN EXTERNALLY ACTIVATABLE THERMAL SWITCH
    Publication number: 20200348055
    Abstract: Magnetocaloric refrigerator or heat pump comprising an externally activatable thermal switch for transferring heat from a heat source to a heat sink, comprising: an insulator cage with thermally conductive windows for the source and sink; a magnetic nanofluid, comprised within said cage, wherein said magnetic nanofluid is able to flow under a magnetic field inside the insulator cage between a contact of the thermally conductive window of the heat source and a contact of the thermally conductive window of the heat sink; and a activatable magnet placed at either one of the thermally conductive windows, such that the produced magnetic field is aligned substantially parallel to the temperature gradient from heat source to heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Universidade Do Porto
    Inventors: André Miguel TRINDADE PEREIRA, Joao OLIVEIRA VENTURA, João Pedro ESTEVES ARAÚJO, Joel BENTO PUGA, Daniel José SILVA, Isabel Alexandra DOMINGUES TARROSO GOMES, Bernardo Daniel ANTUNES BORDALO, João Filipe HORTA BELO DA SILVA, Francisco SALGUEIRO CARPINTEIRO, Joana Cacilda RODRIGUES ESPAIN OLIVEIRA