ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,701, issued on Aug. 26.
"Convection-driven power generator" was invented by Damian Rayne (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convection-driven power generator comprising a flow intake configured to supply fluid to the generator, a flow duct having a duct inlet and a duct outlet wherein the duct outlet is spaced downstream from the duct inlet along the flow duct, the duct inlet being fluidly coupled to the flow intake. A heating chamber fluidly is coupled to the duct outlet so as to receive fluid from the duct outlet, the heating chamber comprising an external wall configured to transmit light radiation incident thereon such that...