ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,088, issued on Oct. 14.
"Apparatus and method for acquiring concentrated solar energy" was invented by Leon Ciccarello (New Hope, Pa.) and Christopher James (New Hope, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for solar energy concentration is provided. One embodiment has a reflective trough with a reflective upper surface that reflects incident sunlight energy towards a focal line; a solar evacuated tube heat collector defined by a transparent fluid container member that has a length that corresponds to a length of the reflective upper surface of the reflective trough, wherein the solar evacuated tube heat collector is ...