US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, GRIMS on Nov. 11 for "Module for thermal storage by a phase-change material whose manufacture is simplified" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,697, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris) and GRIMS (Villette d'Anthon, France).

"Module for thermal storage by a phase-change material whose manufacture is simplified" was invented by Sebastien Vesin (Grenoble, France), Fabrice Bentivoglio (Grenoble, France), Raphael Couturier (Grenoble, France), Cyrille Grimaud (Villette d'anthon, France) and Louane Grimaud (Villette d'anthon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module for thermal storage by a phase-change material includes a vat, at least one heat-exchanger having first and second connecting ends configured t...