US Patent Issued to DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFF-UND RAUMFAHRT on March 24 for "Parabolic trough collector module, parabolic trough collector module unit, and solar thermal power plant" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,658, issued on March 24, was assigned to DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFF-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. (Cologne, Germany).

"Parabolic trough collector module, parabolic trough collector module unit, and solar thermal power plant" was invented by Martin Eickhoff (Gador, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parabolic trough collector module with an absorber tube with a central axis; a parabolic reflector which focuses solar radiation onto the absorber tube and which includes a reflector surface; and a stand device, on which the parabolic reflector is pivotally mounted, the stand device having at least one stand post and the absorber tube being moun...