ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,358, issued on June 30, was assigned to Fourth Power Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Thermophotovoltaic receivers comprising extruded cores and integrated submount assemblies supporting thermophotovoltaic cells" was invented by John Lloyd (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Brad Siskavich (Nashua, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are thermophotovoltaic receivers comprising cores and integrated submount assemblies with thermophotovoltaic cells as well as thermophotovoltaic systems (e.g., energy-storage systems) comprising such receivers. Specifically, a core comprises a set of gas supply channels, a set of gas return channels, a cool...