ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,345, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Heat Source Energy Corp. (American Fork, Utah).
"Organic rankine cycle decompression heat engine" was invented by Keith Sterling Johnson (American Fork, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat engine is configured to receive a high-pressure fluid and release a low-pressure fluid. The heat engine includes a main housing including an expansion tank and a generator housing. The heat engine includes a scroll decompressor disposed in the expansion tank. The scroll decompressor is configured to progressively decompress the high-pressure fluid to the low-pressure fluid while rotating a main shaft. ...