ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,255, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to JTEC ENERGY INC. (Atlanta).
"Thermo-electrochemical converter" was invented by Lonnie G. Johnson (Atlanta), David Ketema Johnson (Douglasville, Ga.), Andrew Ashford Knight (Norcross, Ga.) and Tedric D. Campbell (Lithia Springs, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermo-electrochemical converter is provided. The converter includes a working fluid, coupled first and second membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), first and second heat transfer members, a heat sink and a heat source. Each MEA includes a first porous electrode operating at a first pressure, a second porous electrode operating at a se...