US Patent Issued to LightCell on April 14 for "Apparatus and methods for efficient conversion of heat to electricity via emission of characteristic radiation" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,600, issued on April 14, was assigned to LightCell Inc. (San Francisco).

"Apparatus and methods for efficient conversion of heat to electricity via emission of characteristic radiation" was invented by Danielle A. Fong (Dartmouth, Canada), Stephen E. Crane (San Francisco), Gregory Fong (Dartmouth, Canada) and Jonathan Mapel (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating electricity via thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is described. High efficiency is obtained by introducing a material into a combustion chamber that emits bright near-monochromatic visible light upon heating. This light is then dir...