US Patent Issued to LUNAR HELIUM-3 MINING on Sept. 9 for "Compound parabolic concentrator arrangement" (Arizona, California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,709, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LUNAR HELIUM-3 MINING LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Compound parabolic concentrator arrangement" was invented by Chris Salvino (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Drew F DeJarnette (San Diego) and Paul A Beatty (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are embodiments directed to collecting vaporize gas via a CPC arrangement. The CPC arrangement generally comprises a transporter that carries around a cover with one or more cryogenically cooled plates (or some other cryogenically cooled surface) therein. A plurality of CPCs dispersed on the transporter each have a concave reflective bow...