US Patent Issued to Machiokoshi Energy on Sept. 1 for "Solar energy utilization system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,153, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Machiokoshi Energy Co. Ltd. (Kakogawa, Japan).

"Solar energy utilization system" was invented by Shoji Numata (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar energy utilization system is provided with: a Perovskite solar cell part 12 that converts light energy of sunlight into electrical energy; a solar water heater heat-collection plate 14 that is disposed below the Perovskite solar cell part 12, and that collects heat obtained from the sunlight that has passed through the Perovskite solar cell part 12; a casing 20 for housing the Perovskite solar cell part 12 and the solar water heate...