US Patent Issued to PHASESTOR on April 21 for "Modular, stackable PCM-based thermal battery apparatus" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,415, issued on April 21, was assigned to PHASESTOR LLC (Asheboro, N.C.).

"Modular, stackable PCM-based thermal battery apparatus" was invented by Alfred Scott Queen (Asheboro, N.C.) and Byron C. Owens (Asheboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal battery assembly includes a modules configured to be stacked vertically on top of each other. The modules includes an electronics module; a first tank module; and a second tank module. A base defines a bottom of the stack and is configured to receive thereon the lowermost module of the stack for supporting the stack on a floor. Each tank module includes a phase change material (P...