ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,326, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Thermal energy storage with fluid flow insulation" was invented by John Setel O'Donnell (Oakland, Calif.), Peter Emery von Behrens (Oakland, Calif.), Matthieu Jonemann (Redwood City, Calif.) and Robert Ratz (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy storage system with fluid flow insulation, the system including heated thermal storage blocks positioned within a housing, and a method for operating the thermal energy storage system, including providing a flow of fluid into the housing, the fluid convectively extracting heat from a top r...