ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,829, issued on May 26, was assigned to SATED Space LLC (Boulder, Colo.).
"Artificial gravity heating device" was invented by James T. Sears (Boulder, Colo.) and Stephen Andrew Hibbs (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial gravity heating system includes a cylindrical compartment formed of a hollow cylinder having a bottom base and an open top end. An electric motor rotates the cylindrical compartment to provide centripetal motion of materials inside the cylindrical compartment. While rotating, the materials move towards an inner wall of the cylindrical compartment. A heating element is conductively coupled along a...