ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,765, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).
"Latent heat storage" was invented by Michio Horiuchi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latent heat storage includes a ceramic part, formed of a polycrystalline material, and including a closed space famed therein, and a metal part provided inside the closed space, and including copper."
The patent was filed on May 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/310,900.
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