US Patent Issued to Sofrigam on Dec. 2 for "Reagent for a thermal machine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,012, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sofrigam SA (Cedex, France).

"Reagent for a thermal machine" was invented by Francis Kindbeitter (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Xavier Lulka (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Clement Serret (Rueil-Malmaison, France), David Tadiotto (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Gilles Labranque (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed subject matter relates to a reactive matrix for the sorption/desorption of a heat transfer fluid (FG) in a reactor of a cold production device, this matrix comprising a compacted mixture of sorbent, of the manganese chloride monohydrate type, and expanded natural g...