US Patent Issued to Stone Aerospace on Sept. 1 for "Spherically configured power conversion module for use with optical energy transfer and conversion system" (Maryland, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,282, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Stone Aerospace Inc. (De Valle, Texas).

"Spherically configured power conversion module for use with optical energy transfer and conversion system" was invented by William C. Stone (Del Valle, Texas) and Bartholomew P. Hogan (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spherically configured power conversion module for use with optical energy transfer and conversion system has a housing, an array of photovoltaic chips mounted on the interior thereof, and inlet and outlet ports connected thereto. An end plate connected to the housing defines a cavity. An actively cooled high-power connector ...