ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,402, issued on May 19, was assigned to VITAL THERMOTECH Ltd. (Blackburn, Great Britain).
"Thermal energy storage" was invented by Yulong Ding (Edgbaston, Great Britain), Maria Elena Navarro Rivero (Edgbaston, Great Britain), Zhu Jiang (Edgbaston, Great Britain) and Argyrios Anagnostopoulos (Edgbaston, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal Energy Storage A thermal energy storage module comprising a composite phase change material, wherein the composite phase change material comprises: a phase change material having a composition which absorbs or releases heat isothermally, or substantially isothermally, by transitioning,...