ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,479, issued on Nov. 25.
"Heat engine" was invented by Sepehr Forouzanfar (Kitchener, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat engine is provided. The heat engine includes a chassis, a work output member, and an operating mechanism for operating the work output member. The chassis supports one or more heat engine components, including the work output member. The work output member is adapted to generate and output mechanical power to an electric power generation system for generating electrical power. The operating mechanism includes a first actuator band array and a second actuator band array connected to displace the work output...