ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,946, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ALMECO GMBH (Bernburg, Germany).

"Deformable composite material for uncovered solar energy absorbent collector panels with low infrared radiation losses" was invented by Reinhard Dasbach (Bernburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composite material suitable for the conversion of solar radiation to heat. The composite material comprises a carrier (1) which is provided on at least one side thereof with a multilayer system comprising at least five layers, an adhesion layer (2), a protection layer (3), a first absorber layer (4), a second absorber layer an...