US Patent Issued to Heliogen Holdings on April 29 for "Particle suppressor for a centrifugal particle receiver" (Maryland, Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,125, issued on April 29, was assigned to Heliogen Holdings Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Particle suppressor for a centrifugal particle receiver" was invented by Andrew Stephen Oles (Baltimore), Apurba Kumar Das (Katy, Texas) and Charles Ryan Steingard (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle suppressor can be used in a particle receiver to reduce the particle loss rate. The receiver can include a rotating drum with an inliner. The particle suppressor can include a retaining surface. The retaining surface can be spaced away from and extend concentrically with the inline. A spacing gap between the inliner and the retaining su...