US Patent Issued to Heliogen Holdings on Aug. 19 for "Rotating collector ring for centrifugal solar receiver" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,526, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Heliogen Holdings Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Rotating collector ring for centrifugal solar receiver" was invented by Andrew Stephen Oles (Baltimore) and Lars Oliver Kim Amsbeck (Offenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collector ring assembly can capture particles from a centrifugal solar receiver and reduce a speed of the particles. The collector ring assembly can include a collector ring and a stationary shroud. The collector ring can include a plurality of collection members disposed circumferentially around the collector ring. Each collection member can be formed as a shovel. Each...