ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,563, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
"Solar thermal collector" was invented by Faisal Ghani (Dundee, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar thermal collector adapted to be assembled from a flat pack configuration, comprising a conduit (6) configured to carry fluid and to absorb radiation, a base (1) above which the conduit (6) is mounted and a plurality of panels configured to interconnect with the base (1) to produce a housing (8) for the conduit (6)."
The patent was filed on June 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/619,800.
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