US Patent Issued to LaserMotive on May 13 for "Device for converting electromagnetic radiation into electricity, and related systems and methods" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,755, issued on May 13, was assigned to LaserMotive Inc. (Kent, Wash.).

"Device for converting electromagnetic radiation into electricity, and related systems and methods" was invented by Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, Calif.), Thomas J. Nugent Jr. (Bellevue, Wash.) and David Bashford (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for converting electromagnetic radiation into electricity comprises an expander that includes a conical shape having an axis and a curved surface that is configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation away from the axis to expand a beam of the electromagnetic radiation; and one or more energy conversion co...