US Patent Issued to LUNAR HELIUM-3 MINING on Sept. 2 for "Heat recovery arrangement" (Arizona, California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,769, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LUNAR HELIUM-3 MINING LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Heat recovery arrangement" was invented by Chris Salvino (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Drew DeJarnette (San Diego) and Paul A Beatty (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are embodiments directed to a heat recovery arrangement for collecting vaporized gas trapped in regolith. The heat recovery arrangement generally comprising a rover that carries heat recovery elements that cooperate with a primary heat source. The heat recovery elements include a preheat contact element that preheats a region of regolith before the region is...