ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,099, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OFF TECHNOLOGIES STP S.L. (Madrid).
"Parabolic concentrating solar collector" was invented by Francisco Jose Gallardo Pinto (Madrid), Bernardino Jimenez Sanchez (Madrid) and Angel Gabriel Ramos Ramos (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The element on which solar radiation is concentrated, specifically, a vacuum tube, remain static at all times with respect to the movements that a parabolic reflective surface may make according to the direction of solar radiation, such that inlet and outlet pipes of the vacuum tube do not need to be articulated, which facilitates the installation and insulati...