ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,092, issued on March 25, was assigned to ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Reno, Nev.).
"Energy storage system" was invented by Eduard Katz (Haifa, Israel), Omri Meshulam (Tel Aviv, Israel), Anton Fiterman (Lehavim, Israel), Nirit Grushko (Shedma, Israel), Oren Ram (Ziona, Israel), Elad Zlotnik (Ein Tzurim, Israel) and Tal Shofrony (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage system has a pressure vessel that is exposed to ambient temperatures and that contains a working fluid which is condensable at ambient temperatures (CWF); a liquid reservoir in communication with one of the vessels and containing a liquid that is ...