ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,594, issued on June 3, was assigned to SALTX TECHNOLOGY AB (Hagersten, Sweden).
"Heat storage using phase change material coated with nanoparticles" was invented by Goran Bolin (Stockholm) and Corey Blackman (Lidingo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for heat storage comprising charging by raising the temperature of a phase change material (PCM) above its melting temperature and discharging by lowering the temperature below its melting temperature, wherein the phase change material (PCM) is provided in particles (P) comprising a core (CPCM), said core (CPCM) comprising at least one phase change material...