ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,088, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland).
"Receiver" was invented by Gianluca Ambrosetti (Gintilino, Switzerland) and Philipp Good (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a receiver (50) having an absorber (55) and an opening (53) for the solar rays incident on the absorber (55) during operation, wherein a window (52, 60, 61, 62) is provided, which covers the opening (53), and wherein a changing assembly (51) is provided, which interacts with said window to change the window (52) covering the opening (53) for another window (60, 61, 62)."
The patent was filed on ...