ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,306, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE SUNLANDS COMPANY PTY LTD (Melbourne, Australia).
"Thermal battery and electricity generation system" was invented by Sal Catalano (Melbourne, Australia) and Bruno Ruggiero (Melbourne, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal battery includes a heat sink material that remains solid across an operating temperature range (i.e., for all operating modes) of the battery, and a heat conductive material in direct heat transfer relationship with the solid heat sink material. The heat conductive material has a melting point below that of the heat sink material so that in use the heat conduc...