Patents by Inventor Gary Thomas Pashko

Gary Thomas Pashko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tubular receiver for heating particles with solar energy
    Patent number: 12435907
    Abstract: A particle receiver includes an inlet, an outlet and multiple tubes rotatably coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The tubes receive particles via the inlet, the particles passing along a passageway of each of the tubes to the outlet. The tubes receive a solar flux as they rotate to heat the particles passing through the tubes. A heat transfer coefficient of the particles is increased by increased mixing via air flowing in the tubes, fins used to mix the particles or via channels via which the particles pass through that increase turnover and mixing of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: HELIOGEN HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Oles, Apurba Kumar Das, Chiranjeev Singh Kalra, Gary Thomas Pashko
  • TUBULAR RECEIVER FOR HEATING PARTICLES WITH SOLAR ENERGY
    Publication number: 20230058254
    Abstract: A particle receiver includes an inlet, an outlet and multiple tubes rotatably coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The tubes receive particles via the inlet, the particles passing along a passageway of each of the tubes to the outlet. The tubes receive a solar flux as they rotate to heat the particles passing through the tubes. A heat transfer coefficient of the particles is increased by increased mixing via air flowing in the tubes, fins used to mix the particles or via channels via which the particles pass through that increase turnover and mixing of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Oles, Apurba Kumar Das, Chiranjeev Singh Kalra, Gary Thomas Pashko