Patents by Inventor Michele L. Olsen

Michele L. Olsen 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).

  • Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage
    Patent number: 10203164
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Michele L. Olsen, Eric S. Toberer, David Samuel Ginley, Philip A. Parilla, Emily L. Warren, Aaron Daniel Martinez, Jonathan E. Rea, Corey Lee Hardin, Christopher J. Oshman, Nathan P. Siegel
  • SOLAR THERMOELECTRICITY VIA ADVANCED LATENT HEAT STORAGE
    Publication number: 20170102192
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michele L. Olsen, Eric S. Toberer, David Samuel Ginley, Philip A. Parilla, Emily L. Warren, Aaron Daniel Martinez, Jonathan E. Rea, Corey Lee Hardin, Christopher J. Oshman, Nathan P. Siegel