F03G 6/114
Molten salts
Official title: {Molten salts}
F03G6/114 (Molten salts) appears on 63 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Molten eutectic salts thermal energy storage (MESTES) system10 Feb 2026US 12,544,685 B2
- Power plant system5 Mar 2024US 11,923,100 B2Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
- Power plant system12 Sep 2023US 11,756,696 B2Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
- Solar system for energy production14 Sep 2021US 11,118,575 B2Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Power plant system24 Aug 2021US 11,101,047 B2Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
- Solar energy system with thermal energy storage8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009376 A1Holtec International
- Stabilization of Salts in High-Temperature Nitrate Salt Systems17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344740 A1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
- Power plant system17 Mar 2022US 2022/0084697 A1Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
- Power plant system17 Mar 2022US 2022/0084698 A1Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
- Single-temperature-thermal-energy-storage26 Aug 2021US 2021/0260497 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Molten salt receiver cooling system100US 6,701,711 B1The Boeing Company · 2004
- Solar-gas combined cycle electrical generating system97US 5,444,972 ARockwell International Corporation · 1995
- Hybrid solar central receiver for combined cycle power plant73US 5,417,052 AMidwest Research Institute · 1995
- Solar power plant and method and/or system of storing energy in a concentrated solar power plant71US 7,954,321 B2Research Foundation of the City University of New York · 2011
- Low temperature solar-to-electric power conversion system69US 5,228,293 AMechanical Technology Incorporated · 1993