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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2025
Stone Aerospace, Inc., Del Valle, TX (US);
William C. Stone, Del Valle, TX (US);
Bartholomew P. Hogan, Rockville, MD (US);
Stone Aerospace, Inc., De Valle, TX (US);
Abstract
A spherically configured power conversion module for use with optical energy transfer and conversion system has a housing, an array of photovoltaic chips mounted on the interior thereof, and inlet and outlet ports connected thereto. An end plate connected to the housing defines a cavity. An actively cooled high-power connector has one end connected to a fiber optic cable and the opposite end traversing the end plate and extending within the cavity. Beam forming optics and an optical splitter within the cavity are in optical communication with the connector to disburse received optical energy toward the array of photovoltaic chips mounted to the housing within the cavity, each chip spaced equidistantly from the beam forming optics. A heat sink within the housing has fluid channels where a work fluid removes heat via the outlet port. In an alternative embodiment, a multiple power conversion system includes a plurality of conversion modules.