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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7190531 | Concentrating type solar collection and daylighting system within glazed building envelopes A Fresnel lens including a substantially polygonal focusing portion adapted to focus solar radiation to a area having the same geometry as the focusing portion of the lens. Also a solar module including the Fresnel collecting lens and a substantially polygonal photo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7104064 | Solar power station A method of operating a solar power station solar power station including a solar panel assembly having multiple towers, a solar panel pivotally mounted to an upper end of each tower, and a control system. Each of the towers has multiple floors and is individually e... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6930237 | Device for converting solar radiation into electric power A device for converting solar radiation into electric power, constituted by a substantially vertically elongated body from which multiple supporting arms for one or more modules constituted by multiple photovoltaic cells protrude in an upward region. The body is hol... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913735 | Methane/methanol producing system A methane or methanol producing system is proposed in which laser beams are generated in space by excitation of sunlight, transmitted onto land or sea without loss to obtain optical energy with high efficiency, and irradiated on a hydrogen producing device to produc... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6123067 | Solar collector tracking system A solar collector tracking system that has a solar collection device having multiple lens assemblies mounted on its front surface. An exoskeleton structure is secured to the rear surface of the solar collection device and it is pivotally secured about a h... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5851309 | Directing and concentrating solar energy collectors A directing and concentrating solar energy collector with a concentrating reflector and one or more cooperating directing reflectors concentrates solar radiation to a substantially narrow and straight line of concentration. The directing reflectors, being... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5593549 | Method for changing solar energy distribution In a method for concentrating solar energy waveform energy is directed to a predetermined region of the atmosphere located a pre-established distance above a surface of the earth. The directing of the energy is controlled so as to modulate an index of ref... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5531216 | Solar energy concentrating system having an automatic safety means The present invention relates to an improved moveable-collector, solar energy concentrating system incorporating an automatic safety means. In the present invention, if there is a failure in a solar-heated fluid transfer system, a failure in the positioni... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5269288 | Method and apparatus for generating atmospheric solar energy concentrator A system for collecting solar radiation includes a laser source for emitting, along a preselected path, radiation having a wavelength absorbable by at least one type of atmospheric molecule. Radiation directing components such as lenses or deformable mirr... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4979493 | Solar heater system A solar fluid heater consisting of a solar collector and a storage vessel. The solar collector includes a supply outlet and a return inlet, a supply conduit, leading the heated fluid from the supply outlet to the vessel, and a return conduit, returning th... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4782816 | Apparatus for a solar water heater A solar water heater has a basin or reservoir for collection and storage of heated water, a generally pyramidal or prism shaped structure for absorbing solar radiation, a transparent pyramidal or prism shaped structure for enclosing and thermally isolatin... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4658805 | Thermo-hydraulic power supply A radiant energy utilization device including an aiming detector sensing the relative angle of radiation received and outputting signals in accordance therewith to control aiming of the device or portions thereof or for other purposes.... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4637376 | High efficiency solar heater A heating chamber is defined by canted side walls in inverse pyramidal configuration, the base of the pyramid being open for admission of sunlight and the tip of the pyramid being truncated by a bottom plane. The chamber is adapted to positioning with the... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4632091 | Solar energy collector apparatus and method The solar energy collecting invention uses a frame to position a conduit for carrying fluid to receive solar energy reflected from a reflector also supported by the frame, for rotatable movement around the conduit. A tracking apparatus is provided to rota... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4562828 | Solar water heating system and heat exchanger for use with existing hot water systems In a solar water system including a solar collector, a small independent heat exchanger having three of the four ports located at the top with two ports being coaxial is provided for use with existing hot water heaters. The exchanger includes automatic dr... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4397304 | Solar sensor equipped with solar energy absorbing member and panel having such sensors The invention relates to a sensor equipped with a member which selectively absorbs solar energy. This member is constituted by two sheets of a rigid material serving as a support for a layer of material which is sensitive to solar radiation, the two sheet... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4309983 | Solar heat collector A solar heat collector adapted to be mounted in an exterior doorway of a structure. The solar heat collector generally stated comprises a heat absorbant inner door, a transparent outer door mounted in spaced relation to the heat absorbant inner door, and ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4265221 | Solar energy collector assembly and method and apparatus for controlling the flow of a transfer medium A solar energy collector assembly is disclosed. The collector assembly includes an outer enclosure which has a light transparent major face adapted to face a light source and a plurality of walls extending rearwardly from the major face. A single collecto... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4228785 | Solar heating system A solar heating system is provided which utilizes the suns rays to heat fluid in a solar panel, which heated fluid is released to a storage tank when it reaches a predetermined temperature, and where it is available for withdrawal from the tank for heat e... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4212287 | Insolation integrator An electric signal representative of the rate of insolation is integrated to determine if it is adequate for operation of a solar energy collection system.... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4160523 | Air structure An air structure comprises a double-skin wall construction having an outer skin that is substantially transparent to short wave solar radiation but relatively opaque to long wave heat radiation and an inner skin. Radiation converter elements, preferably i... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4147154 | Solar heat tracking and collecting apparatus Solar heat tracking and collecting apparatus including a frame, means for rotating the frame in altitude and azimuth, a solar heat concentrator mounted on the frame and a solar energy sensing means disposed on the frame and operable to control the frame r... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4066062 | Solar heating system The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for utilizing the head from the sun's rays as a source of energy for heating a liquid which may be stored and/or circulated through a heating system for heating homes or other areas by providing a plu... | 01/03/1978 |
