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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434577 | Solar air heater This invention provides novel devices and methods for the heating of air with solar radiant energy. The devices of the present invention feature a housing partitioned into essentially isolated sections wherein the sections are in fluid communication with each other ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431030 | Solar panel for water-heater Solar panel for water-heater of the type comprising a heat exchanger made of moulded synthetic material, having a plurality of passages 7 in which a heat-exchanging fluid can circulate and a translucent cover sheet 17 attached to the exchanger with a c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412976 | Solar collectors with evacuated receiver and nonimaging external reflectors A solar collector with external reflector. A solar collector includes a glass housing having a heat pipe disposed within the housing and a light reflector disposed external to the housing. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7377131 | Method for producing a glass body The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass body with at least one inner tube which is closed off on one side and one outer tube which is closed off at least on one side, with the inner tube being connected not coaxially with the floor of the out... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7263992 | Volumetric solar receiver Volumetric solar receivers are disclosed. An illustrated volumetric solar receiver includes a heat absorbing cavity (1), a glass window, and a working fluid inlet pipe (2) and an outlet pipe (3) connecting with the heat absorbing cavity (1 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240675 | Parabolic trough collector The parabolic trough collector has a receiver formed by several single absorber tubes (13). The single absorber tubes (13) are supported by absorber tube supports (14) and surrounded by a glass tube (15). Because of different expansion be... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7137413 | Arrangement to increase the thermal fatigue resistance of glass tubes flowed through by fluid and pressure-loaded An arrangement to increase the thermal fatigue resistance of glass tubes having fluid flowing therethrough and being pressure-loaded. This arrangement comprises a glass tube, into which an interior component is inserted. The interior component can be designed as thi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7107984 | Collector module A collector module (1) is described with a collector manifold (20) having two chambers. This collector module (1) has at least one collector tube (2), which has an absorber tube (4) and a tubular jacket (3). A connector (... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093619 | Vacuum-insulated pipe To provide a thermal insulation piping with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, so as to facilitate insertion of the thermal insulation piping into a pipeline or equivalent. In a thermal insulation tube 10 having a vacuum layer between an in... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7017656 | Heat exchanger with manifold tubes for stiffening and load bearing An exemplary heat exchanger includes increased stiffness to prevent buckling of a core. In some examples, an exemplary heat exchanger includes a core and a shaft at least partially positioned therein to increase stiffness of the core and located to limit movement of... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013887 | Absorber pipe for solar heating applications The absorber pipe (1), especially for a parabolic collector for a solar heat collecting apparatus, is described. The absorber pipe (1) includes central metal pipe (3), a glass sleeve tube (2) surrounding the nine so that an annular space ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6915917 | Heat insulating container and its manufacturing method A heat insulating container and its manufacturing method is provided. The heat insulating container comprises an inner container and an outer glass container, in which the breakage of the glass containers can be prevented even if a minute flaw is formed on either of... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6877507 | Mounting Novel mounting devices for attachment to an apparatus, the apparatus configured to receive and/or transmit radiation flux (e.g. satellite dishes for communications or electromagnetic power focusing) are described and claimed herein. The inventive mounting devices ar... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6758211 | Transparent thermal insulation device A transparent thermal insulation arrangement for heating buildings with solar energy includes a glass plate, and absorber and an edge bond between the glass plate and the absorber. The absorber has an absorber plate which is inherently rigid and is assembled with th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6705311 | Radiation heat-shield for solar system A solar system comprising a reflector and a heat collecting element (HCE) received at the focus of the reflector. The HCE comprises a coated tube received within a coaxial evacuated enveloping glass tube. The enveloping glass tube is secured at respective ends there... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6655375 | Solar thermoaccumulator A solar thermoaccumulator, including a parallel battery of closed-circuit vacuum solar pipes, and provided with a plurality of accumulation bulbs, which are either immersed in a primary conductive fluid that circulates in an annular chamber having an air ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6622718 | Thermal flask with a vacuum solar heating device A thermal flask has a body and a vacuum solar heating device. The solar heating device is detachably mounted on an opening defined in the hollow body. The vacuum solar heating device has a transparent tube, a connecting collar and a solar energy absorber.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6598601 | Solar collector A solar collector has a distribution and collecting unit having a housing and a distribution channel and a connecting channel arranged in the housing. Collector tubes for heating a fluid medium are connected to the housing. The collector tubes have an ada... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6407328 | Photovoltaic device A photovoltaic device for converting radiation energy into electric power, includes a front side exposed to radiation from a radiation source, a backside; and a cooling unit having a liquid medium, e.g. water, arranged between the front side and the radia... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6244264 | Non-imaging optical illumination system A passive solar collector has a reflector or a plurality of reflectors in a tube that is in a partial vacuum and is entirely or partly transparent. An absorber collects light reflected by the reflector or plurality of reflectors and delivers energy from t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6119683 | Solar heat collecting apparatus A solar heat collecting apparatus wherein a heat-absorbing plate for absorbing the solar radiation is installed in a vacuum vessel, the solar heat accumulated in the heat-absorbing plate is transmitted to a working medium in a pipe connected to the heat-a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6063996 | Solar cell module and hybrid roof panel using the same A solar cell module according to the present invention includes at least a base material, a first insulating material formed on the base material, a photovoltaic element set including a plurality of photovoltaic elements formed on the first insulating mat... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6005185 | Coolant sealing structure for a solar cell A coolant sealing structure for a solar cell of which the sealing property is maintained with high reliability in use for a long period. A solar cell has its light receiving surface and a reinforced portion formed around the fringe portion of the light re... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5660164 | Shower apparatus heated by solar radiation Shower apparatus (1) heated by solar apparatus radiation (3) used in open spaces, made of any type of material, and installed in a substantially vertical position, which comprises the structural configuration of the apparatus in addition to act as accumul... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657745 | Solar heat collecting panel A solar heat collecting panel having three stacked compartments enclosed within a frame. A pair of similar spaced apart parallel clear plastic sheets form the top and bottom of the uppermost compartment. The middle compartment is formed by the bottom shee... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5572988 | Solar absorber assemblies A solar absorber assembly (13) having upper and lower connectors (14, 15) between which tubes (16) extend for conveying water to be heated, the tubes (16) being surrounded by a glazing assembly (17) which is supported by the connectors (14, 15). The conne... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5572987 | Solar energy system A solar energy system having a component comprising a heat absorber which has a tubular conduit. The heat absorber also has a fin for supporting the conduit. The conduit and fin are fabricated of a dark color for collecting solar energy. A housing surroun... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5555878 | Solar energy collector An improved solar energy collector comprising a heat absorber to take in radiant energy and transfer the radiant energy to a heat transfer fluid carried thereby. A transparent jacket is to receive the heat absorber therein. The jacket will allow the radia... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5531217 | Heating device A portable solar heating device is provided comprising an outer housing of transparent synthetic plastics material and a bladder within the outer housing. The bladder is of flexible sheet synthetic plastics material and has an expanded condition when fill... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5465708 | Trough-shaped collector A trough-shaped collector for solar radiation for steam generation. A trough-shaped mirror extending in a longitudinal direction receives and reflects radiation onto an absorber line enclosing within its interior a steam generator tube. Heat is transferre... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460163 | Trough-shaped collector A trough-shaped collector for solar radiation for steam generation. A trough-shaped mirror extending in a longitudinal direction receives and reflects radiation onto an absorber line enclosing within its interior a steam generator tube in which water is h... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5437265 | Gas heating apparatus A radiant gas heating apparatus of the present invention includes a cylindrical member of a porous ceramic material adapted to be heated by radiation, and a flow passageway which directs gas radially through the pores of the ceramic material from one cyli... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5365919 | Solar energy collector assembly In a solar collector assembly, one or more absorber tubes are made up of a plurality of discarded metal can bodies in end-to-end relation, one or more collector tubes are made up of a plurality of discarded transparent pop bottles arranged in end-to-end r... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5281310 | Sea water desalinating apparatus A solar apparatus such as a solar water heater or cooler comprising a cell which is partially transparent to the sun's rays and has an internal section formed by an assembly of two casing which surround one another and define the variable capacity of the ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5261390 | System for heating fluid in process equipment with solar energy A system for heating a fluid (5) conveyed or contained in process equipment (7) comprises a layer of transparent thermal insulation (9) which partly covers the process equipment so that a section (13) is exposed to solar radiation and thus is heated by th... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5241824 | Fluid absorption receiver for solar radiation Disclosed are an apparatus and method used to preheat a working fluid for a subsequent solar-driven dissociation reaction. The working fluid is first passed through a blackbody receiver where it absorbs thermal energy, and is subsequently exposed to direc... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5071243 | Tensioned cover for parabolic reflector A generally rectangular tensioned cover comprises a pair of end forms having end portions. They are generally parallel along their lengths. A pair of side rails which are generally orthogonal to the end forms have first and second end portions. They are s... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4993403 | Method and apparatus for trapping heat energy A heat trap for collecting heat energy includes an enclosure having an interior surface reflective with respect to heat energy within the enclosure and a heat absorbent exterior surface. Heat energy applied to the exterior surface of the enclosure is abso... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4987883 | Evacuated solar collector tube The present invention has two tubes arranged concentrically and separated by a vacuum. The internal tube is of thin wall steel construction with a selective absorbing coating. The external tube is a hard glass material such as, for example, Pyrex. The vac... | 01/29/1991 |
