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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104466 | Solar energy collecting assembly for a solar energy converter A solar energy collecting assembly useful for transferring solar heat to a heat utilizing system via heat transfer fluid flow, comprising anisotropic graphite sheets coupled to a pipe containing heat transfer fluid, and various configurations and embodiments. Method... | 01/31/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7299591 | Solar thermal roofing An external building surface formed by at least one of a roof and a wall, the external building surface comprising a plurality of battens spaced apart to define a plurality of transverse courses, a plurality of tiles supported by the battens in the courses defined t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6957014 | Liquid heater A liquid heater comprising a plurality of storage compartments for containing liquid to be heated. The storage compartments being connected together in series and comprising at least a first end compartment for receiving liquid to be heated and a second end compartm... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955168 | Solar heat collecting apparatus A solar heat collecting apparatus comprises a casing body, a lid for the casing body, a plurality of pillars, and a shield member. The lid for the casing body allows sunlight to pass through the lid and forms a vacuum space in collaboration with the casing body. A p... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6911110 | Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery A high concentration central receiver system and method provides improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a tower structure at a predetermined height above ground for reflectin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6880553 | Solar air conditioning system This invention provides buildings with a modular air conditioning system that utilizes solar energy for heating air. This invention contains a solar collector assembly, an inlet assembly and an outlet assembly. The solar collector assembly further comprises a transp... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6630622 | Combined solar electric power and liquid heat transfer collector panel An apparatus for converting solar energy to thermal and electrical energy including a photovoltaic grid for converting the concentrated solar energy into electrical energy mounted on a copper plate that provides even temperature dispersion across the plat... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6619283 | Solar collector pipe An improved solar collector pipe that directly conveys fluid to be heated and collects and transfers solar energy efficiently and directly to the internal fluid, thereby maximizing both the amount of energy transmitted to the internal fluid and the peak t... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6604521 | Solar collector pipe An improved solar collector pipe that directly conveys fluid to be heated and collects and transfers solar energy efficiently and directly to the internal fluid, thereby maximizing both the amount of energy transmitted to the internal fluid and the peak t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6044840 | Nonimaging solar collector A nonimaging solar collector. A method and article of manufacture of a solar collector includes an outer housing transparent to light, a reflector element positioned asymmetrically within the outer housing, an absorber disposed within the outer housing, a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5967140 | Nonimaging solar collector A nonimaging solar collector. A method and article of manufacture of a solar collector includes an outer housing transparent to light, a reflector element position asymmetrically within the outer housing, an absorber disposed within the outer housing, and... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927271 | Nonimaging solar collector A nonimaging solar collector. A method and article of manufacture of a solar collector includes an outer housing transparent to light, a reflector element positioned asymmetrically within the outer housing, an absorber disposed within the outer housing, a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5794611 | Solar collector A solar collector includes a copper plate and copper tubes for the collection and harnessing of solar energy. The copper tubes are thermally coupled to the copper plate by a copper alloy fillet. The copper tubes, the copper plate and the copper alloy fill... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5537991 | Nonimaging solar collector A nonimaging solar collector. A method and article of manufacture of a solar collector includes an outer housing transparent to light, a reflector element positioned within the outer housing, an absorber concentrically disposed relative to the outer housi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5531215 | Device for absorbing radiant heat energy A device for absorbing heat energy, in particular a solar panel, includes a housing in the form of a frame-shaped rack. The housing has a cover which allows the radiant energy to enter. Several collector tubes are disposed below the cover and between a di... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5167217 | Light transmissive insulation apparatus A light transmissive insulation system comprising a plurality of layers of light transmissive insulating material, the material beig characterized by transmissivity to solar spectrum radiation, and low transmissivity to thermal radiation. A solar pond emp... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4881521 | Vacuum solar collector In a vacuum solar collector comprising a seamless deep-drawn trough (1) which contains an absorber (9) and conduits (12, 13) for a heat transport medium and comprises an edge (4) on which a radiation-permeable pane (7) rests which covers the trough and wh... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4846151 | Solar collectors A solar energy collector comprising a solar energy absorber, a light transmitting top plate spaced apart from and in a plane parallel to the solar energy absorber, and an array of light transmitting cells intermediate to and in a plane perpendicular to th... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4784700 | Point focus solar concentrator using reflector strips of various geometries to form primary and secondary reflectors A point focus solar concentrator which uses various geometries of cylindrical reflector strips some of which are tilted to simulate a point focus by overlaying the line focii of each segment at a coincident point. Several embodiments of the invention are ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4738247 | Roof installations Roof installations consisting of an array of interfitting members e.g. tiles, strips (3), slats or the like which interfit to form a roof covering and a set of heat pipes (7) which run parallel to the plane of the roof (6,1). Heat is abstracted from the h... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4723535 | Solar trap This invention relates to a solar energy collecting device that concentrates the intensity of the sunlight by funneling the sunlight with one or more light funnels having a substantially V-shaped cross section made of light reflecting surfaces. The sunlig... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4715183 | Dual source external heating system for a heat pipe An external heating system for a heat engine such as a Stirling cycle engine which permits thermal energy to be provided by solar energy or fuel combustion sources. The system employs a complexly shaped heat pipe evaporator section having an enclosed cavi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4653471 | Solar heat collector A heat pipe for a solar heat collector in which a header pipe is brought into fixed surface contact with a heat-radiation portion of the heat pipe formed of a heat-conductive material. A plurality of ribs are formed of the same material as the heat pipe a... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4637374 | Selective absorption film of a solar heat collector A selective absorption film selectively absorbing solar rays and composed mainly of cobalt oxide. A blue system selective absorption film having high heat resistance at high temperatures is provided by coating one surface of a metal material of iron or co... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4546819 | Double wall heat exchanger A double wall heat exchanger for use in solar heaters and the like. An outer drawn copper tube of predetermined thickness and inside diameter is slid over a second drawn copper tube also of a predetermined thickness and outside diameter. A small axial gro... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4534336 | Solar collectors A solar collector adapted to heat a heat-carrying fluid is provided. The collector includes a heat absorbing wall formed by a plurality of panels which are integrally made of a conducting material. Adjacent panels slope with respect to each other in a saw... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4527544 | High insulating solar block structures A light-transmissive solar insulating block assembly comprising: light-transmissive insulating block means defining at least one internal cavity for insulating the interior of a structure to be heated; a housing having a light-transmissive cover providing... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523578 | Solar radiation collector In a solar radiation collector comprising a glass envelope 1 around an absorber plate 2 mounted on a metal tube 3 communicates with a heat exchange condenser 6, the glass envelope is sealed around the metal tube using an intermediate metal collar 4. The c... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4499892 | Arrangement for slat screens for solar protection Arrangement of slat screens for solar protection of the type having a number of slats (24;44) supported by girders (5) or the like, which slats are placed apart from each other and together form a solar screen. The girders (5) have slat holders (16) with ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4497311 | Sun tracking solar air heating system A heating system for buildings such as dwelling houses, office buildings, commercial establishments, industrial establishments, and the like, in which it is desired to maintain a comfortable temperature level during periods when the external air temperatu... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4494529 | Solar trap A device called Solar Trap for concentrating and collecting the solar energy is disclosed. Said Solar Trap employs, firstly, the principle of the light funneling as means for concentrating the sun light and secondly, the principle of the repeated incidenc... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4491175 | Method of connecting a plate-shaped absorber for solar heat to a tubular heat transport system There is provided a solar collector comprising a straight tubular metal heat pipe having an evaporator section and a condenser section. Two elongate metal absorber plates are longitudinally connected to the evaporator section and are bent in an outwardly ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4485802 | Solar heater for swimming pools A solar heater for swimming pools is provided having one or more heating panels installable on a roof or the like and arranged to discharge into a pool equipped with an apron without need for disturbing or obstructing the apron. This is accomplished by th... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4475536 | Solar collector-skylight assembly A solar collector-skylight assembly having movable parabolic concentrators wherein, in one position the parabolic concentrators direct solar energy to a collector to heat fluid circulating therethrough to thereby provide a solar heater; and when the conce... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4470406 | Roofing tile with thermal conduction device A concrete roofing tile (10) has a thermal conduction device in the form of metal sheets (20a, 20b) attached to its underside. Planar metal contacts (30a, 30b) project from the underside of the sheets and are adapted to clip on a pipe (40) which extends u... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4442827 | Solar heat collector A compact, self-contained solar heat collector is disclosed which is particularly suited for addition to new or existing structures in the form of window shutters, exterior siding, awnings, columnar elements and the like. The exterior glazing (32) of the ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4440151 | Solar heat collector A solar heat collector comprises an evacuated transparent pipe; a solar heat collection plate disposed in the transparent pipe; a heat pipe, disposed in the transparent pipe so as to contact with the solar heat collection plate, and containing an evaporab... | 04/03/1984 |
