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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7227077 | Light element with a translucent surface A light element with a translucent surface includes an energy converter, wherein the translucent surface is so formed as to direct only that portion of the radiation onto the energy converter that impinges on the translucent surface. The energy converter may be a so... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6923174 | Device which follows the position of the sun A solar installation is described. It has a solar element and a diffractively and/or refractively operating optical apparatus by way of which the incident sunlight is passed directedly perpendicularly on to the solar element. The optical apparatus is caused to track... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6700055 | Self tracking, wide angle, solar concentrators A solar concentrator system includes a collector lens for collecting and at least partially focusing incident solar rays, a solar cell and a lens array positioned generally between the collector lens and the solar cell, the lens array directing the partia... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6644303 | Solar lighter for a smoking instrument A solar powered pipe for use in igniting pipe tobacco. The solar pipe has a light concentrating lens to direct the sun's rays onto the tobacco in a pipe and a retractable arm to regulate the intensity of the heat over the tobacco from the light concentrat... | 11/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6613288 | Device for releasing a volatile medium An apparatus for heating a volatile medium is provided. The apparatus of the invention includes a base and a rotatable lens positioned above the base. The rotatable lens rotates independently of the base in the direction of a light source. The lens is pos... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6574055 | Method and apparatus for effecting a temperature compensation movement An athermalization compensation device (26, 126, 226) includes a frustoconical outer ring (51, 251), with opposite edge portions (53, 54, 253) offset radially and axially, and with a relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion. An inner ring (52, 252)... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6292312 | Athermalized mounts for lenses Several embodiment of an athermalizing apparatus is described. In one embodiment, the athermalizing apparatus includes a lens element and a support member coupled to the lens element. The support member has a sloped outer surface and a first coefficient o... | 09/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6111190 | Inflatable fresnel lens solar concentrator for space power A novel, high-efficiency, extremely light-weight, inflatable refractive solar concentrator for space power is described. It consists of a flexible Fresnel lens, flexible sides, and a back surface, together enclosing a volume of space which can be filled w... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6079408 | Sun-ray tracking system A plurality of sun-ray collecting units connected to one another by parallel links and arranged in rows on first turning axes are supported on a pair of turning frames that can be turned about the first turning axes. Each of a pair of push-pull cables 54 ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6040950 | Athermalized mounts for lenses Several embodiment of an athermalizing apparatus is described. In one embodiment, the athermalizing apparatus includes a lens element and a support member coupled to the lens element. The support member has a sloped outer surface and a first coefficient o... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037535 | Sunlight collection apparatus The present invention relates to a sunlight collection apparatus with increased sunlight gathering and receiving capabilities, which is cheap to produce and allows reliable collection of sunlight without having to track the sun. This sunlight collection a... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6031179 | Color-mixing lens for solar concentrator system and methods of manufacture and operation thereof A color-mixing lens for use in a concentrator system and methods of manufacture and operation thereof. The color-mixing lens includes: (1) a light-transmissive substrate that receives broad spectrum light from a source, (2) a first plurality of prisms, lo... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5941239 | Multiple lens solar heating unit A multiple lens solar heating unit consisting of a piping component, a housing component with a transparent housing cap, holes within the housing component for entry and exit of the piping component, multiple lens mounting braces affixed parallel wise to ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5927272 | Combination solar powered cigarette lighter and telescope A solar powered cigarette lighter comprising a hollow tube fitted at one end with a light gathering lens and near the other end of the tube with a rod, the tip of which rod holds a light reflective substance positioned at the focal point of the lens to in... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924415 | Solar grill A solar cooker which has at least one biconvex lens which can concentrate solar rays onto an item to be cooked. In addition, the solar cooker utilizes a series of pulleys to rotate the lens from an angle of 45° on each side of the sun's zenith in order t... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5894838 | Window for a central solar receiver with volumetric absorber A transparent windows (4) for a solar radiation receiver assembly and a solar receiver assembly using the same, which assembly comprising a housing (2) having an aperture (3) and holding a volumetric solar absorber (5), the transparent window (4) mounted ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5706798 | Solar lens, stove and solar panel combination The invention comprises a solar assembly for heating a stove with solar energy. The assembly includes a foundation pipe having an opening. A substantially vertical pipe is positioned in the opening and the vertical pipe is capable of rotation relative to ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5581447 | Solar skylight apparatus A solar skylight is provided for collecting sunlight and dispersing the light within a building without the necessity for any roof penetrations of the building. The solar collector includes a base having a fixed portion and a rotatable portion and having ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577492 | Collimating TIR lens with focusing filter lens A radiant energy redirecting system comprising a radiant energy transmitting body structure; the structure comprising multiple elements, each of which acts as a radiant energy redirecting module, having on its cross-sectional perimeter an entry face to re... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577493 | Auxiliary lens to modify the output flux distribution of a TIR lens A TIR lens having a central axis, and toward which light from a light source is to be directed, and a light ray deviator positioned along the path of light travel between the source and the TIR lens, for deviating light rays toward portions of the lens sp... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5501743 | Fiber optic power-generating system A fiber optical solar power generating system provides a tower outside a structure to be supplied with solar energy and on which a multiplicity of collectors are provided. An optical fiber trunk carries the collected optical energy to the structure in whi... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5408990 | Solar energy collection panel assembly A solar energy collection panel assembly particularly adapted for use in a sun tracking system, The assembly is made up of several elongated components that have uniform cross sections and are preferably formed by extrusion. Interlocking base members have... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5404869 | Faceted totally internally reflecting lens with individually curved faces on facets A radiant energy redirecting system comprising a radiant energy transmitting body structure; the structure comprising multiple elements, each of which acts as a radiant energy redirecting module, having on its cross-sectional perimeter an entry face to re... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5143051 | Passive solar heating apparatus An apparatus for heating of a body of water is floatingly received within the body of water. The collector includes a housing formed with an interior cavity containing aluminum oxide crystals in communication with collector tubes extending orthogonally do... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4979492 | Solar ray collecting device A solar ray collecting device including a supporting rod supported at its lower end by a rotating mechanism and carrying in its upper portion a horizontal supporting shaft is described. The supporting shaft intersects the supporting rod at a right angle a... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4943141 | Solar ray collecting device A solar ray collecting device comprises a solar ray collecting portion including a number of solar ray collecting elements, a transparent dome for covering the solar ray collecting portion, a base plate for supporting the dome, a first-revolution shaft fo... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4913130 | Solar cooker assembly This invention relates to a solar cooker assembly comprising a circular and convex Fresnel lens having its convex side facing either upward or downward, a protective frame unit rigidly fitted to the periphery of said Fresnel lens, a support unit for swing... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4848319 | Refracting solar energy concentrator and thin flexible Fresnel lens A solar energy concentrator including a thin flexible Fresnel lens for focusing incident solar radiation not normal to the lens onto a target area by refraction. The Fresnel lens is supported or suspended above the target area by a frame and folded along ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4771764 | Water-borne azimuth-altitude tracking solar concentrators A water-borne tracking solar energy collecting and converting system employing multiple lens collectors for redirecting sunlight for concentration on photovoltaic cells.... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4755921 | Lens A lens of a transparent material including a structured surface on one side and a smooth surface on the opposite side. The structured surface includes a plurality of three-faceted prisms arranged side by side to form a plurality of ridges and grooves. Eac... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4717227 | Solar ray collecting device including protective cover and filter A solar ray collecting device for use in space includes a heat-conductive supporting base plate provided with a large number of adjacent hexagonal recess portions, a large number of optical systems installed on each of the recess portions, a large number ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4672949 | Solar energy collector having an improved thermal receiver A solar thermal energy collector includes a thermal receiver for receiving thermal energy from incident solar radiation and converting that energy, with minimum heat loss, into thermal energy transferred to and carried by a thermal fluid in a copper condu... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4610240 | Solar lighter A solar furnace comprises a hollow tube, a concentrating lens at one end of the tube and a wooden base at the other end with a hole vertically through the base, whereby a cigarette, cigar or fishing line can be inserted in the hole and ignited by concentr... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4589400 | Solar ray collecting device A solar ray collecting device in which solar rays are focused by a lens and guided into an optical fiber and transmitted through the optical conductor onto an adequate desired portion for use in illumination or for others purposes. A solar ray collecting ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4566434 | Solar energy collector An improved sun-tracking solar energy collector in constant focal communication with the rays of the sun during daylight hours in which the moving element comprises a lens which focuses the rays of the sun on an indentation of the collector which indentat... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4545366 | Bi-focussed solar energy concentrator A refractive optical concentrator for focussing solar energy on to small focal spots includes a linear Fresnel lens optically cross-coupled with simple cylindrical lenses. The cross-coupled lens concentrator comprises an optically clear dielectric materia... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4541415 | Solar ray collecting device A solar ray collecting device is comprised of a supporting base plate on which a large number of hexagonal recesses are provided and a large number of optical systems are arranged on each of said recesses. Each of said optical systems is made up of a hexa... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4527859 | Sunbeam concentrating and collecting apparatus A sunbeam concentrating and collecting apparatus characterized in that a honeycomb or regular n-sided polygonal frame is configured with one or a plurality of regular n-sided polygonal holding frames each of which is respectively formed by coupling a plur... | 07/09/1985 |
