Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solar concentrator
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Application No.: US17340890Application Date: 2021-06-07
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Publication No.: US12061016B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Matthew C. Miller
- Applicant: Nativus, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Sparks
- Assignee: NATIVUS, INC.
- Current Assignee: NATIVUS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Sparks
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: F24S23/79
- IPC: F24S23/79 ; F24S23/70 ; F24S25/00 ; F24S25/60 ; F24S50/20 ; F24S80/40 ; H02S20/32 ; H02S40/22

Abstract:
A reflective concentrator can include a primary reflector and a secondary reflector located radially outward of the primary reflector. The primary reflector can be a rotationally-symmetric, convex conical shape, radial sections of which may include an off-axis parabolic reflector with a focal point radially outward of the primary reflector. A secondary reflector may be located radially outward of the primary reflector, and may include a rotationally symmetric section of a toroidal space surrounding the primary reflector. In some embodiments, the secondary reflector may be convex or concave. Incident sunlight generally aligned with a rotational axis of symmetry of the primary reflector may be reflected off of the primary reflector, off of the secondary reflector, and back towards a point near the central peak of the primary reflector. The reflective concentrator may be aerodynamically stable, and may include an aerodynamic fairing on its read side to further increase the aerodynamic stability of the structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210381724A1 SOLAR CONCENTRATOR Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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