Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator
- Patent Title (中): 封闭的离轴太阳能集中器
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Application No.: US12562729Application Date: 2009-09-18
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Publication No.: US08592673B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Pablo Benitez , Robert E. Grip , Juan C. Minano , Authi A. Narayanan , Adam Plesniak , Joel A. Schwartz
- Applicant: Pablo Benitez , Robert E. Grip , Juan C. Minano , Authi A. Narayanan , Adam Plesniak , Joel A. Schwartz
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agent John A. Lepore
- Main IPC: H02N6/00
- IPC: H02N6/00 ; H01L31/042

Abstract:
A solar concentrator including a housing having a receiving wall, a reflecting wall and at least two end walls, the receiving, reflecting and end walls defining a three-dimensional volume having an inlet, wherein a vertical axis of the housing is generally perpendicular to the inlet, a receiver mounted on the receiving wall of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, at least one clip disposed on the reflecting wall, an optical element received within the three-dimensional volume, the optical element including at least one tab, the tab being engaged by the clip to align the optical element with the receiver, and a window received over the inlet to enclose the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100275972A1 Enclosed, Off-axis Solar Concentrator Public/Granted day:2010-11-04
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