Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arcuate-winged solar canopy assembly
- Patent Title (中): 弧形太阳能罩组件
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Application No.: US12873174Application Date: 2010-08-31
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Publication No.: US08640394B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Donald S. Richardson
- Applicant: Donald S. Richardson
- Agency: O'Connell Law Firm
- Agent Thomas P. O'Connell
- Main IPC: E04B7/16
- IPC: E04B7/16 ; E04H15/26

Abstract:
The invention is an assembly of elements to collect solar energy and rain water. Solar energy is converted to electricity by either photovoltaic film or laminate panels or sheets mounted atop arcuate, curved canopy structures that are formed and positioned like “wings”. Rainwater is collected by the low-incidence arcuate curved wings and directed to a central trough along the wings' structural spine, which conducts it through a support column to a water container or vessel. In a preferred embodiment the vessel is an underground container extending parallel to and as long as the above-ground structural spine of the assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110203633A1 ARCUATE-WINGED SOLAR CANOPY ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2011-08-25
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