Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Off-axis cassegrain solar collector
- Patent Title (中): 离轴卡斯格林太阳能集热器
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Application No.: US14373683Application Date: 2013-01-18
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Publication No.: US09335015B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: David G. Freier , Timothy L. Quinn , Thomas R. Corrigan , Byron E. Trotter
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- International Application: PCT/US2013/022051 WO 20130118
- International Announcement: WO2013/112362 WO 20130801
- Main IPC: F21S11/00
- IPC: F21S11/00 ; F24J2/06 ; F24J2/12 ; F24J2/18 ; F24J2/54 ; G02B7/182 ; G02B19/00 ; F24J2/10

Abstract:
The disclosure generally relates to concentrating daylight collectors and in particular to concentrating daylight collectors useful for interior lighting of a building. The concentrating daylight collectors generally include a cassegrain-type concentrator section that provides for a full-tracking solar collector with one moving part and with a high efficiency of coupling of collected solar irradiation to a stationary duct. In some cases, the disclosed concentrating daylight collectors can be used more conventionally, such as for directing sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell for generation of electrical power, or an absorbing surface for extraction of thermal energy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150009567A1 OFF-AXIS CASSEGRAIN SOLAR COLLECTOR Public/Granted day:2015-01-08
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