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7607427 Solar tracking device with springs  
A solar tracking device for overcoming the disadvantages of a conventional solar energy system utilizing motors and to lower electricity consumption and decrease cost is provided. The device...
7557292 Modular shade system with solar tracking panels  
A modular shade system with solar tracking panels includes a series of generally North-South oriented, spaced apart torque tubes, each torque tube having an axis, a series of panels mounted to at...
7554030 Tracking solar collector assembly  
A tracking solar collector assembly includes Southside supports, North side supports and support structures. Each support structure has pivotal support points defining a tilt axis and supports at...
7513250 Positioning system for portable solar panels  
A solar panel(s) positioning apparatus for controlling the orientation of a solar panel(s) having one edge pivotally mounted to a support surface including a lift bar attached to an opposite edge...
7464703 Sun tracker for solar panels  
The elevation of a solar panel to follow the course of the sun is achieved in a manner to require relatively little power. The elevation mechanism utilizes a system of wires and pulleys which...
7380549 Solar energy concentrator for power plants  
A solar concentrator includes a mirror 24 having a frame 27 connected with a lever 55 , a train 36 supporting the frame 27 and the lever 55 , a first control cable 28 connected with the...
7343913 Parabolic trough solar collector for fluid heating and photovoltaic cells  
A solar concentrating collector includes corrugated board parabolic support segments with flexible strips and side tabs over the cut edge to support a laminate with reflective coated film. The...
7325542 Heating and cooling system  
A heating and cooling system for an enclosure includes a positionable solar panel assembly that supplies power to all the power consuming components of the system. A mountable sun tracking assembly...
7265365 Apparatus for curing a coating on a three-dimensional object  
An apparatus is provided for curing a curable coating on a three-dimensional object having at least a top surface and a side surface, with the object being advanced along a generally horizontal...
7252084 Solar tracking system  
A solar tracking system has a first set of solar heat gain transducers ( 700 ) that produce respective first output signals to drive a reversible first motor ( 300 ) for changing a vertical angle...
7252083 Structure for supporting energy conversion modules and solar energy collection system  
A structure ( 26 ) for supporting an array ( 22 ) of solar panels ( 24 ) in a solar energy collection system ( 20 ) includes a support assembly ( 42 ) formed from a rigid subassembly ( 44 ). The...
7202457 Device that automatically tracks the position of the sun  
A sun-position tracking system for a solar module has a base on which a rotary plate is supported. Several generally parallel fixed rods fixed to the plate have outer ends extending outward past...
7115851 Heliostat device  
Heliostat devices are disclosed. A disclosed heliostat device comprises planar reflectors and their frame, an azimuth angle adjusting mechanism and an altitudinal angle adjusting mechanism, and a...
6953038 Concentrating solar energy system  
A concentrating solar energy system with a reflector having a specularly reflecting inner side and realized as a parabolic mirror with two axis steering which is carried by a base frame arranged in...
6945246 Solar radiation reflector and solar energy system comprising the solar radiation reflector  
A solar radiation reflector comprising a plurality of arms arranged in parallel, a plurality of driver mechanisms driven, respectively, by the arms, a plurality of reflectors turned, respectively,...
6820611 Solar radiation concentrator and method of concentration solar radiation  
A solar radiation concentrator rotated about a straight line vertical to the reflector arrangement surfaces so that the incident solar radiation can be led onto the reflector arrangement surface...
6617506 Power generation equipment using sunlight  
Power generation equipment using sunlight, allowing a solar cell panel to follow and rotate at a required time to follow a movement of the sun and allowing a level support base to rotate slowly at...
6557804 Rotating solar concentrator  
A non-imaging solar concentrator having a primary concentrator and a turntable. The primary concentrator is mounted to the turntable such that it is rotatable about a turntable axis and a secondary...
6363928 Solar collection system  
The solar tracking mechanism is utilized in connection with a solar energy collection system. The collection system includes a light reflective shell shaped to focus solar radiation on a radiation...
6336452 Solar powered fluid heating system  
A solar powered fluid heating system for providing a user with a cost and energy saving advantage when heating fluids includes a solar dish which includes a mirrored concave surface. A power head...
6302099 Modular solar tracking frame  
The present invention offers a low cost, modular structure with a continuous, horizontal, rotatable spine supported on posts fixed to the ground, providing one axis of rotation for pointing solar...
6284968 Solar-tracking system  
A solar-tracking system that provides a polar rotation at a constant velocity of 366.25 revolutions clockwise per year, and orbital revolution that is one revolution per year in the...
6239353 Solar tracker  
A solar tracker operates on a single axis, but partially simulates a dual-axis tracker by adjusting tilt angle as the tracker rotates. The tracker is disclosed in particular embodiments which fit...
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...
6058930 Solar collector and tracker arrangement  
A solar energy collector and tracker has at least one north-south oriented torsion tube supporting an array of flat rectangular solar panels. At least one pier, supported in the earth, has pivot...
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...
6018122 Tracking solar module  
To provide a tracking-type solar module capable of high-performance sunlight-tracking with a simple configuration while simultaneously performing highly effective cooling of a solar cell, a solar...
5977475 Converging solar module  
There is provided a converging solar module of a simple structure which can accurately track the sun and efficiently generate electricity. A converging solar module comprises an electricity...
5934271 Large aperture solar collectors with improved stability  
A solar collection antenna has a large aperture reflective dish which is mounted on a dish support fame. When the dish is pointed at the sun, it reflects received solar radiation into a zone of...
5787878 Solar concentrator  
A steam boiler (14) is situated on a tower (16) at the center of concentric tracks (17), (18), and (19). Poles (21) and (23) have wheels (25) running on the tracks. The poles are kept upright on...
5632823 Solar tracking system  
The solar tracking system maintains a solar collector with its responsive surface normal to the sun rays. It includes a shaft supported for rotation about an axis parallel to the north-south axis...
5347986 Solar powered high pressure steam generator  
A point focus distributed receiver system for generating high-pressure steam by means of solar energy collection is disclosed. The cradle within which a gimbal mounted concentrator dish rotates is...
5325844 Lightweight, distributed force, two-axis tracking, solar radiation collector structures  
A solar radiation collector system includes a curved rim, a collector assembly including a plurality of solar radiation transducer elements passing through the plane of and connected to the curved...
5275149 Polar axis solar collector  
A polar column solar collector for use in association with a building, the system having a concave mirror located on the exterior of the building and defining a focal point and a central axis, a...
5203318 Sun tracking solar concentrator  
The solar concentrator includes a carriage movable along an inclined, ground anchored ramp. A first weight at the end of a pulley carried first cable, biases the carriage upwardly of the ramp...
4995377 Dual axis solar collector assembly  
A solar collector involves an elongate main boom having a longitudinal axis and a solar collector frame. Brackets are provided for pivotally mounting the solar collector frame to the main boom for...
4887589 Solar energy tracking structure incorporating wind spoilers  
A solar energy transfer spoiler assembly, comprises of a base for supporting the remaining elements of the assembly, an azimuth and elevation drive mechanism, a moving structure frame, a plurality...
4870949 Wind resistant two axis tracker for energy or radiation concertrators  
A wind resistant, two axis tracker is used to direct a solar reflector, heliostat, or dish antenna. An elevation drive ring is supported in a vertical orientation by dolly wheels rotatably attached...
4832002 Unified heliostat array  
A unified heliostat array for reflecting the rays of the sun upon a central collector. The heliostats are driven by a single pair of drive motors that are coupled to a sun tracker and to the...
4730602 Apparatus for automatically directing solar radiation focused by a reflector  
For the tracking control of a reflector focusing the solar radiation on an absorber corresponding to the apparent movement of the sun, an adjusting mechanism of the reflector is driven by means of...
4723826 Lens type solar collector requiring no orientation system  
A conventional fiber optic solar collector employs a matrix of lenses mounted in an enclosure similar to that of a conventional flat plate collector. Each lens focuses a solar image upon the open...
4644934 Solar energy heating system  
A solar energy system for heating water. The system comprises a solar collector, a heat exchanger, and hot water storage tank along with necessary interconnecting conduits, circulating pump and...
4644933 Solar system  
This invention is an improved solar collector which combines a magnifying lense with separate reflectors to obtain maximum solar energy collection. The collector also tracks celestial movement so...
4611575 Parabolic trough solar reflector  
A solar trough reflector structure using a single stressed reflector skin, parabolic shaped ribs, and members to structurally close the aperture develops high strength and stiffness from a minimum...
4587951 Circular arc solar concentrator  
A solar energy concentrator and collector having a concentrator made up of one or more anticlastic panels that feature a non-developable doubly curved surface. The panels are concave in the...
4579106 Solar collector with drive system  
A solar energy concentrator and collector having a concentrator made up of one or more anticlastic panels that feature a non-developable doubly curved surface. The panels are concave in the...
4572161 Solar ray collector device  
A solar ray collector device suitable for use in an equatorial zone is disclosed which includes a number of collector units mounted on a framework. The framework is angularly movable in the...
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...
4561423 Solar parabolic collector  
A water-heating solar parabolic collecting and concentrating apparatus comprises a pair of inclined parabolic reflectors positioned side by side on a rotary framework with upwardly extending...
4559926 Centerless-drive solar collector system  
A parabolic-trough solar collector system is disclosed, with each collector driven to track the sun using a ring driven in centerless fashion. The parabolic troughs are made of laminated plywood or...
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