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5660644 Photovoltaic concentrator system  
A light weight photovoltaic concentrator having a foldable, easily deployed structure for concentrating solar rays on solar cells for generating electricity is disclosed. The photovoltaic...
5647916 Hybrid photovoltaic solar panels  
A mantle or emitter used to illuminate a photovoltaic cell. In one embodit, a tubular mantle or emitter is made of a composite structure including a rare-earth material, such as ytterbium oxide,...
5641135 Inflatable torus and collapsible hinged disc spacecraft designs for satellite communication system  
A series of spacecraft designs (10, 42 and 52) for a Satellite Communication System is disclosed. One of the preferred embodiments of the invention called "Gearsat™" (10) comprises a hollow torus...
5639314 Photovoltaic device including plural interconnected photoelectric cells, and method of making the same  
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
5620529 Low disturbance solar array  
A rigid panel solar array for a spacecraft. The layers of materials for the panels are selected and oriented to control the net coefficient of thermal expansion in the array's longitudinal...
5614033 Rigid solar panel with discrete lattice and carrier structures bonded together  
Discrete carrier and lattice structures are bonded together to form a lightweight rigid solar panel. The carrier includes a pair of electrically inert face sheets bonded on opposite sides of a thin...
5605769 Method and apparatus for supplying electrical energy to battery powered equipment  
The invention provides method and apparatus for supplying electrical energy to battery powered equipment of the type utilizing removable batteries. The method of the invention includes the steps...
5578139 Stowable and deployable solar energy concentrator with fresnel lenses  
A stowable and deployable concentrator for solar cells. A substrate mounts a row of solar cells. A row of Fresnel lens elements is mounted to the substrate so as to be deflectable toward the...
5575860 Fiber optic power-generation system  
A fiber optical solar power generating system provides a tower outside a structure to be supplied with solar energy and on which a multiplicity of collectors is provided. An optical fiber trunk...
5538902 Method of fabricating a photovoltaic device having a three-dimensional shape  
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
5527001 Modular communication satellite  
A Modular Communication Satellite (10) for a Satellite Communication System is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the invention includes a foldable, high-gain, electronically steered antenna...
5522569 Satellite having a stackable configuration  
A satellite has two solar array panels which are moveable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The solar array panels are pivotably mounted on hinges attached along the top and...
5522943 Portable power supply  
A portable power supply that includes at least one solar panel assembly that is capable of producing an electrical output through the conversion of solar energy to electrical energy. The power...
5520747 Foldable low concentration solar array  
A low concentration solar array for spacecraft and other uses which has a series of solar panels which can be deployed from a folded stowed configuration to a planar configuration. When the solar...
5509747 Articulation arrangement for connecting folding structure elements  
An articulation arrangement connects individual elements of a folding structure which consists of two or more individual elements and is configured to be unfolded and locked in an unfolded position...
5496414 Stowable and deployable concentrator for solar cells  
A stowable and deployable concentrator for solar cells, A flexible, springily resilient Fresnel lens is held in a frame whose relaxed condition holds the Fresnel lens as the linear fragment of a...
5487791 Stowable and self-deployable parallelogram-type panel array  
A stowable and self-deployable parallelogram-type panel array for solar cells. The array includes two sets of rigid panels, the panels of each set being hinged together, and the sets extending...
5482569 Roof for generating electricity by solar light  
A base member for a roof is composed of a flexible high molecular material film and thin film solar cell modules formed thereon, and a finish member placed on the base member is a tile made of...
5433259 Retractable awning with integrated solar cells  
A retractable awning includes a weather protective articulated slat system for protecting the awning when in a retracted position with a solar cell panel incorporated into an articulated slat and...
5393018 Unfolding and locking joint for space elements  
A joint is provided for the unfolding and locking of space elements, such as solar generator panels. On one joint half, a detent lever is swivellably connected having a clamping nose as well as a...
5379596 Self-contained hand-held solar chest  
A portable, hand-held, completely self-contained, solar energy device that uses only sunlight and solar energy to power a thermoelectric or mechanical chemical cooling and heating system for the...
5356656 Method for manufacturing flexible amorphous silicon solar cell  
A method of manufacturing a flexible amorphous silicon solar cell includes the steps of: a) coating a PI varnish on a glass substrate; b) imidizing the PI varnish film; c) vacuum-depositing a metal...
5356095 Attenuating linged deployment apparatus  
Deployment apparatus for use in deploying an articulating structure. The deployment apparatus includes two pivotally connected hinge members and a spring that biases the hinge members in their open...
5319905 Panel array deployment apparatus  
Apparatus for deploying an articulated panel array comprises a spring motor between adjacent panels and a latch between adjacent panels. The latch between a given pair of panels is released by an...
5298085 Support blanket for solar cell arrays  
An assembly of an array of solar cells and a substrate blanket to which they are mounted. The blanket is woven from glass fibers and coated with a silicone. The blanket, because of its composition,...
5296044 Lightweight stowable and deployable solar cell array  
A solar cell array deployable from a folded flat triangular structure to a substantially circular deployed shape. A root spar supports a hub. The hub has an axis of rotation normal to the axis of...
5273608 Method of encapsulating a photovoltaic device  
A flexible encapsulated photovoltaic device is prepared by disposing photovoltaic devices on a sheet of thermoplastic material, disposing a front encapsulant material atop the devices, and...
5260885 Solar power operated computer  
A solar power operated computer comprised of an upper casing and a base pivoted together, the upper casing and the base each having a solar cell assembly respectively hinged thereto to collect the...
5258076 Arrangement for covering doors, windows or like type room closure  
An arrangement for covering doors, windows or like type room closure devices having translucent regions, in particular a curtain or a roller blind, is provided, at the side thereof which faces...
5244508 Self-deploying photovoltaic power system  
A lightweight flexible photovoltaic (PV) blanket is attached to a support structure of initially stowed telescoping members. The deployment mechanism comprises a series of extendable and rotatable...
5228644 Solar powered system for a space vehicle  
A solar power system for use with a space vehicle for achieving extended mission duration is disclosed. The solar power system includes sets of foldable solar panel casings which are unfolded and...
5154777 Advanced survivable space solar power system  
A photovoltaic electric power system for use in space. A self contained sun powered electric power generating system comprising a fresnel mirror array made up of a plurality of quadrilateral...
5155565 Method for manufacturing an amorphous silicon thin film solar cell and Schottky diode on a common substrate  
A thin film p-i-n solar cell and Schottky barrier diode are fabricated adjacent one another on a common flexible polyimide substrate. A titanium nitride diffusion barrier prevents contaminants of...
5131955 Depolyable retractable photovoltaic concentrator solar array assembly for space applications  
A deployable/retractable photovoltaic concentrator solar array assembly for space applications that includes a plurality of solar array panels that are carried by a pantograph arm arrangement that...
5114101 Modular distributed concentrating collector using power bus to route power to centralized converter  
A modular distributed concentrating collector using a low loss power bus to route solar radiation collected from a plurality of concentrating and collecting dishes to a centralized converted for...
5098042 System for maintaining a set of deployable elements in a folded position on a spacecraft  
A system for maintaining in a folded position a set of elements that are hinged to one another and to a structure (e.g. solar panels on a spacecraft), which elements are capable of occupying either...
5086828 Lunar radiator shade  
An apparatus for rejecting waste heat from a system located on or near the lunar equator which utilizes a reflective catenary shaped trough deployed about a vertical radiator to shade the radiator...
5076634 Sun visor for motor vehicles  
A sun visor for motor vehicles is provided that can be pivoted about its upper longitudinal rim. On that side that in a folded-down position faces toward the outside, the sun visor is provided with...
5037043 Locking arrangement for unfolded solar generators  
A locking arrangement for unfoldable solar generators which consist of several panels provides a lockable, partially-unfolded, intermediate position and a lockable, completely unfolded final...
5022929 Solar collector  
The improved solar collector of the present invention is constituted by a roof-shaped structure (1) serving as a support for a front and rear panels (2, 3), in the form of elongated rectangles...
4989124 Solar powered sign  
The present invention relates to an improved solar powered sign including one or more solar panels used to charge batteries which power various components of the sign. The sign may include a rotary...
4988060 Solar collector panel arrangement with partly and fully foldable panels  
A solar collector panel arrangement includes a plurality of panels interconnected to form panel wings which in turn are secured in a symmetric fashion to a spacecraft, especially a satellite. At...
4968372 Method of producing a flexible carrier substrate  
A method of producing a flexible carrier substrate for a photovoltaic solar generator wherein a polyimide film disposed on a heatable lamination table is coated with an adhesive and hardened...
4955203 Air conditioner for parked automotive vehicle  
An air conditioning unit is provided for a parked automotive vehicle having a cooling unit comprising a cooling chamber with at least one insulated wall having on opposite sides thereof a heat sink...
4936367 System for securing an articulated assembly of elements on a spacecraft  
A system for securing deployable elements, such as solar panels, on a structure, such as a spacecraft, with the aid of a through rod. A mechanism is provided for releasing the through rod from the...
4936427 Wire conducting rotary coupling having separate torque conducting and flexure load members  
A rotary coupling for transmitting torque across a plurality of flexible electrical wires is disclosed herein. The coupling generally comprises a tubular assembly for resisting flexure loads...
4888061 Thin-film solar cells resistant to damage during flexion  
An improved method for manufacturing solar cell tape including depositing a thin-film photovoltaic device on a flexible polymeric substrate, encapsulating the photovoltaic device with a layer of...
4860509 Photovoltaic cells in combination with single ply roofing membranes  
A combination form of flexible roofing material including a reinforced single-ply membrane base for being adhered to the roof substrate. On the base is laminated a structurally flexible layer of...
4847506 Hardening of spacecraft structures against momentary high level radiation exposure using a radiation shield  
Objects, particularly spacecraft structures, antennas, solar arrays and other spacecraft equipment, are shielded against damage from momentary exposure to high energy electromagnetic radiation in...
4834325 Modular spacecraft system  
A modular spacecraft system adapted for orbital flight is capable of expansion by the connection of at least two substantially identical spacecraft modules, each of which is capable of independent...
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