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RE38988 |
Lightweight, self-ballasting photovoltaic roofing assembly
A photovoltaic roofing assembly comprises a roofing membrane (102), a plurality of photovoltaic modules (104, 106, 108) disposed as a layer on top of the roofing membrane (102), and a plurality of...
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6999221 |
Bimorphic polymeric photomechanical actuator
A bimorphic polymeric photomechanical actuator, in one embodiment using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a photosensitive body, transmitting light over fiber optic cables, and controlling the...
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6974904 |
Portable solar powered unit
A portable solar powered unit including a battery with associated electronics and a solar panel on a wheeled frame accommodates a variety of accessories including table tops, mounting poles,...
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6967278 |
Solar cell module and roof equipped with power generating function using the same
An object of the invention is to provide a solar cell module in which sufficient drainage and ventilation are ensured on the rear side, an output cable can be prevented from being caught during...
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6963024 |
Solar cell module and its installing module
A solar cell module 60 has a plurality of solar cells 14 having a plurality of parallel grooves 8 on the individual light-receiving surfaces thereof, each of the grooves having an electrode 5 for...
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6960717 |
Adjustable solar panel
A nonrotating adjustable solar panel for optimizing cell charging of a portable message sign, comprising a movable frame, a message sign, a solar panel, a support post attached to the underside of...
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6958868 |
Motion-free tracking solar concentrator
An integrated solar concentrator and tracker is constructed from a beam deflector for unpolarized light in combination with a fixed optical condenser. The one-dimensional beam deflector consists of...
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6945063 |
Apparatus and method for harvesting atmospheric moisture
An atmospheric water harvester extracts water from high relative humidity air. The temperature of the surface of a condensation member is lowered in the presence of moist air to promote...
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6930237 |
Device for converting solar radiation into electric power
A device for converting solar radiation into electric power, constituted by a substantially vertically elongated body from which multiple supporting arms for one or more modules constituted by...
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6923249 |
Passive thermal control system
A passive thermal control system maintains the operating temperature range of protected equipment within desired limits by controlling the conductive attributes of thermal interfaces and physical...
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6903261 |
Solar concentrator
A solar concentrator module comprising a front lens on its front face, a receiver cell on its rear face and a reflector between the front lens and the receiver cell, said reflector having inclined...
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6897423 |
Self-powered intermittent moving light tracking device and method
An autonomous light tracking device includes first and second movable light-sensitive sensors that produce respective first and second electrical signals representative of light received from a...
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6883290 |
Shingle system and method
A barrier, such as a PV module, is secured to a base by a support to create a shingle assembly with a venting region defined between the barrier and base for temperature regulation. The bottom...
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6881893 |
Solar energy collection system
Sunlight is localized at a solar cell by means of a lens in conjunction with a solar energy trap with very low losses. The lens is a standard magnifying lens which concentrates the sunlight to a...
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6870087 |
Assembly method and apparatus for photovoltaic module
A photovoltaic (PV) module 10 assembled by automated processes. PV module 10 comprises solar cells electrically connected in a linear string 24. Encapsulant 26 surrounds solar cell string 24....
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6831221 |
System and method for power generation
A method for powering a vehicle comprises, in one embodiment, receiving infrared radiation emitted as heat from a roadway surface, and converting energy of the infrared radiation to a form of...
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6825408 |
Stacked photoelectric conversion device
A stacked photoelectric conversion device comprising at least two photoelectric conversion element layers sandwiched between a first electrode layer and a light receiving second electrode layer,...
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6822157 |
Thin film solar battery module
In a thin film solar battery module, a flat glass substrate with non-monocrystal silicon type thin film solar cells formed thereon, a space layer, and a chilled figured glass are sequentially...
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6818818 |
Concentrating solar energy receiver
There is disclosed herein a concentrating solar energy receiver comprising a primary parabolic reflector having a center and a high reflectivity surface on a concave side of the reflector and...
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6812398 |
Separable solar energy storage device
A separable solar energy storage device, comprising a solar energy reception device, a solar energy conversion circuit, an extension cord for connecting the solar energy reception device and the...
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6809251 |
Inclined photovoltaic assembly
A PV assembly comprises a base, having a length L, an upwardly extending PV module, having a length H, and a downwardly extending deflector. The PV module and the deflector are preferably secured...
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6803514 |
MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND MOUNTING METHOD OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT, MOUNTING SUBSTRATE FOR MOUNTING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT THEREON AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT ON SAID MOUNTING SUBSTRATE
A mounting structure for mounting a photovoltaic element onto a metal body, which outputs a power generated by the photovoltaic element to the outside surface, and a method for mounting the...
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6799742 |
Solar panel for space and method for manufacturing the same
The object of the invention is to provide a solar panel and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the manufacture of the solar panel for use in space and repair work thereon can be performed...
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6800801 |
Photovoltaic power generating structure
There is disclosed a photovoltaic power generating structure in which a solar cell module is arranged on a base member, wherein a closed space portion cut off from the air is provided between the...
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6787692 |
Solar cell substrate, thin-film solar cell, and multi-junction thin-film solar cell
A solar cell substrate has irregularities on a surface which is in contact with a photo-electric conversion layer, and light is incident on the side of the irregularities. The height of the...
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6774299 |
Solar electric alternating current generator
A device consisting of solar photovoltaic cells, a solar activated dc motor, contact brushes and wiring to transfer the electric current to the applied load. The cells are mounted on vanes attached...
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6750394 |
Thin-film solar cell and its manufacturing method
A thin-film solar cell comprises a set of a transparent conductive layer and a photoelectric conversion layer laminated in this order on a substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer is...
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6750393 |
Back reflector of solar cells
A solar cell that has a photoactive region; a Lambertian surface on the topside of the photoactive region; and a photonic crystal on the backside of the photoactive region.
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6750392 |
Photovoltaic cooling system
A passive convection cooling system for photovoltaic panels utilizing principles of aerodynamics to channel natural air flow under the photovoltaic panels and to increase the rate of heat transfer...
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6730840 |
Concentrating photovoltaic module and concentrating photovoltaic power generating system
A concentrating photovoltaic module comprising: a lightguide member having at least one exit face and a plurality of entrance faces; and at least one solar cell placed immediately after the exit...
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6727425 |
Power generation satellite and transmission antenna apparatus
High-output transmitters are applied to a power generation satellite and a transmission antenna apparatus and a transmission antenna having an array antenna with a small number of element antennas...
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6723912 |
Space photovoltaic power generation system
A power generation satellite has a photoelectric conversion unit for converting sunlight into electric energy, a transmission frequency conversion unit for performing frequency conversion of the...
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6717045 |
Photovoltaic array module design for solar electric power generation systems
The invention relates to a solar photovoltaic array module design, which constitutes three steps of optical concentrations of photovoltaic electric power generation systems. A compound parabolic...
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6713668 |
Solar energy converter and solar energy conversion system
A solar energy converter includes: a light-concentrating instrument; an electron emitter in an insulated vacuum vessel, emitting electrons in a vacuum as a temperature rises by sunlight; an...
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6706960 |
Coating material and photovoltaic element
The present invention provides a coating material that resin-coats a light-receiving plane side of a photovoltaic element, and which can increase a conversion efficiency by effectively using light...
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6700055 |
Self tracking, wide angle, solar concentrators
A solar concentrator system includes a collector lens for collecting and at least partially focusing incident solar rays, a solar cell and a lens array positioned generally between the collector...
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6700054 |
Solar collector for solar energy systems
A solar collection system and method having means for receiving solar radiation through a main refractive interface and means for internally reflecting at least once, at least a portion of the...
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6696637 |
Conversion of solar energy
An array of elongated concave parabolic trough-shaped reflectors is disclosed. The orientation of the array is biaxially kept essentially perpendicular to rays of the sun by an optical control such...
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6689949 |
Concentrating photovoltaic cavity converters for extreme solar-to-electric conversion efficiencies
A concentrating photovoltaic module is provided which provides a concentration in the range of about 500 to over 1,000 suns and a power range of a few kW to 50 kW. A plurality of such modules may...
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6686533 |
System and method for converting solar energy to electricity
Energy converting system including a cell array and a light concentrating unit directing concentrated light at the cell array, the cell array including a plurality of cells, wherein the cells are...
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6666207 |
Solar energy concentrator and converter
A solar energy concentrator (1) is formed in the shape of a spiral horn, so that solar energy incident over a wide range of incident angles on the mouth (2) of the horn is concentrated by multiple...
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6660927 |
Solar panel with corrugated thin film solar cells
Solar panel includes solar cells affixed to one or more sheet elements and a frame for supporting the sheet elements, wherein the frame is provided with attachment members for attaching the sheet...
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6655638 |
Solar array concentrator system and method
A solar array concentrator assembly includes a first solar array panel configured to receive solar energy and a first adjustable concentrator coupled to the first solar array panel. The first...
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6653547 |
Solar energy converter
The solar energy converter comprises an electron emitter and an electron collector. They are provided separate from each other in a vacuum vessel. Solar energy in a wide range of sunlight spectrum...
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6653551 |
Stationary photovoltaic array module design for solar electric power generation systems
A stationary solar photovoltaic array module design, which constitutes four steps of optical concentrations of photovoltaic electric power generation systems. A compound parabolic concentrator...
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6630622 |
Combined solar electric power and liquid heat transfer collector panel
An apparatus for converting solar energy to thermal and electrical energy including a photovoltaic grid for converting the concentrated solar energy into electrical energy mounted on a copper plate...
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6620995 |
Non-imaging system for radiant energy flux transformation
A non-imaging energy flux transformation system including a concentrator incorporating a set of nested, ring-like, concave reflective elements, and a receiver. The system efficiently concentrates...
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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...
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6613974 |
Tandem Si-Ge solar cell with improved conversion efficiency
P-type and n-type regions are defined in the first surface of a substrate upon which is formed an epitaxial layer of preferably Si—Ge material, preferably capped by Si material. During epitaxy f...
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6607936 |
Solar battery module
A solar battery module effectively preventing public nuisance caused by reflection of light on the light entering side and method of manufacturing the solar battery module in a simple manner at a...
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