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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...