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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Scott Shepard, Kansas City, MO (US);
Inventor:
Scott Shepard, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/052 (2014.01); G02F 1/365 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); F24S 80/00 (2018.01); H02S 40/44 (2014.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.01); F24S 70/10 (2018.01); F24S 20/80 (2018.01); F24S 23/00 (2018.01); F24S 20/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 80/00 (2018.05); F24S 20/70 (2018.05); F24S 20/80 (2018.05); F24S 23/12 (2018.05); F24S 70/10 (2018.05); H02S 40/22 (2014.12); H02S 40/44 (2014.12);
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for increasing the concentration level, longevity and efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems via optical filtering waveguides. The waveguides can transfer absorbed heat via steam (or other gasses) and water (or other liquids) for subsequent solar thermal (ST) energy conversion and provide low-loss transmission of the filtered light over a grid of PV systems. These include new balloon/bulb type collectors interfacing with the optical filtering waveguides which then mode-couple solar energy into the PVs.