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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:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1978
Robert R Chambers, Studio City, CA (US);
Peter G Wohlmut, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A luminescent solar collector comprising a light transmitting member which carries at least one photovoltaic means, a luminescent member removably attached to the light transmitting member, and interface material between the two members assuring the transmission of light between said members. A method for increasing the efficiency of a luminescent photovoltaic device which contains a luminescent member of reduced efficiency comprising attaching to the low efficiency luminescent member a higher efficiency luminescent member with an interface material, the interface material assuring transmission of light from one luminescent member to the other.