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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:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger H Appeldorn, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dennis F Vanderwerf, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J / ; F24J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126438 ; 350452 ; 126440 ;
Abstract
A solar concentrator with wide effective aperture is disclosed, which comprises at least one linear echelon reflector element which is inclined with respect to the direction of incident solar radiation to direct incident solar radiation to a line focus.