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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:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore G Stern, San Diego, CA (US);
Mickey Cornwall, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Corporation/Space Systems Division, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244173 ; 136292 ; 126440 ;
Abstract
A modular distributed concentrating collector using a low loss power bus to route solar radiation collected from a plurality of concentrating and collecting dishes to a centralized converted for conversion into electricity in space. The power bus may utilize fiber optic bundles. The collector includes a plurality of adjustable solar collectors to provide optimum tracking of the sun. The arrangement can be folded for stowing in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle or other launch vehicle for transport to a location in space.