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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. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Braden E. Hines, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard L. Johnson, Jr., Suffolk, VA (US);
Inventors:
Braden E. Hines, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard L. Johnson, Jr., Suffolk, VA (US);
Assignee:
Soliant Energy, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid optical component that collects and concentrates incident light. The hybrid component includes both refractive and reflective elements. In preferred embodiments, refractive and reflective components focus rays on a common focal plane generally located at the bottom of the reflector where they are absorbed by a device such as a photovoltaic (solar) cell. Additionally, the optical component combines both imaging and non-imaging optical elements into a single device, for improved overall performance.