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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:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Shondip Ghosh, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Sheldon Schultz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shondip Ghosh, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Sheldon Schultz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Banyan Energy, Inc., Kensington, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01); F24J 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar concentrator having a concentrator element for collecting input light, a redirecting component with a plurality of incremental steps for receiving the light and also for redirecting the light, and a waveguide including a plurality of incremental portions enabling collection and concentration of the light onto a receiver. Other systems replace the receiver by a light source so system optics can provide illumination.