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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:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Eric C. Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
James L. Bilodeau, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jason R. Wells, San Francisco, CA (US);
John L. Nightingale, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc A. Finot, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric C. Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
James L. Bilodeau, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jason R. Wells, San Francisco, CA (US);
John L. Nightingale, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc A. Finot, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Skyline Solar, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a concentrating solar energy collector, which tracks movements of the sun along one axis has a reflective trough, at least one solar receiver mounted above the reflective trough and configured so that incident sunlight striking the reflective trough is directed toward the at least one solar receiver, and a reflector extender coupled to a first end of the reflective trough and configured to capture and direct incident sunlight towards the at least one solar receiver. In another embodiment, one or more extended end reflectors is attached with a reflective trough of a solar energy collector.