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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Pablo Benitez, Madrid, ES;
Robert E. Grip, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Juan C. Minano, Madrid, ES;
Authi A. Narayanan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Adam Plesniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Joel A. Schwartz, Glendale, CA (US);
Pablo Benitez, Madrid, ES;
Robert E. Grip, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Juan C. Minano, Madrid, ES;
Authi A. Narayanan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Adam Plesniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Joel A. Schwartz, Glendale, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A solar concentrator including a housing having a receiving wall, a reflecting wall and at least two end walls, the receiving, reflecting and end walls defining a three-dimensional volume having an inlet, wherein a vertical axis of the housing is generally perpendicular to the inlet, a receiver mounted on the receiving wall of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, at least one clip disposed on the reflecting wall, an optical element received within the three-dimensional volume, the optical element including at least one tab, the tab being engaged by the clip to align the optical element with the receiver, and a window received over the inlet to enclose the housing.