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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Attila Molnar, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Duane M. Hart, Rosemount, MN (US);
Dylan T. Cosgrove, Oakdale, MN (US);
Scott E. Simons, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Attila Molnar, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Duane M. Hart, Rosemount, MN (US);
Dylan T. Cosgrove, Oakdale, MN (US);
Scott E. Simons, Forest Lake, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A concentrating solar mirror panel assembly having a reflective sheet with a reflective major surface and an opposing major surface and a corrugated stiffener having ridges and troughs each having an outer surface with land areas, wherein the land areas of at least a portion of the ridges are joined to at least a portion of the opposing major surface of the reflective sheet. The concentrating solar mirror panel assembly is non-planar and substantially rigid. The concentrating solar mirror panel assembly is assembled such that a desired non-planar shape is maintained: either using a locking sheet or having the corrugated stiffener attached so that its principal axes of corrugation are substantially perpendicular to the axis of curvature of the assembly. Methods of making the concentrating solar mirror panel assembly are also disclosed. Concentrated solar power systems and solar collection devices are also disclosed.