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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Glasspoint Solar, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Emery von Behrens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GlassPoint Solar, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/12 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); F24J 2/14 (2006.01); F24J 2/42 (2006.01); F24J 2/54 (2006.01); F24J 2/07 (2006.01); F24J 2/52 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01); F24J 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 19/0019 (2013.01); A01G 9/243 (2013.01); B23P 15/26 (2013.01); F24J 2/07 (2013.01); F24J 2/1057 (2013.01); F24J 2/12 (2013.01); F24J 2/14 (2013.01); F24J 2/42 (2013.01); F24J 2/52 (2013.01); F24J 2/5241 (2013.01); F24J 2/5243 (2013.01); F24J 2/541 (2013.01); G02B 19/0042 (2013.01); F24J 2002/1023 (2013.01); F24J 2002/1028 (2013.01); Y02E 10/41 (2013.01); Y02E 10/45 (2013.01); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01); Y02P 60/124 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49355 (2015.01);
Abstract
A protective transparent enclosure, such as a greenhouse, encloses a concentrated solar power system having line-focus solar energy concentrators. The line-focus solar energy concentrators have a reflective front layer, a core layer, and a rear layer. The core and the rear layers, when bonded with the reflective front layer, enable the line-focus solar energy concentrator, in some embodiments, to retain a particular form without additional strengthening elements. In some embodiments, the core layer and/or the rear layer are formed by removing material from a single piece of material.