Patents
US 7952057 B2: Reflective surface for solar energy collector
- Granted
- 2011-05-31
- Filed
- 2010-03-19 application 12728149
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
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Abstract
Concentrating solar collector systems that utilize a concentrating reflector to direct incident solar radiation to a solar receiver are described. In one aspect, the reflective surface is arranged to direct light to the receiver in a non-imaging manner in which the solar rays reflected from the opposing edges of the reflective surface are generally directed towards a central portion of the solar receiver. Rays reflected from selected central portions of the reflective surface are directed closer to the edges of the receiver than the solar rays reflected from the edges of the reflective surface. The described reflectors are generally intended for use in solar collector systems that track movements of the sun along at least one axis.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg110531.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline Solar, Inc. 12 patents | US company or organization | Mountain View, CA | SKYLINE SOLAR, LLC State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Finot | Palo Alto, CA | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jason R. Wells | San Francisco, CA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H10F | Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation | H10F77/488 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F24S | Solar heat collectors; solar heat systems | F24S23/74 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E10/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC signed 2014-07-21 | FIRST SOLAR MALAYSIA SDN. BHD KULIM, KEDAH | 62855/319 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-09-22 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SKYLINE SOLAR, INC. signed 2011-08-16 | TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC MENLO PARK, CA | 26953/224 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-05-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FINOT, MARC A. signed 2010-03-29 WELLS, JASON R. signed 2010-05-14 | SKYLINE SOLAR, INC. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | 24418/927 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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