Patents by Inventor Ross Allan Edgar

Ross Allan Edgar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Three-dimensional solar arrays
    Patent number: 8266847
    Abstract: An assembly for retaining a plurality of photovoltaic modules in a three-dimensional array, the assembly including a plurality of overlapping vertically spaced grid layers each defining a plurality of horizontally spaced positions, wherein the photovoltaic modules are arranged and retained in the positions of successive grid layers in substantially non-overlapping vertical relationship so that none of the photovoltaic modules in any grid layer substantially vertically occludes any other of the photovoltaic modules in any other grid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Ross Allan Edgar
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20110056540
    Abstract: An assembly for retaining a plurality of photovoltaic modules in a three-dimensional array, the assembly including a plurality of overlapping vertically spaced grid layers each defining a plurality of horizontally spaced positions, wherein the photovoltaic modules are arranged and retained in the positions of successive grid layers in substantially non-overlapping vertical relationship so that none of the photovoltaic modules in any grid layer substantially vertically occludes any other of the photovoltaic modules in any other grid layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Ross Allan Edgar