Patents by Inventor Shao-Kuang Hoang

Shao-Kuang Hoang 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).

  • Patent number: 5573600
    Abstract: A solar power system including a thermal-storage tank installed in the ridge of the roof of a building, and a plurality of solar collector units covered over the roof and outside wall of the building and connected to the thermal-storage tank, wherein each solar collector unit comprises a transparent cover plate with photovoltaic cells for converting the radiant energy of sunlight into electric power, a rear mounting rail, a front mounting frame for engagement with the rear mounting rail of another solar collector unit, a heat-absorber plate having a collector tube connected to the thermal-storage tank, and a lateral mounting frame for connection to another solar collector unit over its heat-absorber plate by screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Shao-Kuang Hoang
  • Patent number: 5373839
    Abstract: A solar collector assembly includes a base frame having a half-round channel body and two side wings, a collector unit supported on two supports within the half-round channel body, two vertically spaced transparent top covers covered over the collector unit, and two end covers sealed at two opposite ends of the half-round channel body and the transparent top covers, wherein the supports can be adjusted to change the elevation and the angle of inclination in the X-axis or Y-axis direction; the base frame has inside space stuffed with a heat insulative material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Inventor: Shao-Kuang Hoang