Patents by Inventor YANIR BLUMENTHAL
YANIR BLUMENTHAL 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).
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Patent number: 9377217Abstract: A solar concentrating system for concentrating sunlight by tracking the sun, including concentrator support structure, an annular track mounted on an upper surface of a base, the center of mass of the concentrator support structure being off-axis relative to curvature center of annular track, enclosures provided at comers and comprising a wheel positioned on the track, the enclosure connected to a piston connected to a guiding element placed on the track; a fastening element that when moved towards the track, the guiding element is fastened to the track, and when the fastening element is moved away from the track, the guiding element is released, when the first piston elongates or contracts, the first guiding element is fastened to the track, the second guiding element is released, the wheels of the enclosures rotate from a first location on the track to a second location, thereby rotating the concentrator support structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: HELIOFOCUS LTDInventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Thomas Keck, Wolfgang Schiel, Hristo Zlatanov
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Patent number: 9086573Abstract: A plural axis sun tracking system, including a base, a spatial structure assembly, and a rotating system mounted on the base for rotating the spatial structure assembly, where the spatial structure assembly includes a frame having a lower portion at a first peripheral end of the spatial structure assembly and an upper portion at a second peripheral end of the spatial structure assembly, the lower portion being more proximal to the rotating system than the upper portion, and an anchoring location for anchoring the spatial structure assembly to the rotating system, the anchoring location located at the lower portion, where the mass of the frame increasingly recedes as the distance from the anchoring location towards the upper portion increases.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: HELIOFOCUS LTD.Inventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Oren Gadot, Thomas Keck, Wolfgang Schiel, Hristo Zlatanov
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Patent number: 9039212Abstract: A solar concentrating system including a concentrator operative to track the Sun so as to concentrate incident sunlight on to a focal location, the concentrator including a support structure, and an array of concentrating reflectors mounted on the support structure, wherein at least one of the reflectors is formed with a reflective surface facing the Sun and configured as a concave surface such that the incident sunlight impinging on the reflective surface is reflected on to the focal location, the array of concentrating reflectors being mounted on the support structure in a Fresnel-like reflector arrangement thus defining the concentrator as a Fresnel reflector.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: HELIOFOCUS LTD.Inventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Oren Gadot
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Publication number: 20150109695Abstract: A plural axis sun tracking system, including a base, a spatial structure assembly, and a rotating system mounted on the base for rotating the spatial structure assembly, where the spatial structure assembly includes a frame having a lower portion at a first peripheral end of the spatial structure assembly and an upper portion at a second peripheral end of the spatial structure assembly, the lower portion being more proximal to the rotating system than the upper portion, and an anchoring location for anchoring the spatial structure assembly to the rotating system, the anchoring location located at the lower portion, where the mass of the frame increasingly recedes as the distance from the anchoring location towards the upper portion increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: YANIR BLUMENTHAL, OREN GADOT, THOMAS KECK, WOLFGANG SCHIEL, HRISTO ZLATANOV
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Patent number: 8952307Abstract: A sun tracking system for tracking the sun in at least two axes, including a base, a rotating system mounted on the base, a spatial structure assembly having a lower portion at a first peripheral end thereof, and an upper portion at a second peripheral end thereof, the lower portion being more proximal to the base than the upper portion, and an anchoring location at the lower portion, and a torque box assembly at the anchoring location for resisting a torque applied to the spatial structure assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Heliofocus Ltd.Inventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Oren Gadot, Thomas Keck, Wolfgang Schiel, Hristo Zlatanov
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Publication number: 20150013953Abstract: A fluid conduit system, including a central fluid channel having an entrance for a working fluid flowing in a first direction at one end and an exit for the working fluid at an opposite end, a circumferential fluid channel surrounding the central fluid channel adapted for receiving the working fluid exiting the central fluid channel and directing the working fluid in a second direction opposite the first direction, at least one device positioned in the central fluid channel for having the working fluid flow therethrough, and fluid communication between the device and outside the circumferential fluid channel, wherein thermal energy supplied by the working fluid is used by a thermal energy consumption system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Eli Mandelberg, Hagay Kafri, Oren Michael Gadot, Yanir Blumenthal, Haim Brudo
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Publication number: 20140352686Abstract: A solar concentrating system for concentrating sunlight by tracking the sun, including concentrator support structure, an annular track mounted on an upper surface of a base, the center of mass of the concentrator support structure being off-axis relative to curvature center of annular track, enclosures provided at comers and comprising a wheel positioned on the track, the enclosure connected to a piston connected to a guiding element placed on the track; a fastening element that when moved towards the track, the guiding element is fastened to the track, and when the fastening element is moved away from the track, the guiding element is released, when the first piston elongates or contracts, the first guiding element is fastened to the track, the second guiding element is released, the wheels of the enclosures rotate from a first location on the track to a second location, thereby rotating the concentrator support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Thomas Keck, Wolfgang Schiel, Hristo Zlatanov
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Patent number: 8833401Abstract: An annulus assembly including a central fluid channel for flow of a central fluid therethrough, a circumferential fluid channel surrounding the central fluid channel, and a first thermal insulation layer intermediate the central fluid channel and the circumferential fluid channel, for direct fluid contact with the central fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: HELIOFOCUS Ltd.Inventors: Yanir Blumenthal, Eli Mandelberg, Hagay Cafri, Haim Brudo
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Publication number: 20130048135Abstract: An annulus assembly including a central fluid channel for flow of a central fluid therethrough, a circumferential fluid channel surrounding the central fluid channel, and a first thermal insulation layer intermediate the central fluid channel and the circumferential fluid channel, for direct fluid contact with the central fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Yanir BLUMENTHAL, Eli MANDELBERG, Hagay CAFRI, Haim BRUDO
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Publication number: 20120312958Abstract: A sun tracking system for tracking the sun in at least two axes, including a base, a rotating system mounted on the base, a spatial structure assembly having a lower portion at a first peripheral end thereof, and an upper portion at a second peripheral end thereof, the lower portion being more proximal to the base than the upper portion, and an anchoring location at the lower portion, and a torque box assembly at the anchoring location for resisting a torque applied to the spatial structure assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: YANIR BLUMENTHAL, Oren Gadot, Thomas Keck, Wolfgang Schiel, Hristo Zlatanov
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Publication number: 20110235025Abstract: A solar concentrating system including a concentrator operative to track the Sun so as to concentrate incident sunlight on to a focal location, the concentrator including a support structure, and an array of concentrating reflectors mounted on the support structure, wherein at least one of the reflectors is formed with a reflective surface facing the Sun and configured as a concave surface such that the incident sunlight impinging on the reflective surface is reflected on to the focal location, the array of concentrating reflectors being mounted on the support structure in a Fresnel-like reflector arrangement thus defining the concentrator as a Fresnel reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: YANIR BLUMENTHAL, Oren Gadot