Patents Assigned to General Solar Energy Corporation
  • Passive solar device for heating and cooling
    Patent number: 4232731
    Abstract: A thermal control and storage unit, in the general form of a Venetian blind for location at windows and the like, comprises vanes of polygonal cross-section, having facets that selectively control radiative and other heat transfer in different orientations and that define compartments containing a phase transformation energy storage medium for solar energy conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: General Solar Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Kaplow, Marvin C. Lewis