Abstract: An optical solar enhancer comprises a panel that has a top surface and a bottom surface and an imaginary central plane that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The panel includes a plurality of generally parallel features configured to variably increase radiant energy entering the top surface at an acute angle relative to the central plane such that the effect is strongest at lower angles (early morning and late day sun) and weakest at higher angles (mid-day sun) and then redirect the increased radiant energy through the bottom surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
SEC Optics LLC
Inventors:
John Magno, John Casper, Thomas Whitonis, David Stoler
Abstract: An optical solar enhancer comprises a panel that has a top surface and a bottom surface and an imaginary central plane that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The panel includes a plurality of generally parallel features configured to variably increase radiant energy entering the top surface at an acute angle relative to the central plane such that the effect is strongest at lower angles (early morning and late day sun) and weakest at higher angles (mid-day sun) and then redirect the increased radiant energy through the bottom surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
SEC Optics LLC
Inventors:
John Magno, John Casper, Thomas Whitonis, David Stoler
Abstract: An optical solar enhancer comprises a panel that has a top surface and a bottom surface and an imaginary central plane that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The panel includes a plurality of generally parallel features configured to variably increase radiant energy entering the top surface at an acute angle relative to the central plane such that the effect is strongest at lower angles (early morning and late day sun) and weakest at higher angles (mid-day sun) and then redirect the increased radiant energy through the bottom surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 1, 2015
Publication date:
March 2, 2017
Applicant:
SEC Optics LLC
Inventors:
John Magno, John Casper, Thomas Whitonis, David Stoler