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Patents Assigned to Soliant Energy Inc.

Hybrid primary optical component for optical concentrators

Patent number: 7688525

Abstract: A hybrid optical component that collects and concentrates incident light. The hybrid component includes both refractive and reflective elements. In preferred embodiments, refractive and reflective components focus rays on a common focal plane generally located at the bottom of the reflector where they are absorbed by a device such as a photovoltaic (solar) cell. Additionally, the optical component combines both imaging and non-imaging optical elements into a single device, for improved overall performance.

Type: Grant

Filed: January 17, 2007

Date of Patent: March 30, 2010

Assignee: Soliant Energy, Inc.

Inventors: Braden E. Hines, Richard L. Johnson, Jr.
Photovoltaic concentrator modules and systems having a heat dissipating element located within a volume in which light rays converge from an optical concentrating element towards a photovoltaic receiver

Patent number: 7622666

Abstract: The present invention relates to photovoltaic power systems, photovoltaic concentrator modules, and related methods.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 15, 2006

Date of Patent: November 24, 2009

Assignee: Soliant Energy Inc.

Inventor: Braden E. Hines