Patents Assigned to SUNCENTRAL, INC.
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Patent number: 9304287Abstract: A light concentrating apparatus is presented. Disclosed apparatuses include a collection of shaped reflectors capable of redirecting incident light, sunlight for example. The reflectors are configured to modify the spatial distribution of the redirected light in a manner where the distribution of light associated with a first dimension is modified differently than the distribution of light associated with a second, different dimension, via a relay of reflections. Contemplated apparatuses generate a substantially collimated output beam subsequent to the relay of reflections.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SUNCENTRAL, INC.Inventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Allen James Upward, Peter George Friedel
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Patent number: 9013788Abstract: A system providing consistent and intense sunlight to light-guiding structures for redirecting sunlight to the interior of a building is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes an illumination system comprising a solar redirector and at least one optical converter. The solar redirector can be configured to extend outward from a wall of a building and to redirect sunlight to exterior sections of the wall below the solar redirector. The optical converter can be configured to mount on at least one of the exterior sections of the wall and to receive the redirected sunlight and distribute the redirected sunlight to an interior of the building.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: SunCentral Inc.Inventor: Lorne Whitehead
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Patent number: 8902505Abstract: A light collecting and disseminating apparatus is provided for use in harvesting sunlight from the exterior of a man-made structure, and providing light to the inside of the structure, via an opto-mechanical joint where sunlight would not normally be available. The internal arrangement of the collector allows for improved optical accuracy and performance over prior efforts. The apparatus is also characterized as possessing a low profile so as not to alter the appearance of buildings furnished with the invention. Further, light can be collected from any orientation and redirected through the opto-mechanical joint to a stationary light receiving port independent of the orientation of the collectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: SunCentral, Inc.Inventors: Jon David Edward Scott, Allen James Upward, Peter George Friedel, Mark Richard Mosher
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Publication number: 20140168802Abstract: A light concentrating apparatus is presented. Disclosed apparatuses include a collection of shaped reflectors capable of redirecting incident light, sunlight for example. The reflectors are configured to modify the spatial distribution of the redirected light in a manner where the distribution of light associated with a first dimension is modified differently than the distribution of light associated with a second, different dimension, via a relay of reflections. Contemplated apparatuses generate a substantially collimated output beam subsequent to the relay of reflections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: SunCentral Inc.Inventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Allen James Upward, Peter George Friedel
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Publication number: 20140085728Abstract: A system providing consistent and intense sunlight to light-guiding structures for redirecting sunlight to the interior of a building is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes an illumination system comprising a solar redirector and at least one optical converter. The solar redirector can be configured to extend outward from a wall of a building and to redirect sunlight to exterior sections of the wall below the solar redirector. The optical converter can be configured to mount on at least one of the exterior sections of the wall and to receive the redirected sunlight and distribute the redirected sunlight to an interior of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: SunCentral Inc.Inventor: Lorne Whitehead
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Patent number: 8611011Abstract: A system providing consistent and intense sunlight to light-guiding structures for redirecting sunlight to the interior of a building is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes an illumination system comprising a solar redirector and at least one optical converter. The solar redirector can be configured to extend outward from a wall of a building and to redirect sunlight to exterior sections of the wall below the solar redirector. The optical converter can be configured to mount on at least one of the exterior sections of the wall and to receive the redirected sunlight and distribute the redirected sunlight to an interior of the building.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: SunCentral, Inc.Inventor: Lorne Whitehead
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Publication number: 20130279008Abstract: A system providing consistent and intense sunlight to light-guiding structures for redirecting sunlight to the interior of a building is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes an illumination system comprising a solar redirector and at least one optical converter. The solar redirector can be configured to extend outward from a wall of a building and to redirect sunlight to exterior sections of the wall below the solar redirector. The optical converter can be configured to mount on at least one of the exterior sections of the wall and to receive the redirected sunlight and distribute the redirected sunlight to an interior of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: SUNCENTRAL, INC.Inventor: Lorne Whitehead