Patents by Inventor Chahriar Assad

Chahriar Assad 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).

  • Solar power source with textured solar concentrator
    Patent number: 6043425
    Abstract: A solar power source has a solar power converter, and a solar concentrator positioned to reflect incident light toward the solar power converter. The solar concentrator includes a support having a texture pattern formed thereon, and a reflector surface on the support. The support includes a layer of plastic, and the reflector surface is a layer of a metal, such as aluminum, deposited on the layer of plastic. The texture is formed in the layer of plastic, and is visible on a free surface of the reflector. The texture pattern may be a set of parallel linear recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chahriar Assad