Patents by Inventor Christopher Oestreich

Christopher Oestreich 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).

  • DAMPENING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOLAR TRACKERS
    Publication number: 20230299711
    Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising a solar tracker. The solar tracker includes one or more solar panels and a first dampening assembly comprising a dampener that provides dampening of rotation of the one or more solar panels to provide for dampening of the solar tracker and the one or more solar panels, the dampener reducing undesirable oscillations of the one or more solar panels of the solar tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller
  • Locking, dampening and actuation systems and methods for solar trackers
    Patent number: 11683003
    Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising one or more tracker rotation control systems that include: a curved gear plate; and a locking element configured to lock the solar tracker system in a first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SUNFOLDING, INC.
    Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller
  • INFLATABLE BLADDER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230139980
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic actuator that comprising generating a member that includes a web and a pair of cavities and closing the cavities by closing one or more respective openings of the cavities to generate a first closed bladder and a second closed bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Leila Marcia Madrone, Stephen Picone, Samaneh Fakhimi, Padmalatha Kakanuru, Kyle Allen Lamson, Erica S. C. Lin, Kyle Betts, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Christopher Oestreich
  • LOCKING, DAMPENING AND ACTUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOLAR TRACKERS
    Publication number: 20210399679
    Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising one or more tracker rotation control systems that include: a curved gear plate; and a locking element configured to lock the solar tracker system in a first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller