Patents by Inventor Derrick S. Ellis

Derrick S. Ellis 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 energy collector panel
    Patent number: 4285335
    Abstract: An elongated solar collector including a plurality of longitudinal side-by-side elongated panel sections having interconnected adjacent longitudinal marginal edges and including integral portions defining fluid passages extending longitudinally along the panel sections and opening endwise outwardly of the opposite ends of the panel sections. Elongated fluid inlet and outlet manifolds extend transversely of the opposite ends of the solar collector and across the opposite ends of the panel sections. The inlet and outlet manifolds include openings therein spaced longitudinally therealong and opening into the opposite ends of the aforementioned fluid passages and with the manifolds sealed relative to the ends of the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Reliable Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Simmons, Sr., Derrick S. Ellis