Patents by Inventor Francisco Cerón García

Francisco Cerón García 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).

  • Patent number: 9115502
    Abstract: It facilitates the foundation and assembling of the pedestal (15) on the ground, allowing calibration of its verticality and azimuthal orientation, further serving as a formwork element. Said frame comprises a quadrangular structure (1), articulated in at least one of its corners, preferably two, and adapted to surround the pedestal (15), which is provided with four horizontal profiles (2); calibration bolts (5) through which the pedestal (15) is pressed and adjusted in a vertical position; with said bolts (5) being inserted into nuts (4), which are connected to vertical bodies (3) linked to the profiles (2); and plates (7) linked to those profiles (2) which feature holes (8) through which picks (9) are vertically inserted, designed to be nailed to the ground for fixation and stability of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón Garcia, Emiliano Cornago Ramírez
  • Patent number: 9073275
    Abstract: Molding bench for curving mirrors comprising a sheet (1) supported on a frame by means of a joint system that prevents the sheet (1) from shifting and moving and to the lower part of which are fixed a series of air pipes (14) having a general air header pipe (3) connected to a vacuum pump. The sheet (1) consists of a square lattice the intersections of which have perforations that match up with a series of suction points of the air pipes (14), intended to produce a vacuum in the bench and which have been previously calibrated, such that said bench can be used to manufacture mirrors having any curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón Garcia, Joaquin Del Rio Martin, Antonio Esteban Garmendia, Valerio Fernandez Quero
  • Patent number: 8938881
    Abstract: System for manufacturing facets comprising a frame a series of mirrors and multiple securing parts in which said parts are the key to the invention and are formed by a rod and a circular metal sheet provided with a series of small circular perforations, where the rod and the circular sheet are attached by electric arc welding or any other equivalent fixation and the purpose of which is to secure a curved mirror to the rear structure or frame of a heliostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Ceron Garcia, Valerio Fernandez Quero, Antonio Esteban Garmendia
  • Publication number: 20140376120
    Abstract: Support for facets that maintains the facet attached to the structure of a heliostat, which comprises a connecting plate, a threaded bolt, a fixed attachment of the connecting plate to the facet, and a movable attachment between the connecting plate and the threaded bolt. The movable attachment enables assembling and disassembling the facet without having to reorient thereof as well it enables to orientate the facet without having to place the facet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón García, Francisco Manuel Gómez Martínez
  • Patent number: 8863739
    Abstract: It allows lifting the heliostat in the warehouse and placing it on the cart, and once it reaches the installation spot in the field, the lifting structure is used to lift the heliostat from the cart and place it on a previously installed pedestal. The structure formed by an upper arch and two lower bases, being the upper arch, comprised at the same time by a central, elongated and horizontal profile, which presents two lateral profiles on its ends, from which vertical plates start at the bottom, provided with a hole in the proximity of its lower ends, through which the upper arch (2) is linked to the lower bases through some fixing mechanism, having the lower bases a semicircular support adapted to receive one of the support arms of the heliostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón García, Emiliano Cornago Ramírez, Joaquín De Río Martín
  • Publication number: 20120282363
    Abstract: Molding bench for curving mirrors comprising a sheet (1) supported on a frame by means of a joint system that prevents the sheet (1) from shifting and moving and to the lower part of which are fixed a series of air pipes (14) having a general air header pipe (3) connected to a vacuum pump. The sheet (1) consists of a square lattice the intersections of which have perforations that match up with a series of suction points of the air pipes (14), intended to produce a vacuum in the bench and which have been previously calibrated, such that said bench can be used to manufacture mirrors having any curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón Garcia, Joaquin Del Rio Martin, Antonio Estaban Garmendia, Valerio Fernandez Quero
  • Publication number: 20120175323
    Abstract: The invention comprises a frame (1) of bars formed by an upper face, a lower face and lateral faces, and comprises supports that act as a butt to stop the movement of the mirror facets (7), which are conveniently screwed to the face opposite the load face. Inner shelves (2) and outer shelves (3), in the interior of the frame (1), formed by flat structures, are joined to the supports (6), defining cavities (4) wherein the facets (7) are housed. Angle brackets (8) join the outer shelves (2) to the load face, while strips (9) join the inner shelves (3) to at least one adjacent shelf (2, 3). Elastic pads are inserted between the shelves (2, 3) and the strips (9) or angle brackets (8) for the purpose of absorbing small movements. Sealing means in the form of closed profiles are incorporated to prevent the facets (7) from abandoning the frame (1). The facets (7) may be arranged horizontally or vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Abengoa Solar New Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón Garcia, Emiliano Cornago Ramírez
  • Publication number: 20120174912
    Abstract: It facilitates the foundation and assembling of the pedestal (15) on the ground, allowing calibration of its verticality and azimuthal orientation, further serving as a formwork element. Said frame comprises a quadrangular structure (1), articulated in at least one of its corners, preferably two, and adapted to surround the pedestal (15), which is provided with four horizontal profiles (2); calibration bolts (5) through which the pedestal (15) is pressed and adjusted in a vertical position; with said bolts (5) being inserted into nuts (4), which are connected to vertical bodies (3) linked to the profiles (2); and plates (7) linked to those profiles (2) which feature holes (8) through which picks (9) are vertically inserted, designed to be nailed to the ground for fixation and stability of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Abengoa Solar New Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Cerón Garcia, Emiliano Cornago Ramírez
  • Publication number: 20120144651
    Abstract: System for manufacturing facets comprising a frame, a series of mirrors and multiple securing parts in which said parts are the key to the invention and are formed by a rod and a circular metal sheet provided with a series of small circular perforations, where the rod and the circular sheet are attached by electric arc welding or any other means that ensures an equivalent fixation and the purpose of which is to secure a curved mirror to the rear structure or frame of a heliostat, thereby forming the so-called facet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Ceron Garcia, Valerio Fernandez Quero, Antonio Esteban Garmendia