Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Tremblay

Gerald J. Tremblay 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).

  • Method of making solar heater
    Patent number: 4589186
    Abstract: A solar heating apparatus is disclosed along with a method of making a solar heating apparatus. The apparatus has a frame with a solar collector movably mounted thereto. A solar tracking mechanism moves the solar collector on the frame during daylight hours responsive to differential heating of a plurality of fluid filled containers located on the solar collector. The tracking mechanism includes a rotating mechanism attached between the frame and the solar collector and having a pair of arcuate cylinders therein along with a pair of fixed pistons. The arcuate cylinders are connected to a pair of fluid filled containers or pipes located on the solar collector and partially shaded in different positions to provide a differential fluid pressure between the containers and between the cylinders of the rotating mechanism. The differential fluid pressure rotates one part of the rotating mechanism attached to the solar collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Inventor: Gerald J. Tremblay
  • Solar heating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4519381
    Abstract: A solar heating apparatus is disclosed along with a method of making a solar heating apparatus. The apparatus has a frame with a solar collector movably mounted thereto. A solar tracking mechanism moves the solar collector on the frame during daylight hours responsive to differential heating of a plurality of fluid filled containers located on the solar collector. The tracking mechanism includes a rotating mechanism attached between the frame and the solar collector and having a pair of arcuate cylinders therein along with a pair of fixed pistons. The arcuate cylinders are connected to a pair of fluid filled containers or pipes located on the solar collector and partially shaded in different positions to provide a differential fluid pressure between the containers and between the cylinders of the rotating mechanism. The differential fluid pressure rotates one part of the rotating mechanism attached to the solar collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Inventor: Gerald J. Tremblay
  • Solar heating apparatus
    Patent number: 4194492
    Abstract: The solar fluid heater has a frame and a solar collector for collecting and concentrating solar energy movably mounted on the frame. An inclination adjustment system is attached to the frame for rotating the solar collector for different inclinations of the earth relative to the sun, and a solar tracking system moves the solar collector in a different direction on the frame during daylight hours responsive to the flow of liquid from a reservoir mounted thereon to track the sun during daylight hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Inventor: Gerald J. Tremblay