Patents by Inventor Joseph Z. Niesyn

Joseph Z. Niesyn 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-tracking system
    Patent number: 6284968
    Abstract: A solar-tracking system that provides a polar rotation at a constant velocity of 366.25 revolutions clockwise per year, and orbital revolution that is one revolution per year in the counter-clockwise direction. The support for the orbital drive system is tilted from polar drive system at an angle of 23.45 degrees, and is constant, which angle is equal to the earth's axis tilt from orbital axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph Z. Niesyn
  • Planet model with solar display
    Patent number: 4761138
    Abstract: A light source within a transparent hollow globe continually illuminates one half the globe to represent solar illumination. The light source is rotated about the north-south axis of the globe at the rate of one revolution per day and is concurrently oscillated about a second axis at the rate of one oscillation per orbit about the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Inventor: Joseph Z. Niesyn