Patents by Inventor Kok Thong Tan

Kok Thong Tan 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 thermal unit
    Patent number: 8459251
    Abstract: A solar thermal unit adapted for fitting into one or more connectors designed for receiving one or more panes of glass (2), wherein said thermal solar unit includes a fluid circuit, a light-absorbing surface (3), and a housing for the light-absorbing surface (3) and fluid circuit, which housing extends to the rear and sides of the light-absorbing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Viridian Concepts Limited, Lonsdale Metal Company
    Inventors: Stuart Anthony Elmes, Kok Thong Tan, Richard Burgess
  • Roof mounted solar collector devices with connection piping movable from protected to installation position
    Patent number: 8122879
    Abstract: A solar collector device for mounting on the outside of a support structure and including a fluid circuit for receiving a fluid for heating by solar radiation, the device further comprising a length of connection piping connected to the fluid circuit and moveable relative to the fluid circuit while thus connected thereto from a protected position to an installation position where the distal end thereof extends to the inside of said support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Viridian Concepts Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Elmes, Kok Thong Tan, Martin Davies
  • Solar Thermal Unit
    Publication number: 20100154787
    Abstract: A solar thermal unit adapted for fitting into one or more connectors designed for receiving one or more panes of glass (2), wherein said thermal solar unit includes a fluid circuit, a light-absorbing surface (3), and a housing for the light-absorbing surface (3) and fluid circuit, which housing extends to the. rear and sides of the light-absorbing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Stuart Anthony Elmes, Kok Thong Tan, Richard Burgess
  • Solar Collector Devices
    Publication number: 20080283044
    Abstract: A solar collector device for mounting on the outside of a support structure and including a fluid circuit for receiving a fluid for heating by solar radiation, the device further comprising a length of connection piping connected to the fluid circuit and moveable relative to the fluid circuit while thus connected thereto from a protected position to an installation position where the distal end thereof extends to the inside of said support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: VIRIDIAN CONCEPTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stuart Elmes, Kok Thong Tan, Martin Davies