Patents by Inventor Luiz Gustavo DoVal

Luiz Gustavo DoVal 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).

  • Maintaining a solar power module
    Patent number: 10396708
    Abstract: A solar power system includes a plurality of solar power cells mounted on an outer surface of a spherical frame, the spherical frame including an inner surface that defines an interior volume; a heat sink that includes a hollow housing mounted within the interior volume of the spherical frame; and a phase change material positioned in the hollow housing of the heat sink, the phase change material thermally coupled to the inner surface of the spherical frame to receive heat from the outer surface of the spherical frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: James Clyde Hassell, Jr., Luiz Gustavo DoVal
  • Maintaining a solar power module
    Patent number: 10374546
    Abstract: A solar power system includes a plurality of solar power cells mounted on a spherical frame; a hemispherical reservoir mounted to the spherical frame to enclose at least a portion of the spherical frame such that a gap is defined between the spherical frame and an interior surface of the reservoir, the reservoir configured to hold a fluid that includes a solar cell cleaning solution; and at least one actuator mounted to the spherical frame and operable to rotate a portion of the spherical frame that supports the plurality of solar power cells through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: James Clyde Hassell, Jr., Luiz Gustavo DoVal
  • MAINTAINING A SOLAR POWER MODULE
    Publication number: 20180191295
    Abstract: A solar power system includes a plurality of solar power cells mounted on an outer surface of a spherical frame, the spherical frame including an inner surface that defines an interior volume; a heat sink that includes a hollow housing mounted within the interior volume of the spherical frame; and a phase change material positioned in the hollow housing of the heat sink, the phase change material thermally coupled to the inner surface of the spherical frame to receive heat from the outer surface of the spherical frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: James Clyde Hassell, JR., Luiz Gustavo DoVal
  • MAINTAINING A SOLAR POWER MODULE
    Publication number: 20180191291
    Abstract: A solar power system includes a plurality of solar power cells mounted on a spherical frame; a hemispherical reservoir mounted to the spherical frame to enclose at least a portion of the spherical frame such that a gap is defined between the spherical frame and an interior surface of the reservoir, the reservoir configured to hold a fluid that includes a solar cell cleaning solution; and at least one actuator mounted to the spherical frame and operable to rotate a portion of the spherical frame that supports the plurality of solar power cells through the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: James Clyde Hassell, JR., Luiz Gustavo DoVal