Patents by Inventor Lukas KIRSCHT

Lukas KIRSCHT 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).

  • SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND OPTIMIZED TRACKING FOR CSP SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210341180
    Abstract: Sensor arrangement for tracking a solar collector assembly, the sensor arrangement comprising a housing; said housing comprising an inclination sensor and a camera; said sensor arrangement comprising a shadow receiver; said shadow receiver being arranged and adapted to receive the full shadow of a solar system's receiver tube; wherein the camera and the shadow receiver are arranged such that the camera may sense the full width of the receiver tube's shadow on the shadow receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Cambras GmbH
    Inventor: Lukas KIRSCHT
  • CSP tracking
    Patent number: 10697669
    Abstract: A CSP system including a reflector and a receiver for concentrating the solar radiation incident on the reflector onto the receiver, comprising a shadow blind and a shadow receiver as well as a colour and/or brightness digitizing sensor arranged to detect the shadow of the shadow blind on the shadow receiver in order to determine a deviation of the actual shadow position from a target shadow position, a tracking means configured to adapt the position of the reflector and the receiver according to the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ERFIS GmbH
    Inventor: Lukas Kirscht
  • CSP TRACKING
    Publication number: 20170363330
    Abstract: A CSP system including a reflector and a receiver for concentrating the solar radiation incident on the reflector onto the receiver, comprising a shadow blind and a shadow receiver as well as a colour and/or brightness digitizing sensor arranged to detect the shadow of the shadow blind on the shadow receiver in order to determine a deviation of the actual shadow position from a target shadow position, a tracking means configured to adapt the position of the reflector and the receiver according to the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ERFIS GmbH
    Inventor: Lukas KIRSCHT