Patents by Inventor Manuel Veloso

Manuel Veloso 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 for attaching a photovoltaic panel
    Patent number: 9314904
    Abstract: A device (1) for attaching a framed or unframed photovoltaic panel (P), includes holding members (2) capable of holding a photovoltaic panel by engaging with two parallel edges of the photovoltaic panel or indeed two parallel wings of the frame of the photovoltaic panel. The device includes the holding members including elements (3-6) engaging with the two parallel edges of the photovoltaic panel, or indeed with the two parallel wings of the frame of the photovoltaic panel, each element having a slot (7) intended to receive a wing of the frame of a framed photovoltaic panel, or indeed to receive the edge of an unframed photovoltaic panel, in such a way as to ensure the photovoltaic panel is blocked at least in the direction perpendicular to the photovoltaic panel and in a direction parallel to the plane of the photovoltaic panel and perpendicular to the axis of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CIEL ET TERRE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Manuel Veloso, Alexis Gaveau
  • Panel supporting device
    Patent number: 9132889
    Abstract: A device (1) for supporting a photovoltaic panel essentially includes a sealed plastic jacket (2), the plastic jacket (2) forming a lower wall (3), an upper wall (4), and four sidewalls (5, 6, 7, 8), the device including elements for securing a photovoltaic panel to the upper wall (4) of the plastic jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: CIEL ET TERRE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Manuel Veloso, Alexis Gaveau
  • METHOD FOR ATTACHING A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL
    Publication number: 20150075587
    Abstract: A device (1) for attaching a framed or unframed photovoltaic panel (P), includes holding members (2) capable of holding a photovoltaic panel by engaging with two parallel edges of the photovoltaic panel or indeed two parallel wings of the frame of the photovoltaic panel. The device includes the holding members including elements (3-6) engaging with the two parallel edges of the photovoltaic panel, or indeed with the two parallel wings of the frame of the photovoltaic panel, each element having a slot (7) intended to receive a wing of the frame of a framed photovoltaic panel, or indeed to receive the edge of an unframed photovoltaic panel, in such a way as to ensure the photovoltaic panel is blocked at least in the direction perpendicular to the photovoltaic panel and in a direction parallel to the plane of the photovoltaic panel and perpendicular to the axis of the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: CIEL ET TERRE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Manuel Veloso, Alexis Gaveau
  • PANEL SUPPORTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140224165
    Abstract: A device (1) for supporting a photovoltaic panel essentially includes a sealed plastic jacket (2), the plastic jacket (2) forming a lower wall (3), an upper wall (4), and four sidewalls (5, 6, 7, 8), the device including elements for securing a photovoltaic panel to the upper wall (4) of the plastic jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CIEL ET TERRE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Manuel Veloso, Alexis Gaveau