Patents by Inventor Mike VAN ISEGHEM

Mike VAN ISEGHEM 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).

  • Patent number: 11736061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic facility (1) comprising a solar tracker (2) and at least one square or rectangular photovoltaic panel (3) mounted on the solar tracker (2), this solar tracker (2) enabling the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3) to be varied with respect to the horizontal, so that two opposite edges of the photovoltaic panel, referred to as horizontal edges (31), are always horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3). This facility is characterised in that it comprises at least one gutter (4) for recovering rainwater, in that this gutter (4) is mounted along one of the two horizontal edges (31) of the photovoltaic panel (3) using at least two anchoring devices (5), to which it is suspended, so that it can oscillate under the action of its own weight, about a horizontal axis of rotation (Y-Y?), so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mike Van Iseghem, Romain Poivey, Etienne Mallo
  • Publication number: 20220385230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic facility (1) comprising a solar tracker (2) and at least one square or rectangular photovoltaic panel (3) mounted on the solar tracker (2), this solar tracker (2) enabling the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3) to be varied with respect to the horizontal, so that two opposite edges of the photovoltaic panel, referred to as horizontal edges (31), are always horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3). This facility is characterised in that it comprises at least one gutter (4) for recovering rainwater, in that this gutter (4) is mounted along one of the two horizontal edges (31) of the photovoltaic panel (3) using at least two anchoring devices (5), to which it is suspended, so that it can oscillate under the action of its own weight, about a horizontal axis of rotation (Y-Y?), so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Electricite de France
    Inventors: Mike Van Iseghem, Romain Poivey, Etienne Mallo
  • Publication number: 20220190772
    Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy, for instance at an agricultural site. The system includes at least one mobile robot, referred to as “collecting robot” and a plurality of mobile robots, referred to as “producing robots”. Each collect robot includes at least one input port adapted for coupling with an output port of a producing robot and an output port for outputting electrical energy received from each producing robot coupled with the collecting robot. Each producing robot includes a photovoltaic generator, at least one input port adapted for coupling with an output port of another producing robot, and at least one output port for outputting electrical energy generated by the producing robot and received from each other producing robot coupled with the producing robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Thierry LUCIDARME, Mike VAN ISEGHEM, Anne-Sophie COINCE, Jean-Marc LAURUOL, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Harry Michael CRONIN, Phil Peter CATTON, Laura Kristine BUJOUVES