Patents by Inventor Scott Roger Shepard

Scott Roger Shepard 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 energy converter with improved photovoltaic efficiency, frequency conversion and thermal management permitting super highly concentrated collection
    Patent number: 8710353
    Abstract: Methods and systems for solar energy converter with increased photovoltaic and thermal conversion efficiencies including a collection optics for receiving and concentrating incident sunlight, or radiation from any other directed electromagnetic energy source, an optical filtering unit for separating and redirecting infrared light and ultraviolet light from incoming solar light, a thermal distribution unit redirecting heat from the optical filtering unit into a thermal-loop, and a photovoltaic for receiving the filtered light from the filtering system and converting the light into energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Roger Shepard
  • Solar Energy Converter with Improved Photovoltaic Efficiency, Frequency Conversion and Thermal Management Permitting Super Highly Concentrated Collection
    Publication number: 20090314333
    Abstract: Methods and systems for solar energy converter with increased photovoltaic and thermal conversion efficiencies including a collection optics for receiving and concentrating incident sunlight, or radiation from any other directed electromagnetic energy source, an optical filtering unit for separating and redirecting infrared light and ultraviolet light from incoming solar light, a thermal distribution unit redirecting heat from the optical filtering unit into a thermal-loop, and a photovoltaic for receiving the filtered light from the filtering system and converting the light into energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Roger Shepard