Patents by Inventor Solomon Zwerdling

Solomon Zwerdling 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 collector having a solid transmission medium
    Patent number: 4029519
    Abstract: There is provided a radiant energy transmission device capable of operation in a concentrative mode in which energy incident on an entrance area is directed toward and concentrated on an exit area of smaller area than the entrance area. The device includes a solid radiant energy transmission medium having surfaces coincident with the entrance and exit areas and particularly contoured reflective side walls. The surface coinciding with the entrance area is coupled to a cover plate formed of a radiant energy transmissive material. An energy transducer is coupled to the surface of the medium coinciding with the exit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: William W. Schertz, Solomon Zwerdling