Patents by Inventor Steven J. Conger

Steven J. Conger 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: 4337754
    Abstract: A passive solar system is disclosed having a plurality of heat storage trays mounted adjacent to a window and arranged to absorb relatively low angled radiation and to reject relatively high angled radiation while providing a substantially unobstructed view through the window. The trays have their reflective upper surfaces angled toward the window and their absorptive lower surfaces angled toward the room. A phase change heat storage material is disposed between the upper and lower surfaces. In one configuration the lower surface is corrugated having one set of generally absorptive surface faces facing the reflective upper surface of an adjacent tray and having another set of generally emissive surface faces facing the interior of the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Inventor: Steven J. Conger