Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
126607000 | Gearing | 6 |
20110100355 | TROUGH COLLECTOR FOR A SOLAR POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a trough collector ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110265784 | SOLAR TRACKER - A driving pinion drives two driven gears which are engaged with the driving pinion to rotate. Two drive bars which are fixed on the driven gears at a set radius respectively are inserted into two elongated openings of a frame which is pivoted on the driving pinion to make the frame seesaw, and then to make a coupler link which is borne on a stand, seesaw synchronously via a rocker mechanism having a four-bar linkage which is pivoted on both ends of the frame. Also, the stand is connected to an inclination adjusting mechanism, so that the inclination of the stand can be changed with respect to a horizontal plane. | 11-03-2011 |
20120097150 | Movement Mechanism and Solar Plant Using Said Mechanism - Movement mechanism for at least an interception element assembled mobile on a support frame to assume an optimized interception condition. The movement mechanism is suitable to be assembled on the support frame and to be constrained to the interception element, in order to allow the movement thereof with respect to the support frame, and comprises a fixed body suitable to be assembled on the support frame, a rotating body assembled rotatable inside the fixed body around an axis of rotation and suitable to be constrained to the interception element, and a plurality of rolling members disposed rotating between relative sliding tracks made both on the fixed body and also on the rotating body. The mechanism movement comprises at least a compensation seating made on the fixed body and/or on the rotating body which extends with respect to said sliding tracks in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, to define a controlled play of axial displacement controlled by the rolling members. | 04-26-2012 |
20120260907 | Solar Heating Apparatus and Methods - Solar heating systems and methods are described. In one aspect, a system is described that includes multiple mirror row holders, with each row holder configured to hold a row of mirrors at angles to track sunrays and reflect the rays onto a focal point. Each row holder has a single pinion device of multiple pinion devices associated with the multiple row holders. The system also has a sun tracking latitudinal slider (STLS) rack configured to interface with each pinion device on a respective mirror row holder. This interface tilts the mirrors in each row holder an amount to adjust mirror angles to reflect latitudinal sun motion to concentrate rays of the sun onto the focal point. The system also includes an azimuth adjustment mechanism to control mirror angles with respect to the sun to reflect sun motion during daylight. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266866 | Cable Ganged Heliostat - A cable ganged heliostat used to focus radiation from a moving source onto a receiver is disclosed. The primary application of such an invention relates to reflecting the radiation from the sun onto a stationary target. The device orients a reflective surface to a position necessary for imaging using a mirror adjustment means. The device may be used singly or in a ganged array. The mirror and mirror adjustment means of the device may be supported by cables. | 10-25-2012 |
20150316293 | BEARING ASSEMBLY AND PARABOLIC-TROUGH SOLAR POWER PLANT HAVING SUCH A BEARING ASSEMBLY - A parabolic-trough solar power plant includes at least one solar panel that has a shaft part supported by at least one bearing assembly configured to pivot the solar panel through a pivot angle about the longitudinal axis. The bearing assembly includes a support element with two support sections and a space therebetween, a chain element supported by the support sections, and a plurality of roller elements supported in the chain element along its longitudinal extension for rotation about an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis. Ends of the chain element are attached to the support sections by bearings that permit pivoting of the chain element relative to the support sections about a compensation axis horizontal, and in projection, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft part. The roller elements are disposed at hinge points between pairs of the links in the chain. | 11-05-2015 |