F24S 2050/25
Calibration means
Official title: {Calibration means; Methods for initial positioning of solar concentrators or solar receivers}
F24S2050/25 (Calibration means) appears on 104 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24S- Granted patents
- 104
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 237
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 17 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 7 |
| 2015 | 14 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heliostat optical assessment11 Aug 2026US 12,705,771 B2National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
- Method for measuring heliostats, and method for calibrating heliostats5 May 2026US 12,618,590 B2Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
- Drive tracking system31 Mar 2026US 12,590,734 B2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Systems for and methods of positioning solar panels in an array of solar panels to efficiently capture sunlight4 Nov 2025US 12,461,183 B2Nextracker LLC
- Instrumentation and methods for optical metrology of heliostats1 Jul 2025US 12,345,446 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Solar tracker and tracking and calibration method using said tracker4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153890 A1Soltec Innovations, S.L.
- Calibration of reflective surface positioning using light beam alignment to distant reference objects5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063749 A1
- Systems for and methods of positioning solar panels in an array of solar panels to efficiently capture sunlight5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036661 A1Nextracker LLC
- Method for measuring heliostats, and method for calibrating heliostats27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067479 A1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
- Systems and methods for heliostat mirror tracking6 Feb 2025US 2025/0044812 A1Idealab Studio, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Directing and concentrating solar energy collectors119US 5,851,309 A1998
- Central receiver solar collector using analog coupling mirror control77US 4,172,443 A1979
- Automatic heliostat track alignment method56US 4,564,275 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1986
- Alignment system and method for dish concentrators53US 5,982,481 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1999
- Control of a heliostat field in a solar energy plant52US 5,862,799 AYeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. · 1999