F24S 23/30
Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors: with lenses
Official title: with lenses
F24S23/30 (Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors: with lenses) appears on 751 US grants and 726 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24S- Granted patents
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- 726
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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