G01S 3/7861
Solar tracking systems
Official title: {Solar tracking systems}
G01S3/7861 (Solar tracking systems) appears on 466 US grants and 381 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 466
- Published applications
- 381
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 788
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 24 |
| 2010 | 11 | 21 |
| 2011 | 10 | 21 |
| 2012 | 24 | 30 |
| 2013 | 20 | 29 |
| 2014 | 26 | 21 |
| 2015 | 16 | 26 |
| 2016 | 19 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 19 |
| 2018 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | 18 | 20 |
| 2020 | 16 | 11 |
| 2021 | 21 | 27 |
| 2022 | 17 | 21 |
| 2023 | 28 | 14 |
| 2024 | 22 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for pointing photovoltaic arrays22 Sep 2026US 12,741,757 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Systems and methods of remote object tracking22 Sep 2026US 12,742,846 B1Samsara Inc.
- Photovoltaic tracking system on roofs7 Apr 2026US 12,597,883 B1
- Elevated dual-axis photovoltaic solar tracking assembly24 Mar 2026US 12,587,129 B2Stracker Incorporated
- Satellite module for attitude determination17 Mar 2026US 12,576,992 B2D-Orbit S.P.A.
- Elevated dual-axis photovoltaic solar tracking assembly30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221930 A1Stracker Incorporated
- Photovoltaic tracking system on roofs9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100671 A1
- Integrated solar tracker controller and dc/dc converter26 Mar 2026US 2026/0088752 A1
- Calibration of reflective surface positioning using light beam alignment to distant reference objects5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063749 A1
- Systems and methods for sensing environmental conditions surrounding photovoltaic systems19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050057 A1Avsensor, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sun-tracking control system for solar collector273US 4,146,785 ASunPower Corporation, Systems · 1979
- Photovoltaic array with two-axis power maximization tracking248US 4,868,379 AUtility Power Group · 1989
- Sun tracking system and method using solar array223US 5,919,314 AHyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Device for concentrating solar radiation220US 5,616,913 ADeutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft - und Raumfahrt e. V. · 1997
- Parallel connected inverters219US 8,289,742 B2Solaredge, Ltd. · 2012