Back to results
US 10,584,899 B2Granted
Device for anchoring an inflatable concentrator cushion
AssigneeHeliovis AG
InventorsElmar Stoeger, Felix Tiefenbacher
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for anchoring an inflatable concentrator cushion, which has a light-permeable entry window for coupling in solar radiation and a reflector film, which sub-divides the concentrator cushion into at least two hollow spaces, for the concentration of solar radiation in an absorber, comprising a pivoting apparatus for pivoting the concentrator cushion, in particular about its longitudinal axis, and comprising an anchoring apparatus for the pivoting apparatus.
Claims18
A device for concentration of solar radiation in an absorber comprising:
- an inflatable concentrator cushion, which comprises a light-permeable entry window for coupling in solar radiation and a reflector film for the concentration of solar radiation in the absorber, and the reflector film sub-divides the concentrator cushion into at least two hollow spaces;
- and
- the device for retaining the inflatable concentrator cushion comprising a pivoting apparatus for pivoting the concentrator cushion, wherein the pivoting apparatus comprises at least one pivoting element which surrounds the concentrator cushion in its circumferential direction, and comprising an anchoring apparatus for anchoring the pivoting apparatus, wherein the anchoring apparatus comprises a suspension apparatus for suspending the pivoting apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.