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US 2024/0167729 A1Published application
Heliostat optical panel assembly
AssigneeHeliogen Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDerek Evan Schulte, Steven Edward Schell
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Abstract
A heliostat optical panel assembly has a curved optical panel, a curved backing panel spaced from the curved optical panel and multiple spacers interposed between and attached to the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel. The spacers are distributed between the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel in a modular pattern to provide shear stiffness to the optical panel assembly.
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An optical panel assembly for a heliostat, comprising:
- a curved optical panel;
- a curved backing panel spaced from the curved optical panel along its length to define a gap between the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel;
- and
- a plurality of spacers interposed between and attached to the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel and distributed across an entirety of the gap between the curved optical panel and the curved backing panel.
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An optical panel assembly, comprising:
- a spherically curved optical panel;
- a spherically curved backing panel spaced from the spherically curved optical panel along its length to define a gap between the spherically curved optical panel and the spherically curved backing panel;
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- a plurality of spacers interposed between and adhered to the spherically curved optical panel and the spherically curved backing panel and distributed across an entirety of the gap between the spherically curved optical panel and the spherically curved backing panel.
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A method for manufacturing an optical panel assembly, comprising:
- positioning an optical panel on a mandril;
- adhering one end of a plurality of spacers to a back side of the optical panel;
- and
- adhering a backing panel to an opposite end of the plurality of spacers to adhere the backing panel to the optical panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.