Diode glazing with radiant energy trapping
OwnerKarl T. Feldman, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A transparent glazing material with a plurality of concentrating lenses on its top surface such that incident radiation on the top surface is focused to pass through apertures in a corresponding plurality of integral reflective surfaces with a plurality of segments of thermal insulating material arranged directly beneath the reflective surfaces along the bottom of the transparent material in a pattern with apertures in the reflective and insulating materials located directly below each lens such that incident radiation on the top surface is focused by the lenses and passes through the holes in the reflectors and insulation and out the bottom. Radiation in the direction opposite to the incident radiation will strike the bottom of the reflectors and be reflected back from the bottom.
Claims40
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a plurality of reflectors;
- each of said plurality reflectors having top and bottom surfaces that are reflective to radiation,
- said plurality of reflectors being spaced from each other to channel incident radiation on the top surfaces of said reflectors to pass within the spaces between said reflectors and to reflect incident radiation on the bottom surfaces of said reflectors back from said bottom reflective surfaces.
A transparent glazing structure comprising:
- a transparent material with a smooth top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of integral spaced reflectors arranged below said top surface of the transparent material in a pattern with spaces between said reflectors;
- said reflectors having top and bottom surfaces arranged to channel radiation on the top surface of said reflectors to said spaces between said reflectors and to reflect incident radiation on the bottom surfaces of said reflectors back from said bottom reflective surfaces;
- whereby most incident radiation on the smooth top surface is channeled through the spaces and out the bottom;
- and whereby most of the radiation passing in the direction opposite to the incident radiation will strike the bottom of the reflectors and be reflected back out from the bottom.
A transparent glazing structure comprising:
- a transparent material having top and bottom surfaces;
- a plurality of reflectors arranged below said top surface and having spaces between them through which radiation can pass;
- a plurality of concentrating lenses formed in the top surface of said transparent material configured to focus incident radiation on the top surface of said transparent material to pass through the spaces between said reflectors,
- said reflectors having top and bottom surfaces arranged to channel radiation on the top surface of said reflectors to said spaces between said reflectors and to reflect incident radiation on the bottom surfaces of said reflectors back from said bottom reflective surfaces,
- whereby substantially all of the radiation within a predetermined range of incidence angles upon the top surface of said transparent material passes through said transparent glazing structure, and most of the incident radiation upon the bottom surface of said transparent material is reflected to not pass through said transparent glazing structure.
A method for reducing the radiation signature of a structure, comprising:
- providing a material that is transparent to incident radiation thereupon, said material having top and bottom surfaces that are reflective to radiation;
- providing a plurality of spaced reflectors below said top surface, said reflectors having top and bottom surfaces arranged to channel incident radiation on the top surface of said reflectors to spaces between said reflectors and to reflect incident radiation on the bottom surface of said reflectors back from said bottom reflective surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.