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Dr. Thomason solar patents
US5103802 Thermosyphon heat-storage and backup heat apparatus
US4852547 Heat storage
US4369764 Solar heat storage system
US4343293 Solar domestic water heater
US4284059 Heat storage and heat exchanger
US4265219 Solar heating (cooling) system
US4158358 Heat and cold storage apparatus
US4146011 Solar energy
US4139055 Solar heating (cooling)
US4134544 Solar heating system
US4132220 Solar energy collector
US4102327 Solar heating (cooling) system
US4082143 Solar energy
US4048812 Solar-energy conserving
US4029082 Heat and cold storage apparatus
US3989031 Solar heat collector
US3980130 Heat, cold and dry storage
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US3412728
US3369541
US3295591
US3254703
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US3236294
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Patent LinkyrCategory InventorDescription
control Control Lighting
US669509001Control Lighting McAllister; Michael C.Back-lit handlebar control assembly
(Motorcycle Riders Holdings Corp.)
Control
awnings Awnings for RVs
US563667597Awnings Baka
Malott
Shifting roll awning assembly with stowable support arms
(White Consolidated Industries, Inc.)
Camper Awning
US503525391Awnings BortlesTent canopy rain awning
Tent Awning
bearings Bearings
US530287494Bearings Magnetic PinkertonMagnetic bearing and method utilizing movable closed conductive loops
brayton Brayton Engines
US418992280Brayton Solar BellofattoConverting solar energy into electric power
Solar Brayton
US494273690Brayton Solar BronickiMethod of and apparatus for producing power from solar energy
Solar Turbine
US544888995Brayton Solar BronickiMethod of and apparatus for producing power using compressed air
Solar Turbine
US468387287Brayton Solar FrickerReceiver for solar energy
Solar Turbine
US426248481Brayton Solar Jubb
Stansbury
Gas turbine engine power plant using solar energy as a heat source
Solar Turbine
US417249179Brayton Solar RiceMethod of more efficiently operating a heat storage-heat exchange system
Solar Engine
candles Candles
US507859192Candles DespresCandle having thermal response
US432057582Candles Molding KarlssonApparatus for manufacturing candles
US402286277Candles Molding McBride
Glenn
Cooper
Method of molding an article in an expansible mold and removing the article from the mold
US535382794Candles Paste Bouchard
Lafrance
Perrault
Process for producing pasty paraffin
US401723177Candles Powder KarlssonDevice on apparatus for pressing power or granules into candles
US405463677Candles Powder MenigMethod of making a composite candle with powdered wax core
US370249572Candles Powder RenoeMethod of producing compression molded candles
US429145881Candles Wicking FlinnApparatus and method for installing wicking in candles
US396485876Candles Wicking MarikAutomatic candle-wicking machine
compressor Compressors
US424287881Compressor BrinkerhoffIsothermal compressor apparatus and method
Isothermal Compressor
US402799377Compressor WolffMethod and apparatus for compressing vaporous or gaseous fluids isothermally
rolling piston Compressor Rolling Piston (sometimes called "Sliding Abutement")
US497503190Compressor Rolling Piston Bagepalli
Imam
Rotary compressor with compliant impact surfaces
Rolling Piston
US433253482Compressor Rolling Piston BeckerMembrane pump with tiltable rolling piston pressing the membrane
Rolling Piston
US552946996Compressor Rolling Piston Bushnell
Swidowski
Vane hole cover for rotary compressor
US522679793Compressor Rolling Piston Da Costa; Caio Mario FrancoRolling piston compressor with defined dimension ratios for the rolling piston
US500781391Compressor Rolling Piston Da Costa; Caio Mario FrancoRotary rolling piston compressor with fixed vane having a relieved incline section
US524436693Compressor Rolling Piston DelmotteRolling piston compressor, and a cylinder therefor
US394241476Compressor Rolling Piston EddyHydraulic device
( This motor has a plurality of expansion elements strung in series.)
Multiple Lobes
US458095786Compressor Rolling Piston Fickelscher
Schabert
Rotary fluid-flow machine with thin-walled annular piston
( Check out the slider/valve assembly in figure 5. )
US532242494Compressor Rolling Piston FujioTwo stage gas compressor
US445257084Compressor Rolling Piston Fujisaki
Chu
Multiple cylinder rotary compressor
US305654282Compressor Rolling Piston Galin; R.REFRIGERATING APPARATUS
US561601997Compressor Rolling Piston Hattori
Futamura
Saito
Ozu
Rolling piston type expansion machine
US577588398Compressor Rolling Piston Hattori
Ozu
Saito
Morishima
Otaka
Futamura
Rolling-piston expander apparatus
US455899385Compressor Rolling Piston Hori
Hirano
Kojima
Yuda
Rotary compressor with capacity modulation
US566737297Compressor Rolling Piston Hwang
Shin
Rolling piston rotary compressor formed with lubrication grooves
US466996387Compressor Rolling Piston Ishihara
Takei
Hattori
Okazaki
Rolling piston type rotary machine
US479378088Compressor Rolling Piston Ishihara
Takei
Hattori
Okazaki
Rolling piston type rotary machine with discharge passage in vane
US453756785Compressor Rolling Piston Kawaguchi; Susumu
Morinushi; Ken
Rolling piston type compressor
US467672687Compressor Rolling Piston Kawaguchi; Susumu
Hirahara; Takuho
Nakane; Kazuhiro
Ueda; Sei
Rotary compressor
US498310891Compressor Rolling Piston Kawaguchi
Shirafuji
Maeyama
Sugita
Yamamoto
Low pressure container type rolling piston compressor with lubrication channel in the end plate
US450706485Compressor Rolling Piston Kocher
Szymaszek
Nikolaus
Rotary gas compressor having rolling pistons
US532242494Compressor Rolling Piston Matsuda
Inagaki
Ogawa
Sasaya
Rolling piston compressor
US552223596Compressor Rolling Piston Matsuoka
Yamazaki
Tezuka
Mochizuki
Tanabe
Reversible rotary compressor and reversible refrigerating cycle
US471441487Compressor Rolling Piston MillerPlural-stage gas compressor
US532623394Compressor Rolling Piston Mochizuki
Kawaguchi
Sakai
Sato
Maeyama
Enclosed motor compressor of a two cylinder type
US442735184Compressor Rolling Piston Sano; KiyoshiRotary compressor with noise reducing space adjacent the discharge port
US439761883Compressor Rolling Piston StenzelRolling piston compressor with locking device for the separating slide
Modulated Rolling Piston
US459855986Compressor Rolling Piston Tomayko
Pandeya
Reversible fixed vane rotary compressor having a reversing disk which carries the suction port
concentrator Solar Concentrators
US417098579Concentrator Dish AuthierSolar energy collector
US411118478Concentrator Dish Fletcher; James C.
Perkins; Gerald S.
Sun tracking solar energy collector
(A dish is moved about a stationary receiver by means of tracks.)
Swinging Dish
US439558183Concentrator Dish GirardConcave mirror constituted by a plurality of plane facets and solar generator comprising such a mirror
Big Dish
US412612378Concentrator Dish HallSolar energy collector including a weightless balloon with sun tracking means
(Inflatable.)
Balloon Dish
US628496800Concentrator Dish Niesyn; Joseph Z.Solar-tracking system
(Clockwork driven tracker perportedly capable of folowing the sun with constant speed drive and gearing only. However, this can't work properly as the sun may be as much as 15 minutes of time in error. This error is not a simple harmonic motion.)
Dish
US575893898Concentrator Dish OsterwischSolar concentrator elevational drive mechanism
(Dish used with Stirling Thermal Motors' solar stirling engine)
Big Stirling Dish
US423786880Concentrator Dish OvertonSolar heating balloon
(Inflatable Tethered Balloon Solar Collector.)
Balloon
US532584494Concentrator Dish Rogers
Borton
Durnin
Lightweight, distributed force, two-axis tracking, solar radiation collector structures
(One axis is polar and the other is heliostatic, or in another variation it is a receiver axis heliostat
Power Kinetics, Inc.)
Dish/Heliostat
US460896486Concentrator Dish RussoTension solar mirror
US669170102Concentrator Dish Roth; Karl FredericModular solar radiation collection and distribution system
(See Stiles.)
Heliostat Mechanism
US552905496Concentrator Dish ShoenSolar energy concentrator and collector system and associated method
(Casegrainian optics.)
Casegrainian
US433344682Concentrator Dish SmythSolar concentrator
(Based on a geodesic dome structure)
Dish in a Dome
US453596185Concentrator Dish Sobczak; Isidore F.
Cleveland; William C.
Pons; Robert L.
Lightweight azimuth/elevation mount
Dish
US434250182Concentrator Dish Solomon; MurrayRadiant energy collector with focal point between the plane of the frame and earth
(Tilt and rotate effected by 2 extensible actuators based on the U-joint mechanism. Similar to the Gueguen Dish and Sallis Heliostat.)
Lighting Dish
US612813598Concentrator Dish Stiles; Michael R.
Kinney; Laurence F.
Three-reflection collection system for solar and lunar radiant energy
(Forget the dish, look at the pantogram half angle mechanism.)
Heliostat Mechanism
US589336099Concentrator Dish Stoumen
Stoumen
Inflatable solar oven
(This sounds like a half silvered mylar balloon)
Solar Cooker
US411654178Concentrator Dish WeissParabolic reflector with vary transverse width
(Formed from crossed reflective sections. These flower petal like sections are bent into shape. The specific shape of the petals directly form a parabolic curve. Equations are given to develop the petal shape.)
Petal Shapped Dish
US456894586Concentrator Dish Winegard; John R.
Cowan; Keith B.
Satellite dish antenna apparatus
(Winegard Company)
Satellite Dish
US417187679Concentrator Dish Wood; Douglas E.
Sunflower <fox@harbornet.com>
Apparatus for supporting large-dimension curved reflectors
Many Faceted Dish
US429570981Concentrator Dish Wood; Douglas E.
Sunflower <fox@harbornet.com>
Parabolic reflector comprising a plurality of triangular reflecting members forming a reflecting surface supported by a framework having a particular geometric pattern
Many Faceted Dish
US437277283Concentrator Dish Wood; Douglas E.
Sunflower <fox@harbornet.com>
Parabolic reflector comprising a plurality of triangular reflecting members forming a reflecting surface supported by a framework having a particular geometric pattern
Many Faceted Dish
US449138885Concentrator Dish Wood; Douglas E.
Sunflower <fox@harbornet.com>
Support carriage for a solar concentrator
Many Faceted Dish
US648515201Concentrator Dish Wood; Douglas E.
Sunflower <fox@harbornet.com>
Matrix solar dish
Back Side
How it's put togather
US478992188Concentrator Dish Fresnel Aho; Kenneth A.Cone shaped Fresnel reflector
(From 3M and lives in Chisago City, MN)
Cone Dish
US499905991Concentrator Dish Fresnel BagnoUniversal solar concentrator panel
(Combination of multiple flat mirrors reflecting light onto a receiver. The receiver uses concentrator PV cells and water cooled heat output)
Fresnel Dish
US455212685Concentrator Dish Fresnel BoydRadiation concentrator
(A Fresnel mirror made from an inflatable balloon with concentric mirror segments on the upper and lower surfaces. The combination of the two mirrored surfaces focuses solar energy behind the array. The combination reminds me of Gregorian telescope optics)
Fresnel
US41272489Concentrator Dish Fresnel Calver; WilliamSolar Apparatus
((1889))
US490607098Concentrator Dish Fresnel Cobb, Jr.; SanfordTotally internally reflecting thin, flexible film
(Plastic material ruled with internal grooves to form parallel roof prisms. Forms 2/3rds of a retroreflector
3M and he lives in St. Mary's Point, MN)
Plastic Sheet
US695999305Concentrator Dish Fresnel Gross; William
Luconi; Gregg
Zsolnay; Denes
Solar concentrator array with individually adjustable elements
(Fresnel Dish with adjustable 3 point link mechanism)
3 Link Mechanism
US413667462Concentrator Dish Fresnel KorrSystem for solar radiation energy collection and conversion
(Looks like an "arc heliostat" floating in a moat of water (1862))
Dish/Arc Heliostat
US456142585Concentrator Dish Fresnel Long; John B.
Ware; Robert R.
Solar cooker
(A Fresnel mirror composed of concentric rings of conical mirror segments focusing in front of the array)
Fresnel Dish
US471625887Concentrator Dish Fresnel Murtha; R. Michael
<murtha2@juno.com>
Stamped concentrators supporting photovoltaic assemblies
PV Concentrator
US456643286Concentrator Dish Fresnel Sobczak
Cleveland
Pons
Method for mass producing solar radiation reflectors
Big Stirling Dish
US445729784Concentrator Dish Fresnel Sobczak
Cleveland
Pons
Modular solar concentrator
Little Stirling Dish
US435041282Concentrator Dish Fresnel Steenblik; Richard A.
Ho; Dar-Veig
Fresnel spiral reflector and method for making same
(A unique method of making a pseudo-parabolic reflector dish by cutting a spiral out of flat sheet reflective stock and winding it up to form the curved shape needed to concentrate solar energy.)
Spiral Fresnel Dish
Photograph
US478470088Concentrator Dish Fresnel Stern
Cornwall
Kaincz
Mildice
Point focus solar concentrator using reflector strips of various geometries to form primary and secondary reflectors
Fresnel Dish
US598248199Concentrator Dish Fresnel Stone; Kenneth
Blackmon; James
Alignment system and method for dish concentrators
(Alignment and focusing method. The system uses a light source and detector at a position about 2 times the focal distance. A computer operates the light source and adjusts the individual facits.)
Big Stirling Dish
US434783482Concentrator Dish Fresnel YorkVariable entropy solar energy harvester
(A Fresnel mirror composed of concentric rings of paraboloidal mirror segments focusing behind the array)
Fresnel Dish
US427595081Concentrator Fiber Optics Meyer; Stanley A.Light-guide lens
(Ya, the wacco run a car on water guy)
Wierd
US392460475Concentrator Heliostat Anderson; Donald E.Solar energy conversion system
(Power Tower. Guy from Northfield, MN.
Looks like Solar II with air heat transport. Describes mirrors moved with cables.)
Power Plant
US534740292Concentrator Heliostat Arbogast; PorterMultiple mirror assembly for solar collector
(Method of removing and stowing mirrors for protection in storms)
Linked Mirrors
US405631377Concentrator Heliostat Arbogast; Porter R.Multiple mirrored apparatus utilizing solar energy
Linked Mirrors
US439880283Concentrator Heliostat Auger; Henri
Acloque; Jean-Pierre
Solar mirror having contiguous reflecting panels mounted on a movable frame
(Interesting method of forming and controlling the curve in strips of mirrors.)
Mirror Strip Heliostat
US483200187Concentrator Heliostat Baer; Stephen C.Lightweight solar panel support
(Heliostat elements supported on cables.
Zomeworks Similar to the Dolan patent.)
Zomeworks
US541705293Concentrator Heliostat Bharathan; Desikan
Bohn; Mark S.
Williams; Thomas A.
Hybrid solar central receiver for combined cycle power plant
(Looks like Solar II with air heat transport.)
Hybrid Solar Power Plant
US422751380Concentrator Heliostat Blake; Floyd A.
Northrup, Jr.; Lynn L.
Solar system employing ground level heliostats and solar collectors
(Heliostat and inline optical tracker)
Inline Tracker
US427687281Concentrator Heliostat Blake; Floyd A.
Northrup, Jr.; Lynn L.
Solar system employing ground level heliostats and solar collectors
(Heliostat and inline optical tracker)
Inline Tracker
US411000978Concentrator Heliostat Bunch; Jesse C.Heliostat apparatus
(Heliostat actuation scheme that uses parallelogram linkages)
Heliostat Array
US421811480Concentrator Heliostat Bunch; Jesse C.Heliostat apparatus
(Heliostat actuation scheme that uses parallelogram linkages)
Linked Mirrors
US26065782Concentrator Heliostat Calver; WilliamMethod Of And Means For Utilizing The Rays Of The Sun
(Arc Heliostat (1882))
Arc Heliostat
US29149184Concentrator Heliostat Calver; WilliamMeans For Utilizing The Rays Of The Sun
(Arc Heliostat (1884))
Arc Heliostat
US54976595Concentrator Heliostat Calver; WilliamApparatus For Making Gas
(Arc Heliostat (1895))
US60331798Concentrator Heliostat Calver; WilliamSolar Apparatus
(Arc Heliostat (1898))
US390692775Concentrator Heliostat Caplan; Harry W.Solar-thermal power system employing adjustable curvature reflective panels and method of adjusting reflective panel curvature
(Heliostat with mechanically adjustable flat mirrors.
The tracker uses inline sensors)
Inline Tracker
US419228980Concentrator Heliostat Clark; David J.Solar heat collection system
(Vacuum formed concave heliostat mirror.
Receiver axis tracker using a cable over pullys.)
Heliostat
US60875597Concentrator Heliostat Cottle; Henry F.Apparatus For Storing And Using Solar Heat
(Arc Heliostat on tracks (1897))
Arc Heliostat
US412936078Concentrator Heliostat Deflandre; Jean
Matarasso; Pierre
Traisnel; Jean-Pierre
Heliostats
(A Hinge type heliostat mechanism that tracks similar to a TPole although much stronger than a TPole. See Sayre)
Hinge
US446642384Concentrator Heliostat Dolan; James E.
Sands; Timothy D.
Rim-drive cable-aligned heliostat collector system
(Heliostat mirrors suspended on cables in linear rows. The mirrors are stowable for waether protection.)
Mirrors on Wires
US346611966Concentrator Heliostat Francia; G.Multiple Mirrored Apparatus Utilizing Solar Heat
(True ganged mechanical heliostat.)
Mirrors on Wires
US426617981Concentrator Heliostat Hamm; James E.Solar energy concentration system
Solar Furnace
US406354377Concentrator Heliostat Hedger; John HenryServo tracking apparatus
(Moves mirror by rocking mechanisms that tilt and rotate using linear actuators. My goofy tracker is similar to this.)
Inline Tracker
US411001078Concentrator Heliostat Hilton; Richard D.Ganged heliostat
(In a frame similar to Arbogast)
Removable Mirrors
US450950185Concentrator Heliostat Hunter; Larry D.Solar energy collecting system using a primary reflector based on a pyramid structure
Triangular Heliostat
US594959497Concentrator Heliostat Iglseder; Heinrich
Arens-Fischer; Wolfgang
Process for the generation of information in space
(Spaced based solar iluminated advertising)
Space Advertising
US390535275Concentrator Heliostat John; ArnoldSystem For Collecting And Transferring Usable Solar Heat
(Arc Heliostat)
Arc Heliostat
US436561882Concentrator Heliostat Jones; DedgerHeliostatic solar energy conversion
(Heliostat field that uses tilt only mirrors for altitude adjustment. The field of mirrors rotates about the central tower on tracks for azimuth adjustment)
Plan
Arc Heliostat with Tracked Mount
US700060882Concentrator Heliostat Löschmann; ThomasSolar energy system
(Heliostat array linked by cables.)
Tracked Mount
US483200289Concentrator Heliostat Medina; OscarUnified heliostat array
(A heliostat array for reflecting the rays of the sun upon a central collector.
Receiver axis trackers. A cable over pulleys links them together.)
Heliostat
US413789779Concentrator Heliostat Moore; Walter T.Unified array for collection and concentration of solar energy
(Heliostats built into buildings with conventional tower)
Heliostat Buildings
US597943898Concentrator Heliostat Nakamura; KatsushigeSunlight collecting system
(Describes a secondary Gregorian mirror and a tertiary compound parabolic concentrator receiver, and inline tracker.)
Heliostat Array
Inline Tracker
Tracker
US623119701Concentrator Heliostat Nakamura; KatsushigeHeliostat for sunlight collecting system
(Similar to the half angle gearing methods used in a receiver axis heliostat. In this case there are two half angle mechanisms, one for each axis of a TPole mount.)
Heliostat
US689909604Concentrator Heliostat Nakamura; KatsushigeAutonomous heliostat
(Similar to a Silberman mechanical heliostat)
Heliostat
US458648886Concentrator Heliostat Noto; Vincent H.Reflective solar tracking system
(Half angle tracker employing gears. Similar to that describes to me by Jerimiah Chace.
Receiver Axis Mount)
Half angle tracker, single axis
US622767301Concentrator Heliostat O'Hara-Smith; Stephen C.
<sohara@best.com>
Adjustable reflector
(Sohara, a Directable Mirror is an inexpensive panel approximately one meter square and a couple of inches thick. It is composed of a plurality of spheres bisected with a mirror.
Steve O'Hara-Smith)
Spheres
US50939393Concentrator Heliostat Paine; Halbert E.Solar Heater
(Arc Heliostat (1893))
Arc Heliostat
US594596199Concentrator Heliostat Price; Russell E.
Gastonguay; Raymond J.
Antenna dias system having constrained rotational movement
(Mechanical tracker based on the U-joint mechanism. Similar to the Sallis dish and Solomon Heliostat)
U-joint Mechanism
US578787896Concentrator Heliostat Ratliff Jr.; George D.Solar concentrator
(Arc Heliostat with parking using tracks)
Arc Heliostat
US689742302Concentrator Heliostat Redler; Michael H.
<redlerm@yahoo.com>
Rader; Dennis
Self-powered intermittent moving light tracking device and method
(Escentially a Receiver Axis Heliostat Mount with Shadow Blocker sensor)
Receiver Axis Mechanism using Chain & Sproket
Receiver Axis Mechanism using Gears
US532584494Concentrator Heliostat Rogers; William E.
Borton; David N.
Durnin; John E.
Lightweight, distributed force, two-axis tracking, solar radiation collector structures
(One axis is polar and the other is heliostatic, or in another variation it is a receiver axis heliostat
Power Kinetics, Inc.)
Dish/Heliostat
US493049390Concentrator Heliostat Sallis; Daniel V.Multi-lever rim-drive heliostat
(Unusual dual lever actuator based on the U-joint mechanism. Similar to the Gueguen and Solomon Dish but much more elegant.)
Really Neat Heliostat
US420923180Concentrator Heliostat Sayre; Robert K.Heliostat assemblies
(A TPole type heliostat mechanism that looks similar to a Hinge although much stronger. See Deflandre)
TPole
US421972980Concentrator Heliostat Smith; Otto J. M.Method of aligning and locating the mirrors of a collector field with respect to a receptor tower
(Laser alignment of a field of mirrors)
Iaser Heliostat Alignment
US411768278Concentrator Heliostat Smith; Otto J. M.Solar collector system
(Solar Power Tower and receiver and mirror field strategies.)
Solar Power Plant
US410232677Concentrator Heliostat Sommer; Warren T.Central receiver solar collector using mechanically linked mirrors
Linked Mirrors
USRE3096082Concentrator Heliostat Sommer; Warren T.Central receiver solar collector using mechanically linked mirrors
Linked Mirrors
US398115176Concentrator Heliostat St. ClairUse of solar energy heat gathering and storing systems to increase farm crop yields
(Heliostat to store solar energy for later use in agricultural ilumination)
Agricultural Heliostat
US426653081Concentrator Heliostat Steadman; Robert W.Sun ray tracker
(Arc Heliostat with Mirrors moved and tilted in circular tracks)
Arc Heliostat
US425113581Concentrator Heliostat Stone; Douglas C.Solar reflector
(Tensioned triangular membrain reflector.)
Heliostat
US448877984Concentrator Heliostat Varner; KevinLightweight heliostat system
(Varner is from Ogilvie, MN.)
Heliostat
US602558398Concentrator Heliostat Whitehead; Lorne A.Concentrating heliostat for solar lighting applications
(Escentially a Fresnel optical lens that reedirects the sunlight to a receiver. Tracking of the sun is accomplished by moving a plastic film from one roler to another. The film contains a plurality of optical lenses.)
Heliostat on a Role
US479894986Concentrator Heliostat Wilcox; William W.
Kudija; Charles T.
Linear actuated optical concentrator
(This patent is the basis of a lighting heliostat I am working on)
Heliostat
US586279997Concentrator Heliostat Yogev; Amnon
Krupkin; Vladimir
Control of a heliostat field in a solar energy plant
(Uses Gregorian and Cassigranian optics.)
Heliostat
Shadow Tracker
US551733994Concentrator Holographic Riccobono; Juanita R.
Ludman; Jaques E.
Method of manufacturing high efficiency, broad bandwidth, volume holographic elements and solar concentrators for use therewith
Holographic Concentrators
US587787497Concentrator Holographic Rosenberg; Glenn A.Device for concentrating optical radiation
(Using holograms and passive solar tracking. Operates in a similar manner to Luminescent Concentrators but with the advantage of utilizing a wider spectrum.)
Holographic Tracker
US431839482Concentrator Inflatable Alexander; William C. Solar energy concentrator
(I don't understand how it works.)
Inflatable Trough
US455212684Concentrator Inflatable Boyd; John O.Radiation concentrator
(A Fresnel mirror made from an inflatable balloon with concentric mirror segments on the upper and lower surfaces. The combination of the two mirrored surfaces focuses solar energy behind the array. The combination reminds me of Gregorian telescope optics)
Fresnel
US418230780Concentrator Inflatable Brindle; Dannie K.
Shanfelt; Donald Y.
Inflatable solar energy collector
(A kind of inflatable greenhouse with a flat plate absorber.)
Flat Plate
US416044379Concentrator Inflatable Brindle; Dannie K.
Shanfelt; Donald Y.
Kiserl Dennis D.
Armagast; David W.
Lynch; Patrick J.
Inflatable solar heat collector
(A kind of inflatable greenhouse with a flat plate absorber.)
Flat Plate
US420342580Concentrator Inflatable Clark; Dana A. Inflatable solar collector
(A kind of inflatable watterbed with a flat plate absorber.)
Flat Plate
US412612378Concentrator Inflatable Hall; Frederick F.Solar energy collector including a weightless balloon with sun tracking means
(Inflatable.)
Balloon Dish
US443234284Concentrator Inflatable Lucas; Jean
Sylla; Lancine
Inflatable solar collector
(Trough)
Casegranian Trough
US423786880Concentrator Inflatable Overton; Charlie N.Solar heating balloon
(Inflatable Tethered Balloon Solar Collector.)
Balloon
US589336097Concentrator Inflatable Stoumen; O'Malley O.
Stoumen; Jonathan A.
Inflatable solar oven
(This sounds like a half silvered mylar balloon)
Solar Cooker
US461051884Concentrator Involute Clegg; John E.Involute beam concentrator
Involute
US587023397Concentrator Lens Fresnel Benz; Volker
Berkenkopf; Martin
Fischer; Udo
Lorenz; Hans
Meier-Kaiser; Michael
Process for manufacture of fresnel lenses
How to make
US425740181Concentrator Lens Fresnel Daniels; Ronald M.Solar heat collector
(A Fresnel primary lens focusing on an optical fiber through a secondary flat mirror)
Fiber Optic Concentrator
US550578994Concentrator Lens Fresnel Fraas; Lewis M.
O'Neill; Mark J.
Line-focus photovoltaic module using solid optical secondaries for improved radiation resistance
(Entech Inc.)
PV Concentrator
US534449793Concentrator Lens Fresnel Fraas; Lewis M.
O'Neill; Mark J.
Line-focus photovoltaic module using stacked tandem-cells
PV Concentrator
US564887396Concentrator Lens Fresnel Jaster; Paul A
O'Neill; Mark Joseph
Passive solar collector
(3M)
PV Concentrator
US557813995Concentrator Lens Fresnel Jones; P. Alan
Harvey; T. Jeffrey
Fraser, Allister F.
Murphy; David M.
Stowable and deployable solar energy concentrator with fresnel lenses
(Linear Fresnel lens onto a linear array of PV cells)
PV Concentrator
US399174176Concentrator Lens Fresnel Northrup; Leonard L.
O'Neill; Mark J.
Roof-lens solar collector
Built Into the Roof
US454536684Concentrator Lens Fresnel O'Neill; Mark J.Bi-focussed solar energy concentrator
(Entech Inc.)
PV Concentrator
US471197286Concentrator Lens Fresnel O'Neill; Mark J.Photovoltaic cell cover for use with a primary optical concentrator in a solar energy collector
(Prismatic cover for concentrator PV cells
Entech Inc.)
Prismatic
US406981276Concentrator Lens Fresnel O'Neill; Mark J.Solar concentrator and energy collection system
Liquid Heater
US467294985Concentrator Lens Fresnel O'Neill; Mark J.Solar energy collector having an improved thermal receiver
(Entech Inc.)
Liquid Heater
US481201379Concentrator Luminescent Aurouet
Blumenfeld
Bourdinaud
Calve
Cavan
Meyer
Thevenin
Process for utilizing light radiation with the aid of fluorescent optical fibres and functional devices and apparatus using said process
(This is not a concentrator but is Luminescent Technology.)
Luminescent Technology
US422288080Concentrator Luminescent Baur
Greubel
Knauer
Krueger
Arrangement for optical transmission of communications
(This is not a concentrator but is Luminescent Technology.)
Luminescent Technology
US413553779Concentrator Luminescent Blieden
MacDonald
Light collector
US415381379Concentrator Luminescent Blieden
Sill
Luminescent solar collector
US435748682Concentrator Luminescent Blieden
Yerkes
Luminescent solar collector
US418823880Concentrator Luminescent BolingGeneration of electrical energy from sunlight, and apparatus
Linear Lens
US416443279Concentrator Luminescent BolingLuminescent solar collector structure
US418823980Concentrator Luminescent BolingLuminescent solar collector structure
US419046580Concentrator Luminescent BolingLuminescent solar collector structure
US473392988Concentrator Luminescent BrownDiffuser fiber incident energy concentrator and method of using same
Fiber
US488486089Concentrator Luminescent BrownLinear lens and method for concentrating radiant energy and multiplying phosphor luminance output intensity
Linear Lens
US479974889Concentrator Luminescent BrownSlab-diffuser fiber incident energy concentrator
Fiber
US581623898Concentrator Luminescent Burns
Pavelka
Durable fluorescent solar collectors
(3M)
PV Concentrator
US414409779Concentrator Luminescent Chambers
Wohlmut
Luminescent solar collector
PV Concentrator
US412742578Concentrator Luminescent ChambersLuminescent solar collector
PV Concentrator
US454449685Concentrator Luminescent Claussen
Harnisch
Light-collecting system using coumarin derivatives as energy converters
(No pictures)
US393414876Concentrator Luminescent CollinsFluorescent plastic controlled direction lamp
Lamp
US417598079Concentrator Luminescent Davis
Sill
Yerkes
Luminescent solar collector
(Hybrid Luminescent and Thermal panel.)
Luminescent Thermal
US411012378Concentrator Luminescent Goetzberger
Greubel
Apparatus for converting light energy into electrical energy
3 Color Luminescent
US550005496Concentrator Luminescent GoldsteinSuperemissive light pipes and photovoltaic systems including same
Thermal Luminescent
US391293175Concentrator Luminescent GravissePhotovoltaic device with luminescent layers of differing composition
Multilayers for Light Color Conversion
US432494682Concentrator Luminescent GravisseSolar radiation concentrator
2 Layer
US543174295Concentrator Luminescent KleinermanLuminescent solar concentrators using light amplification processes
(Luminescent laser iluminator.)
Laser
US414990279Concentrator Luminescent Mauer
Turechek
Fluorescent solar energy concentrato
PV Concentrator
US429880281Concentrator Luminescent Quella
Pape
Method and device for collecting light utilizing a light trap
PV Concentrator
US436736783Concentrator Luminescent Reisfeld
Neuman
Collector for solar energy
PV Concentrator
US448804784Concentrator Luminescent ThomasHigh efficiency multiple layer, all solid-state luminescent solar concentrator
PV Concentrator
US415537179Concentrator Luminescent Wohlmut
Yerkes
Luminescent solar collector
PV Concentrator
US415921279Concentrator Luminescent YerkesLuminescent solar collector
Fiber Optic
US442590784Concentrator Luminescent YounghouseReflector-coupled fluorescent solar collector
Fiber Optic
US422793980Concentrator Luminescent Zewail
Batchelder
Luminescent solar energy concentrator devices
Shell
US432796982Concentrator Non Imaging Optics Giutronich
Mills
Radiation concentrator and distributor
CPC
US427595081Concentrator Non Imaging Optics Meyer; Stanley A.Light-guide lens
(Ya, the wacco run a car on water guy)
Wierd
US397007076Concentrator Non Imaging Optics Meyer; Stanley A.Solar heating system
(Ya, the wacco run a car on water guy)
US439853083Concentrator Non Imaging Optics Saunders; Norman B.Solar collector and heating and cooling system
(A kind of leanto shaped structure with mirrors)
Roof Top Heating & Lighting
US449678785Concentrator Non Imaging Optics Touchais
Djelalian
Method and device for collecting and exploiting solar radiation
US392338175Concentrator Non Imaging Optics WinstonRadiant energy collector
(Suitable for use with PV cells.)
CPC
US400249977Concentrator Non Imaging Optics WinstonRadiant energy collector
(Suitable for thermal collection.)
CPC
US431839482Concentrator Trough AlexanderSolar energy concentrator
(Inflatable)
US417539179Concentrator Trough Baer; Stephen C.Self reorienting solar tracker
(Zomeworks)
Liquid Mass Transfer
US496773090Concentrator Trough BillheimerConstant absorption solar furnace
(An unusual conical shaped trough.)
Conical Trough
US455992685Concentrator Trough ButlerCenterless-drive solar collector system
Trough Drive
US414856479Concentrator Trough Devin
Guillemot
Solar sensor with linear concentration with a fixed receiver and movable mirrors
(Similar to the Russell patent.)
US431644882Concentrator Trough DodgeSolar energy concentrator system
(Similar to the Carrizo Planes defunct solar power station.)
2X PV
US424172680Concentrator Trough DoebelConcave helix solar concentrator
US405183477Concentrator Trough Fletcher
Miller
Pohl
Portable, linear-focused solar thermal energy collecting system
US445437184Concentrator Trough FolinoSolar energy concentrator system
US413133678Concentrator Trough Frosch
Miller
Stephens
Primary reflector for solar energy collection systems
(Describes how to make a Russell concentrator using road building equipment)
US407739278Concentrator Trough GarnerNovel solar collector
US462814286Concentrator Trough Hashizume; KenichiSolar tracking mechanisms
US608092700Concentrator Trough Johnson; Colin FrancisSolar concentrator for heat and electricity
US424951481Concentrator Trough JonesTracking solar energy concentrator
(Similar to the Russell patent except it doesn't have a movable receiver.)
US417321379Concentrator Trough KellySolar power system, with high concentration, linear reflective solar panels
US585130998Concentrator Trough Kousa; PaavoDirecting and concentrating solar energy collectors
(Neat adjustable flexible concentrator built into the roof or wall of a house)
Trough in a Roof
US536592094Concentrator Trough LechnerSolar concentrator system
(Gregorian Optics by Bomin Solar Research)
USRE3040780Concentrator Trough Lightfoot; Daniel J.Solar heat collector module
(Low grade concentrator, apears to be about 2X, with wide input angles)
US443234284Concentrator Trough Lucas
Sylla
Inflatable solar collector
Casegranian Trough
US525363793Concentrator Trough MaidenHyperfocal tracking solar thermal collector
(Off axis parabolic trough)
Off Axis Trough
US583317698Concentrator Trough Rubin
Fabbri
Young
Bowed solar array
(Method to use a cable to bow a segmented mirror into a parabola)
Trough for Satellite
US407101778Concentrator Trough Russell, Jr.; John L.
Potthoff
Tensioned reflector support system
Russell Trough
US424301981Concentrator Trough SeversonLight-weight-trough type solar concentrator shell
(Interesting method of making a stiff mirror. Similar to what I do for my heliostat mirrors.
Honeywell)
US482003389Concentrator Trough SickSolar mirror apparatus
US435904182Concentrator Trough SnodgrassLight energy concentrating device
US447659384Concentrator Trough Fresnel Fanselow; Dan L.
Cobb, Jr.; Sanford
Bergsten; Ronald E.
Tanning blanket
(3M Flat sheet with reflective embedded sawtoot patern. Fanselow is from my home town of White Bear Lake.)
US451938485Concentrator Trough Fresnel Murtha; R. Michael
<rmmurtha@aol.com>
Concentrating solar beam collector
PV Concentrator
US602100700Concentrator Trough Fresnel Murtha; R. Michael
<rmmurtha@aol.com>
Side-collecting lightguide
Flat Plastic Sheet
US386882375Concentrator Trough Fresnel Russell, Jr.; John L.
DePlomb
Concentrator, Method, and System for Utilizing Radiant Energy
(Describes a stationary Fresnel trough where the receiver tube moves in a circular arc)
Russell Trough
US428164081Concentrator Trough Fresnel Wells; David N.
<laseraxe@erols.com >
Electromagnetic radiation collector system
(One of David Wells' patents.)
Fresnel Double Trough
Fresnel Double Trough
US559293297Concentrator Trough Fresnel YeomansRadiant energy collecting apparatus
(Similar to Wells)
Fresnel Double Trough
US530989394Concentrator Trough Fresnel YeomansSolar energy collecting apparatus
Fresnel Double Trough
cooling Cooling or Air Conditioning
US564722197Cooling Ejector Garris, Jr.; Charles A.Pressure exchanging ejector and refrigeration apparatus and method
EMI EMI / RFI Supression components
US586978899EMI Gordon; Arnold S.
Estes; Mark K.
Andrejko; Roman
Weighing scale with EMI/RFI shielding
(This patent references my patent. See Johnson)
US547311095EMI Johnson; Duane C.
<redrok@redrok.com>
Magnetically-attachable EMI shielding cover for attenuating electromagnetic emanation
(My patent for Unisys)
engine Heat Engines
US502760291Engine Carnot Glen
Edwards
Heat engine, refrigeration and heat pump cycles approximating the Carnot cycle and apparatus therefor
US581955498Engine Carnot GlenRotating vane compressor with energy recovery section, operating on a cycle approximating the ideal reversed Carnot cycle
US469152387Engine Carnot RosadoThermodynamic process for a practical approach to the Carnot cycle
US441961783Engine Curie Point ReitzThermally electrogenerative storage cell and generator apparatus
US591614099Engine Liquid HagemanHydraulic engine powered by introduction and removal of heat from a working fluid
(Sounds like a Malone engine, liquid fluid version of a Stirling Engine)
US589906799Engine Liquid HagemanHydraulic engine powered by introduction and removal of heat from a working fluid
(Sounds like a Malone engine, liquid fluid version of a Stirling Engine)
US442819384Engine Magnetic Papp; JosephInert gas fuel, fuel preparation apparatus and system for extracting useful work from the fuel
US609491500Engine Otto Negre; Guy
Negre; Cyril
Method and devices for eliminating the pollution of cyclic internal combustion engines with an independent combustion chamber
(Internal combustion gasoline engine burning the fuel with compressed air.
Apparently this company uses this patent MDI, Motor Development International)
US576538798Engine Rankine AminDevice and method for thermal transfer using air as the working medium
(See: Entropy Systems)
US554734195Engine Rankine AminDevice for thermal transfer using air as the working medium
(See: Entropy Systems)
US375039373Engine Rotary Minto; Wallace L.
Keller
Prime mover system
US523634993Engine Turbine FabrisTwo-phase reaction turbine
US433252082Engine Turbine HouseVelocity pump reaction turbine
US462724186Engine Uniflow JohnstonClosed loop solar collector system powering a self-starting uniflow steam engine
Solar Rankine
US413426479Engine Vapor Baer; Stephen C.Double bubble wheel engine
(Similar to the Minto Wheel. Minto didn't patent his wheel.
Zomeworks)
Solar Engine
US419548180Engine Vapor Gregory; Alvin L. Power plant
(Similar concept to Roesel)
Liquid Piston Rankine Engine
US390103375Engine Vapor McAlister; Roy E. Vapor pressurized hydrostatic drive
(Similar concept to Roesel)
US363670672Engine Vapor Minto; Wallace L.Heat-to-power conversion method and apparatus
US360831171Engine Vapor Roesel; John F. JR.Engine
(I think this is a pair of half filled columns of liquid. Above the liquid is a compressible fluid. Hot and cold liquid is alternately sprayed into the fluid causing pressure changes.
No image nor description.)
flat plate Flat Plate Solar Collectors
US422650680Flat Plate AugerSwiveling solar reflector with multiple reflecting elements supported by prefabricated cambered members
Swiveling Collector
US467622587Flat Plate Bartera; RalphMethod and apparatus for enhancing the pumping action of a geyser pumped tube
Flat Plate
US447821184Flat Plate Haine; Eldon
Bartera; Ralph
Self-pumping solar heating system with geyser pumping action (I think this is the Copper Cricket)
Flat Plate
US424689081Flat Plate Kraus
Kraus
Passive solar heater fluid pump system
(This pump uses a 2 pipe heat pipe to exchange heat from the thermal transfer fluid to the heated water)
Flat Plate
US445866984Flat Plate Lee; Kap-JoongBuilding heating system
Water Heater
US441998183Flat Plate MoriSun tracking apparatus
Tracker
US622374301Flat Plate Prueitt; Melvin L.Solar power generation and energy storage system
(Solar Energy Limited)
Inflatable
US435793282Flat Plate Stacy; W. DoddSelf pumped solar energy collection system
(Uses a kind of single tube heat pipe.)
Solar Water Heater
heatpipe Heat Pipes
US361856971Heat Pipe Baer; Stephen C.Device for transferring heat from one portion of a water reservoir to another
(Zomeworks)
Pond Ice Melter
US433683782Heat Pipe KoenigEntirely passive heat pipe apparatus capable of operating against gravity
(Incorporates a bubble pump to bring condensed liquid to the top.)
Up Side Down
US519009893Heat Pipe LongThermosyphon with evaporator having rising and falling sections
Two Pipe
US435793282Heat Pipe Stacy; W. DoddSelf pumped solar energy collection system
(Uses a kind of single tube heat pipe.)
Solar Water Heater
US408210979Heat Pipe Sun
Basiulis
Heat pipe actuated valve
Valve
US381732174Heat Pipe VON Cube
Wagner
Cooling apparatus semiconductor elements, comprising partitioned bubble pump, separator and condenser means
Heat Sink
hydrogen Hydrogen
US439179383Hydrogen BoesePlant for thermochemical water dissociation by solar energy
(Magnetic ion separation)
Magnetic
US434273882Hydrogen BurgundHydrogen generation as fuel by use of solar ultraviolet light process
(Sunlight is separated into its infrared portion and its ultraviolet light portion.)
US458857786Hydrogen CardinalMethod for generating hydrogen
(Generation of hydrogen gas from hot water by means of a metallic catalyst such as nickel powder and a chelating agent such as EDTA)
US407160878Hydrogen DiggsDissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy
(Hydrogen and oxygen are separated from each other by centrifugal forces.)
Centrifugation
US431050382Hydrogen EricksonHydrogen production by multistaged intermediate oxidation-reduction
(Steam is reformed to hydrogen in two or more successive stages by chemical reaction with intermediates, at least one of which is selected from tin, indium, germanium, molybdenum or WO2.)
US405357677Hydrogen FletcherSystem for obtaining hydrogen and oxygen from water using solar energy
(Separation through diffusion
University of Minnesota)
Diffusion
US433277582Hydrogen Genequand
Gross
Hydrogen generator utilizing solar energy to dissociate water
(Separation through diffusion.)
Diffusion
US447610584Hydrogen GreenbaumProcess for photosynthetically splitting water
(Photolytic reactor which contains a water-suspension of a photoactive material containing a hydrogen-liberating catalyst.)
US398005376Hydrogen Horvath; StephenFuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engines
US449034984Hydrogen Horvath; StephenHydrogen production
(One of chamber walls is formed of a reactant such as iron which reacts exothermally with the superheated steam to liberate free hydrogen and to produce an oxidized compound such as ferric oxide. The other chamber wall is formed as a thin diffusion membrane permeable to hydrogen but relatively impermeable to steam and oxygen and hydrogen is extracted from the chamber by diffusion.)
US565844897Hydrogen LasichProduction of hydrogen from solar radiation at high efficiency
(Solid oxide electrolysis.)
US597382599Hydrogen LasichProduction of hydrogen from solar radiation at high efficiency
(Solid oxide electrolysis.)
US558959996Hydrogen McMullen
McMullen
McMullen
Pyrolytic conversion of organic feedstock and waste
US482658189Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Controlled process for the production of thermal energy from gases and apparatus useful therefore
(Ya, the wacco run a car on water guy)
US461377986Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Electrical pulse generator
US461330486Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Gas electrical hydrogen generator
US479866189Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Gas generator voltage control circuit
US442147483Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Hydrogen gas burner
US438998183Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Hydrogen gas injector system for internal combustion engine
US493696190Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Method for the production of a fuel gas
US514940792Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Process and apparatus for the production of fuel gas and the enhanced release of thermal energy from such gas
US446545584Hydrogen Meyer; Stanley A.Start-up/shut-down for a hydrogen gas burner
US602493500Hydrogen Mills
Good
Phillips
Popov
Lower-energy hydrogen methods and structures
( An example of a patent being granted to "crank" science )
US423312780Hydrogen MonahanProcess and apparatus for generating hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy
US401114977Hydrogen NozikPhotoelectrolysis of water by solar radiation
(thin film semiconductor.)
US440559483Hydrogen Pyle; Walter R
<Hion solar>
Photo separatory nozzle
(H-ION Solar)
Separatory Nozzle
US401986877Hydrogen Sebacher
Sabol
Solar hydrogen generator
(Separation through diffusion.)
US459556886Hydrogen Van Damme
Fripiat
Nijs
Marceau
Francois
Photosensitive cell for the decomposition of water
(Using catalysts)
US469680987Hydrogen Vialaron
Olalde
Gauthier
Process and apparatus for thermolytically dissociating water
(Rapid quenching of the gasses with cold water in the reaction cell.)
Thermolysys of water
US551020196Hydrogen WerthMethod of operating a fuel cell wherein hydrogen is generated by providing iron in situ
(Using catalysts)
US384426274Hydrogen Oxygen Dieges; Paul BertrandVaporization of Exhaust Products in Hydrogen-oxygen Engine
US488044389Hydrogen Oxygen Miller
Theis
Molecular sieve oxygen concentrator with secondary oxygen purifier
(Separation through diffusion.)
US561446097Hydrogen Storage Schwarz
Putyera
Bandosz
Jagiello
Microporous carbons for fuel gas storage
(Hydrogen Storage)
IC Internal Combustion
US579460198IC Carburetor PantoneFuel pretreater apparatus and method
(The GEET carburetor)
ignitor Ignitors
US579860198Ignitor Piezoelectric HansenAdjustable retrofit ignition kit for portable gas appliances
(Hansen is from my home town of White Bear Lake.)
Piezoelectric Ignitor
instruments Instrumentation
US434319182Instruments Flowmeter CaireniusFluid flow meter
US446226284Instruments Flowmeter KahnkeFluid flow sensing system
(A ball rotating about a circular track
By Honeywell)
US433103682Instruments Flowmeter Severson
Volk
Fluid flowmeter
(A ball rotating about a circular track
By Honeywell)
US401511677Instruments Solar BahmMeasurement of solar radiation
US460928886Instruments Solar DodgeDirect ray solar meter and method
XYZ Licht Meter
US387540475Instruments Solar Fletcher
Fletcher
Wide angle sun sensor
US387688075Instruments Solar GuicherdPyranometer for the measurement of solar radiation
US471934488Instruments Solar HiroyukiMethod of and apparatus for measuring amount of solar radiation received directly
US425376481Instruments Solar MorrillSolar energy metering and recording system
US586194799Instruments Solar NeumannMeasuring device for measuring concentrated radiation of light
US411004978Instruments Solar YounskeviciusSun meter
US456028685Instruments Temperature WickersheimOptical temperature measurement techniques utilizing phosphors
(Luxtron)
insulation Insulation
US423120280Insulation Bead Wall DubeDouble-glazed building panel and filling system
US390366575Insulation Bead Wall HarrisonHeat energy transmission control panel
(Beadwall from Zomeworks)
US430638781Insulation Bead Wall Hopkins
Hardee
Controllable insulating effects by selective interposition of insulating particles in a cavity of an energy transmission panel assembly
US414700279Insulation Bead Wall KautzLight valve system and greenhouse utilizing the same
US437083783Insulation Bead Wall LarguiaArrangement for selectively changing the radiation and vibration transmission properties of panels
US444685082Insulation Bead Wall ZilischSolar panel with storage
US456267482Insulation Bubble Wall NelsonReplaceable foam insulation system
US367218472Insulation Bubble Wall Zeilon; Sten Olof Apparatus for thermally insulating a body
US446778684Insulation Coverites Sorensen; JensSolar heating of water utilizing coverites.
(Insulation for a solar pond)
lighting Lighting
US453331785Lighting Mantles AddisonYttrium oxide mantles for fuel-burning lanterns
(Coleman)
US511622092Lighting Mantles Kinzel
Warren
Quick disconnect clip for gas latern mantle
(Warren is from my home town of White Bear Lake.)
Warkinz Industries Mantle
US563923197Lighting Mantles May
Murray
Swearingen
Taylor
Van Driest
Mantle and spring clip assembly
(Colemans attempt to circumvent the Kinzel patent. In my opinion this is an inferier clip which might cause one to break the other good mantle in a dual mantle lantern.)
Colemans Mantle
US526118493Lighting Solar Appeldorn; Roger H.
Jaster; Paul A
Cobb, Jr.; Sanford
Skylight
(Appeldorn is from my home town of White Bear Lake. 3M)
US488334089Lighting Solar DominguezSolar lighting reflector apparatus having slatted mirrors and improved tracker
Heliostat
Tracker
USD36446995Lighting Solar Eijadi
Abraham
DeKeyser
Hansen
Skylight
(Abraham is from my home town of White Bear Lake.)
US459397686Lighting Solar Eijadi
Bennett
Solar illumination device
US434924582Lighting Solar KlimanModular natural lighting system
US472017088Lighting Solar LearnDaylamp system
(Fiberoptic and dish system)
US556070096Lighting Solar LevensLight coupler
(Fiberoptic and dish system)
US457261386Lighting Solar Mori; KeiMethod and apparatus for illuminating a spot inside of a tunnel of a highway
(Fiberoptic and Luminescent(?) system)
Light Pipe
US478843788Lighting Tritium Urquhart
Hart
Tritium light
mechanical Mechanical Devices
US509456292Mechanical Connectors AndersonThree-way clamp for structural assemblies
(Robotic Originals.)
Connector
US383454974Mechanical Connectors Burg
Lieberman
Fiorenza
Structural system
(Gordon Tube Products Company, Bronx, NY.)
Connector
US492332290Mechanical Connectors BurgClamped framework assembly and connectors used therewith
(Uni Corp, Bronx, NY.)
US486479589Mechanical Connectors BurgStructural framework system and clamp assembly
(Uni Corp, Bronx, NY.)
US540311095Mechanical Connectors SammannSquare T clamp assembly for elongate members
(Connector for wooden assemplies
See Timber Ventures.)
Pipe Connector
US400799377Mechanical Connectors SchwartzPipe coupler
Pipe Connector
US570437498Mechanical Log Splitter AbrahamssonHand-driven wood splitter
(See Smart-Splitter)
Connector
US442375984Mechanical Log Splitter SeegerElectrically powered log splitter
(Nut and screw type)
medical Medical Devices
US616992401Medical Orgasmatron Meloy; T. Stuart
Martin; W. Joseph
Spinal cord stimulation
(A method for spinal cord stimulation to treat orgasmic dysfunction. An Orgasmatron like in Woody Allen movie "Sleeper".
(See Medtronic)
Orgasmatron
US408459578Medical TENS MillerTranscutaneous nerve stimulator (TENS)
(I met this guy once. As I recall, Medtronics purchased the rights to the TENS. They did nothing to market or develop the device. Miller sued Medtronics for failure to market. Miller regained his patent rights and succesfuly marketed the TENS. He didn't have to return the $150,000 to Medtronics. I might have some details incorrect as it's been a long time.
(See Medtronic)
TENS Schematic
US523596793Medical Thumper Arbisi
Mitchell
Electro-magnetic impact massager
US497788990Medical Thumper BuddFitting and tuning chest compression device
(I repaired this device for Dr. Leland G. Hansen.
University of Minnesota)
US500016491Medical Thumper CooperCirculation enhancing apparatus
US577261398Medical Thumper Gelfand
Rothman
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation system with centrifugal compression pump
(Cardiologic Systems, Inc.)
US556917096Medical Thumper Hansen; Craig N.Pulsator
(Electromed, Inc.)
Chest Thumper
US545308195Medical Thumper Hansen; Craig N.Pulsator
Chest Thumper
US587100899Medical Thumper Poon
Kolandaivelu
Miniature high-frequency ventilator
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
US576979798Medical Thumper Van Brunt
Gagne
Oscillatory chest compression device
(American Biosystems, Inc.)
US483826391Medical Thumper Warwick
Hansen; Leland G.
Chest compression apparatus
(University of Minnesota )
US505650591Medical Thumper Warwick
Hansen; Leland G.
Chest compression apparatus
(University of Minnesota )
US498273591Medical Thumper Yagata
Noguchi
Artificial ventilator
(Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited)
MHD Magnetohydrodynamic Generators
US484752589MHD BlumenauMethods and systems for magnetohydrodynamic power conversion
US427531881MHD DuncanMagnetohydrodynamic method and apparatus for converting solar radiation to electrical energy
US420081580MHD Petrick
Pierson
Schreine
MHD Generating system
US477314488MHD YoutieMethod of manufacture of scroll compressors and expanders
US459955186MHD Acoustic Wheatley
Swift
Migliori
Thermoacoustic magnetohydrodynamic electrical generator
MHD
US439564883MHD Electrothermodynamic MarksElectrothermodynamic (ETD) power converter
( OK, this isn't MHD. Its electrostatic instead of megmetic. )
US533756094MHD Gas AbdelmalekShock absorber and a hermetically sealed scroll gas expander for a vehicular gas compression and expansion power system
US428744381MHD Liquid Aladiev
Dzhamardzhashvili
Liquid-metal magnetohydrodynamic converter
US4191901</