Photovoltaic concentrator assembly with optically active cover

Plesniak, Adam P

Title: Photovoltaic concentrator assembly with optically active cover

Patent · Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI ID:1117846

Plesniak, Adam P

A photovoltaic concentrator assembly that includes a housing that defines an internal volume and includes a rim, wherein the rim defines an opening into the internal volume, a photovoltaic cell positioned in the internal volume, and an optical element that includes an optically active body and a flange extending outward from the body, wherein the flange is sealingly engaged with the rim of the housing to enclose the internal volume.

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Research Organization:: The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL, USA

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC36-07GO17052

Assignee:: The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 8,633,376

Application Number:: 12/563,644

OSTI ID:: 1117846

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2009 Sep 21

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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