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Title: Light shield for solar concentrators

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1151760
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A solar receiver unit including a housing defining a recess, a cell assembly received in the recess, the cell assembly including a solar cell, and a light shield received in the recess and including a body and at least two tabs, the body defining a window therein, the tabs extending outward from the body and being engaged with the recess, wherein the window is aligned with the solar cell.

Research Organization:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-07GO17052
Assignee:
The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
8,816,195
Application Number:
12/479,136
OSTI ID:
1151760
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

Semiconductor image sensor having CCD shift register patent March 1980
Liquid-cooled sealed enclosure for concentrator solar cell and secondary lens patent May 1989
Panel for solar concentrators and tandem cell units patent March 1992
Spring seated fastener patent October 1993
Cutout marking device for marking sheet material patent May 2001
Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic Module patent-application April 2009

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