Light shield for solar concentrators

Title: Light shield for solar concentrators

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.

Inventors:: Plesniak, Adam P.; Martins, Guy L.

Issue Date:: 2014-08-26

OSTI Identifier:: 1151760

Assignee:: The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) GFO

Patent Number(s):: 8,816,195

Application Number:: 12/479,136

Contract Number:: FC36-07GO17052

Research Org:: The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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Panel for solar concentrators and tandem cell units
patent, March 1992

Fraas, Lewis; Mansoori, Nurullah; Avery, James
US Patent Document 5,096,505
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