公开(公告)号：US06987604B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-17

申请号：US10786665

申请日：2004-02-25

Applicant: Mario Rabinowitz ,  David Vincent Overhauser

Inventor： Mario Rabinowitz ,  David Vincent Overhauser

IPC: G02B26/00 ,  G02B7/182

CPC classification number: G02B26/00 ,  F24S23/70 ,  F24S23/77 ,  F24S30/425 ,  F24S2023/85 ,  F24S2023/87 ,  F24S2023/872 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: Due to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. The instant invention can contribute to the goal of achieving environmentally clean solar energy to be competitive with conventional energy sources. A novel method is described for manufacturing a transparent sheet with an embedded array of mirrored spheroidal micro-balls for use in a solar energy concentrator, and analogous applications such as optical switches and solar rocket assist. The micro-balls are covered with a thin spherical shell of lubricating liquid so that they are free to rotate in an almost frictionless encapsulation in the sheet. Novel method and apparatus are presented for producing the preferred embodiment of a close-packed monolayer of the array of mirrored micro-balls.

Abstract translation: 由于常规能源不断增加，对太阳能利用的兴趣日益增加。 本发明可以有助于实现环境清洁太阳能与常规能源竞争的目标。 描述了用于制造具有用于太阳能集中器的镜像球墨微球的嵌入阵列的透明片的新颖方法，以及诸如光开关和太阳能火箭辅助的类似应用。 微球用润滑液体的薄球形壳体覆盖，使得它们在片材中几乎无摩擦的封装中自由旋转。 提出了用于制造镜面微球阵列的紧密单层的优选实施方案的新方法和装置。