EP 2593726 A4 20170503 - ROBOTIC HELIOSTAT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION

Title (en)

ROBOTIC HELIOSTAT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION

Title (de)

ROBOTISCHES HELIOSTATSYSTEM UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME D'HÉLIOSTAT ROBOTIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT ASSOCIÉ

Publication

EP 2593726 A4 20170503 (EN)

Application

EP 11807475 A 20110713

Priority

US 36472910 P 20100715
US 41968510 P 20101203
US 2011043905 W 20110713

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2012012101A1] A system and method for operating a robotic controller to automatically position multiple solar surfaces in order to increase solar energy generation from the solar surfaces. In an embodiment the robotic controller travels in a sealed track and adjusts the solar surfaces using magnetic communication.

IPC 8 full level

F24J 2/54 (2006.01); F24S 50/20 (2018.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F24S 30/452 (2018.04 - EP US); F24S 40/52 (2018.04 - EP); F24S 50/20 (2018.04 - EP US); F24S 2030/115 (2018.04 - EP US); F24S 2030/134 (2018.04 - EP US); Y02E 10/47 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

[XAI] US 2003208302 A1 20031106 - LEMELSON JEROME H [US], et al
[X] WO 2010073860 A1 20100701 - MITSUI SHIPBUILDING ENG [JP], et al
[X] US 2010106298 A1 20100429 - HERNANDEZ EUSEBIO GUILLERMO [US], et al
[A] EP 2161516 A1 20100310 - NOVATEC BIOSOL AG [DE]
[A] US 2004196587 A1 20041007 - GUPTA SANJIV [US], et al
[A] DE 19615943 A1 19971023 - KOCHANNECK UWE [DE]
[A] CN 1828173 A 20060906 - GAO JUNPU [CN]
See references of WO 2012009470A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2012012101 A1 20120119; AU 2011279154 A1 20130124; AU 2011279154 B2 20150618; BR 112013000735 A2 20160524; CA 2804887 A1 20120119; CL 2013000147 A1 20131108; CN 103119380 A 20130522; CN 103119380 B 20150715; EP 2593726 A1 20130522; EP 2593726 A4 20170503; JP 2013535641 A 20130912; JP 5995845 B2 20160921; MX 2013000499 A 20130605; MX 336475 B 20160120; WO 2012009470 A1 20120119; WO 2012009470 A8 20120621

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 201113182297 A 20110713; AU 2011279154 A 20110713; BR 112013000735 A 20110713; CA 2804887 A 20110713; CL 2013000147 A 20130114; CN 201180041483 A 20110713; EP 11807475 A 20110713; JP 2013519803 A 20110713; MX 2013000499 A 20110713; US 2011043905 W 20110713