Stoves and furnaces – Solar heat collector
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-27
2010-06-29
Rinehart, Kenneth B (Department: 3743)
Stoves and furnaces
Solar heat collector
C136S246000, C165S146000, C165S185000, C165S276000, C165S277000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07743763
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, an assembly having bodies of different thermal expansion rates comprises a first body, a second body having a different thermal expansion rate than the first body, and a plurality of high conductivity members attached to both the first and second bodies. The high conductivity members are more flexible than the first and second bodies in order to allow for varied thermal expansion of the first and second bodies. The assembly may comprise a solar collector assembly, wherein the first body is a solar cell attached to a substrate, and the second body is a heat sink.
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Grip Robert E.
Jalewalia Gurpreet S.
Rawdon Blaine K.
Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC
Pereiro Jorge
Rinehart Kenneth B
The Boeing Company
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