Patent ID: 9660122
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F24S,G02B,H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a base for mounting a device perpendicularly to a structure or for insertion perpendicularly into the ground; a turntable mounted upon the base with a conical frame assembly for mounting and alignment of a planar, circular solar panel and an optical assembly, the optical assembly comprised of a conical mirror and a lens; a pivot structure erected on the turntable for pivoting the conical frame assembly; a biaxial sensor tracker and a biaxial controller for tracking a position of the sun and controlling both an azimuth mechanism and an altitude mechanism; the azimuth mechanism for adjusting a rotational position of the turntable and the conical frame assembly with respect to the base and the altitude mechanism for adjusting an elevation rotation of the conical frame assembly with respect to the turntable; a plurality of mono-crystalline or poly-crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells forming the solar panel attached to a bottom of the conical frame assembly and responsive to incoming radiation within predetermined first and second solar ray wavelength ranges and characterized by first and second dimensions along axes perpendicular to one another in a plane parallel to a planar surface of the solar panel; an outer diameter of the solar panel is about 40% smaller than an outer diameter of the lens and about two times smaller than a slope length of the mirror; the solar panel rotates with the optical assembly while in operation; the conical mirror having twelve sides, each side comprised of a panel, the conical mirror comprising an inner surface and an outer surface and having a first end disposed towards the solar panel and a distal end disposed towards the lens, the distal end comprising an outer diameter which is larger than any other diameter of the conical mirror, the first end of the mirror following a circle to closely match an outer perimeter formed by the PV cells of the solar panel; an inner surface of the conical mirror being reflective to radiation within the predetermined first wavelength range through a 6 inch air gap clearance between the outer diameter of the lens and the outer diameter of the distal end of the conical mirror; reflected rays through the air gap onto the conical mirror overlap the predetermined second wavelength range refracted by the lens onto the solar panel; wherein in operation the panel of each side of the conical mirror along which the first end and distal end are disposed are offset at a predetermined outward angle between 15° and 30° with respect to a perpendicular center axis going through a center of the lens and a center of the solar panel; the lens positioned within the outer diameter of the distal end of the conical mirror and transmissible to a portion of the incoming radiation which is within the predetermined second wavelength range that falls within the predetermined first wavelength range area reflected by the conical mirror, the lens characterized by third and fourth dimensions along the axes perpendicular to one another in the plane parallel to the planar surface of the solar panel, wherein both the third and fourth dimensions are larger than the first and second dimensions, wherein in operation the lens has a predetermined separation from the solar panel and a plane of the lens is further transversely offset by a predetermined angle with respect to the planar surface of the solar panel; the lens is fixed and tilted permanently between 1° and 25° in relationship to the planar surface of the solar panel; the lens is composed of four double convex concentric rings sequentially stepped outward from the center of the lens; an exhaust fan to remove water condensation inside the apparatus during cooler days operation; a transparent environmental protective dome to protect against harsh weather, thermoformed from clear PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol), CAB (cellulose acetate butyrate), SAN (styrene acrylonitrile resin), co-polyester, vinyl, acrylic or polycarbonate sheet; the transparent dome is transmissible to solar radiation within the predetermined first wavelength range.