Patent ID: 9184321
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: F24S,G02B,G06F,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A concentrating solar mirror panel assembly comprising: a reflective sheet having a reflective major surface and an opposing major surface; and a corrugated stiffener having principal axes of corrugation and having ridges and troughs each having an outer surface with land areas, wherein the land areas of at least a portion of the ridges are joined to at least a portion of the opposing major surface of the reflective sheet; wherein the concentrating solar mirror panel assembly does not include a locking sheet joined to at least a portion of the land areas of the troughs of the corrugated stiffener and is non-planar and substantially rigid on its own, without requiring a supporting frame to hold it substantially rigid, and wherein the concentrating solar mirror panel assembly has an axis of curvature that is substantially perpendicular to the principal axes of corrugation of the corrugated stiffener.