Patent ID: 6020554
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: F24S,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
A modular solar energy conversion unit for assembly comprising:an elongated housing having opposed convergent wall members, each wall member having upper and lower reflector panels with co-extensive lengthwise extent, the lower panel being specularly reflective, the panels having edges with one edge of each panel being bent, the housing having distal ends with an end cap closing each end,a pair of linear clips engaging bent edges of each panel in opposed panels,a heat sink, with a base and upright wings supporting the linear clips, panel member,a curved Fresnel lens removably disposed between upper edges of the wall members with snap fasteners, anda plurality of solar cells disposed on the base of the heat sink in optical communication with said Fresnel lens, whereby wall members may clipped together and the Fresnel lens snapped to the wall members for an assembly of the unit.