Patent ID: 6103969
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02E

Abstract:
A solar energy collector including a base, a flexible mounting pad supported on said base, and a solar panel turret supported on and extending up from said mounting pad;said solar panel turret being generally hemiellipsoidal and divided into upstanding sections, said sections being inclined away from each other to expose inner surfaces as well as the outer surfaces thereof to light, said inner and outer surfaces of said turret each arrayed with solar cells to form a solar panel, said turret being of convex configuration whereby all said surfaces are exposed to sunlight when said turret is pointed at the sun;said flexible mounting pad allowing said solar panel turret to move through a solid angle in response to the sensed position of the sun to follow the sun;the surface area of said solar panels of said turret being greater than the bottom surface area of said base.