Patent ID: 8336538
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: F24S,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A solar cell collector unit that materially contributes to a low cost and more efficient use and conservation of green energy comprising: a first heat absorber plate having a plurality of stamped alternating corrugated crest portions on an upper surface and alternating aligned u-shaped open channels disposed on an under surface thereof below the corrugated crest portions that extends substantially along its entire length and being of a first dimension extended about an entire perimeter defining a first peripheral edge; a second substantially flat heat absorber plate having a second dimension extended about a second entire perimeter defining a second peripheral edge, and the second dimension being less than the first dimension; a flattened and substantially serpentine-shaped copper tubing being disposed within the alternating aligned u-shaped open channels for transferring a fluid medium there through; the first and second heat plates are disposed in a face-to-face relationship with one another with the flattened and serpentine-shaped copper tubing within the open channels being compressed and sandwiched there between, while simultaneously closing off bottom portions of the open channels, the first plate having inlet and outlet connectors sealingly connected to inlets and outlets of the copper tubing such that the channels remain closed off; and the first peripheral edge extending beyond the second peripheral edge such that the entire perimeter of the first peripheral edge to fold and overlaps the entire perimeter of the second peripheral edge and the first peripheral edge deforms into raised nested protuberances of the second peripheral edge that provides stiffness and rigidity there about, while being crimped together by an uniform pressure to secure the first and second heat plates together as a single low cost solar cell unit, wherein the first peripheral edge raised protuberance includes a pair angled or inclined leg portions and an open cavity being formed there between, with one angled leg portion being connected to one of the alternating crest portions and the other angled leg portion being connected to an upper overlapping portion that forms a lower overlapping portion when folded over the second peripheral edge and deformed into a third raised protuberance, and the third raised protuberance has a pair of angled leg portions extending there from and an open cavity disposed there between, one angled leg portion being connected to a front portion of the lower overlapping portion and the other angled leg portion being connected to an outward extending overlapping edge end portion of the lower overlapping portion, which is secured to an undersurface of the second heat absorber plate.