Patent ID: 8567970

Claim:
Heliostat facet configured from a a stamped sheet, for supporting a reflective body, the heliostat facet comprising a plurality of formings distributed on a surface of the facet, which form: a central section; a peripheral section comprising first and second sides; a plurality of arms linking the central section and the peripheral section, which extend radially outward towards the peripheral section from the geometrical center of the facet in the central section; at least three of the arms including support points of the facet in a corresponding heliostat support; wherein the central section, the peripheral section and the arms are sunken with respect to a support plane of the reflective body supported on the facet; wherein the central section, the peripheral section and the arms have a substantially U-shaped transverse section having side branches; and extension sections proximate to and extending from the side branches of the U-shaped section of the central section, the peripheral section and the arms, the extension sections defining the support plane of the reflective body joined to the extension sections of the facet by adhesive.