Solar powered heat trace system
CA 2497375 C · Owner: Squire, Curtis · Inventors: Squire, Curtis
Overview
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A solar powered heat trace system includes a heat trace system and a photovoltaic panel. The heat trace system is rated for use with alternating current at a specified alternating current voltage with a specified watts per foot of heat output. The photovoltaic panel is capable of converting sunlight into direct current electric power. Direct current is supplied from the photovoltaic panel to the heat trace system at a direct current voltage which is substantially equivalent to the specified alternative current voltage and produces heat within the specified watts per foot heat output for which the heat trace system is rated.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 17, 2005 and granted February 4, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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