公开(公告)号：US20220293803A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17708473

申请日：2022-03-30

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Nathaniel Alexis Caswell ,  Maritza Ruiz ,  Tamir Lance ,  Nathan Beckett ,  David DeGraaff

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： Solar devices and methods for producing solar devices are disclosed. In some examples, a solar device includes solar cells arranged in a shingled manner such that adjacent long edges of adjacent ones of the solar cells overlap. The adjacent long edges have a non-linear shape that has protruding portions. The solar device includes contact pads arranged in the protruding portions of the adjacent long edges such that the contact pads of the adjacent ones of the solar cells are electrically connected.

公开(公告)号：US20210159850A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17101268

申请日：2020-11-23

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Arbaz Shakir ,  Tamir Lance ,  Lydia Alicia Seymour ,  Jose Cornelio M. Flores ,  Elizabeth Schulte

IPC分类号： H02S30/10

摘要： Photovoltaic (PV) frames, PV frame systems, methods of PV manufacture, articles of PV manufacture, and processes involving PVs are provided. These frames may employ a laminate receiver configured to receive a surface of a PV laminate and support that PV laminate upon installation of a PV system.

公开(公告)号：US10741703B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US15395727

申请日：2016-12-30

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Nathaniel Alexis Caswell ,  Maritza Ruiz ,  Tamir Lance ,  Nathan Beckett ,  David DeGraaff

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0352

摘要： Solar devices and methods for producing solar devices are disclosed. In some examples, a solar device includes solar cells arranged in a shingled manner such that adjacent long edges of adjacent ones of the solar cells overlap. The adjacent long edges have a non-linear shape that has protruding portions. The solar device includes contact pads arranged in the protruding portions of the adjacent long edges such that the contact pads of the adjacent ones of the solar cells are electrically connected.

公开(公告)号：US20200153384A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16741586

申请日：2020-01-13

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Brian Wares ,  David C. Okawa ,  Tamir Lance

IPC分类号： H02S30/20 ,  H02S30/10 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S40/34 ,  H02S20/23 ,  F24S25/20 ,  F24S25/67

摘要： Modular photovoltaic (PV) panel, system, and method of mounting. The system including a mounting flashing configured to mounted to a mounting surface and a folding PV panel. The folding PV panel including: a first subpanel including first PV cells, wherein the first subpanel extends along a first lateral plane and comprises a plurality of mounting hooks extending laterally from and affixed to a backside of the first subpanel, the mounting hooks configured to couple to the mounting flashing; a second subpanel including second PV cells, wherein the second subpanel extends along a second lateral plane, wherein the second subpanel comprises a front edge support configured to hold a front edge of the second subpanel away from the mounting surface; and a hinge assembly rotationally coupling the first subpanel and the second subpanel to allow an angle between the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to change.

公开(公告)号：US10084104B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US15210516

申请日：2016-07-14

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Ratson Morad ,  Gilad Almogy ,  Tamir Lance ,  Nathan Beckett

IPC分类号： H01L31/05 ,  H02S40/34 ,  H02S20/25 ,  H02S40/36 ,  H01L31/044

CPC分类号： H01L31/0504 ,  H01L31/044 ,  H02S20/25 ,  H02S40/34 ,  H02S40/36 ,  Y02B10/12 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module. Rear surface electrical connections between solar cells in electrically parallel super cells provide alternative current paths (i.e., detours) through the solar module around damaged, shaded, or otherwise underperforming solar cells.

公开(公告)号：US20220310860A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17703376

申请日：2022-03-24

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Tamir Lance ,  Hoi Hong Ng ,  David Okawa ,  Adam Rothschild Hoffman

IPC分类号： H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0475

摘要： Strings of interconnected PV cells within a PV laminate or module are themselves connected by one or more cross-ties. These cross-tied strings can be oriented in a straight or serpentine fashion and spacings between adjacent strings may differ depending upon whether a cross-tie connection is present or not. The PV cells may be multi-diode PV cells having a shared substrate. PV cells connected by a cross-tie are connected in parallel and have a shared voltage potential.

公开(公告)号：US20210408313A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17356417

申请日：2021-06-23

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Pei Hsuan Lu ,  Tyler D. Newman ,  Paul W. Loscutoff ,  George G. Correos ,  Yafu Lin ,  Andrea R. Bowring ,  David C. Okawa ,  Matthew T. Matsumoto ,  Benjamin I. Hsia ,  Arbaz Ahmed Shakir ,  John H. Lippiatt ,  Simone I. Nazareth ,  Ryan Reagan ,  Todd R. Johnson ,  Ned Western ,  Tamir Lance ,  Marc Robinson

IPC分类号： H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H02S40/34

摘要： Strings of solar cells having laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures, and their methods of manufacture, are described. For example, a solar cell string includes a first solar cell having a front side and a back side, and one or more laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures electrically connecting a first metal foil to the back side of the first solar cell. The solar cell string also includes a second solar cell having a front side and a back side, and one or more laser assisted metallization conductive contact structures electrically connecting a second metal foil to the back side of the second solar cell. The solar cell string also includes a conductive interconnect coupling the first and second solar cells, the conductive interconnect including a strain relief feature.

公开(公告)号：US11038072B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16020241

申请日：2018-06-27

申请人： SUNPOWER CORPORATION

发明人： Ratson Morad ,  Gilad Almogy ,  Itai Suez ,  Jean Hummel ,  Nathan Beckett ,  Yafu Lin ,  John Gannon ,  Michael J. Starkey ,  Robert Stuart ,  Tamir Lance ,  Dan Maydan

IPC分类号： H01L31/044 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0747 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S40/34 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/043 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L27/142 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/068 ,  H02S30/00 ,  H02S40/30 ,  H02S30/10 ,  H02S20/25 ,  H02S40/36 ,  H02S50/00 ,  H02S50/10

摘要： A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells conductively bonded to each other in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency.

公开(公告)号：US10833214B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US15363853

申请日：2016-11-29

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Tamir Lance ,  Nathan Beckett ,  Gilad Almogy ,  David B. DeGraaff

IPC分类号： H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H02S40/36 ,  H01L31/028 ,  H01L31/043 ,  H01L31/044 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.

公开(公告)号：USD879031S1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US29649785

申请日：2018-06-01

申请人： SUNPOWER CORPORATION

设计人： Tamir Lance ,  David Okawa ,  Ryan Reagan ,  Brian Wares ,  Laurence Mackler ,  Hikaru Iwasaka ,  Alexander Keller