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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Swift Engineering, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Streett, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
SWIFT ENGINEERING, INC., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 70/86 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); B29C 70/865 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 3/26 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3481 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3493 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle skin, such as a composite skin for a UAV wing or other vehicle component, is co-cured with an array of solar cells to form a thin, lightweight, integrated skin structure. In one embodiment, an upper surface of the solar-cell array may be substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the composite skin. A coating, such as a spray-on fluorinated polymer coating, is applied to the upper surface of the integrated skin structure to protect the solar cells from the environment or other potentially harmful elements.