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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Pilliod, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Christos Gougoussis, Cupertino, CA (US);

Michael M. Laurin, San Pedro, CA (US);

Scott Tandoi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Javier Verdura, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Franz Von Holzhausen, Malibu, CA (US);

Caroline Park, Los Angelges, CA (US);

Radu Muntean, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Kate Kuzina, Long Beach, CA (US);

Dante Lamastra, Corona, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0463 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 40/20 (2014.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H02S 20/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0463 (2014.12); H01L 31/02366 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); H02S 40/20 (2014.12); Y02B 10/10 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solar panel includes a backsheet layer, a bottom encapsulant layer adjacent the backsheet layer, a plurality of photovoltaic cells adjacent the bottom encapsulant layer, a top encapsulant layer adjacent the plurality of photovoltaic cells having a plurality of louvers constructed therein to block side view of the plurality of photovoltaic cells, and a top layer adjacent the top encapsulant layer.


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