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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:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2021
Applicant:

Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (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 Angeles, CA (US);

Radu Muntean, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Kate Kuzina, Long Beach, CA (US);

Dante Lamastra, Corona, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (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 plurality of photovoltaic cells embedded in a layer of encapsulant. A textured and/or colored layer is positioned on a back side of the layer of encapsulant. The textured and/or colored layer matches a color and/or texture of the plurality of photovoltaic cells. A top layer is positioned on a front side of the layer of encapsulant.


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