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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Lightyear Layer Ipco B.v., Helmond, NL;
Durandus Kornelius Dijken, Eindhoven, NL;
Maikel Van Hest, Lakewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Method for connecting a solar panel to a frame of a vehicle body part, the method comprising the steps of providing a recess () in the frame () of the vehicle body part (), providing at least one inlet opening () in the recess, the at least one inlet opening providing a first passage () between the recess and an interior () of the vehicle body part, positioning the solar panel () over the recess, therewith defining a volume () by the solar panel and the recess, after the step of positioning the solar panel over the recess, providing a filler material () via the at least one inlet opening to the recess, filling the volume with the filler material to connect the solar panel to the frame with the filler material.