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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1977
Werner Luft, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA (US);
Robert E Kennedy, Torrance, CA (US);
Hans G Mesch, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar array having solar cells mounted on a substrate and electrically joined by rear connector elements on the substrate and front connector elements secured between the cells to the substrate is fabricated by placing the array components in assembled relation and utilizing induction heating to heat to their fusion temperatures a thermoplastic adhesive layer on the substrate and contacting fusible cladding on the solar cells and the connector elements while retaining the components in firm contact to effect adhesive bonding of the solar cells and front connector elements to the substrate and metallic bonding of the solar cells and connector elements to one another.