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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew C. Kular, Riverside, NJ (US);
Francis W. Lemon, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ecosol Solar Technologies Ltd. (USA), Trenton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1045 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1045 ;
Abstract
A folding photovoltaic strip device is provided comprising a plurality of photovoltaic modules joined to form a strip and pleated by flexible, transverse creases so that the device may be stored folded together along the creases, in a compact form, and the creases sprung opened to expose the modules to energizing light. The creases are permanent to facilitate folding the device for storage, and the ends of the strip may be attached to a casing and a lid in which the strip is to be stored.