The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Gtat Corporation, Nashua, NH (US);
Steve Babayan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Brainard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arvind Chari, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, San Carlos, CA (US);
Venkatesan Murali, San Jose, CA (US);
Gopal Prabhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur Rudin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Venkateswaran Subbaraman, San Jose, CA (US);
David Tanner, San Jose, CA (US);
Dong Xu, Fremont, CA (US);
GTAT Corporation, Merrimack, NH (US);
Abstract
A free-standing metallic article, and method of making, is disclosed in which the metallic article is electroformed on an electrically conductive mandrel. The metallic article has a plurality of electroformed elements that are configured to serve as an electrical conduit for a photovoltaic cell. A first electroformed element has at least one of: a) a non-uniform width along a first length of the first element, b) a change in conduit direction along the first length of the first element, c) an expansion segment along the first length of the first element, d) a first width that is different from a second width of a second element in the plurality of electroformed elements, e) a first height that is different from a second height of the second element in the plurality of electroformed elements, and f) a top surface that is textured.