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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Applicant:
David M. Wilt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
David M. Wilt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); C03C 14/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B32B 5/16 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 (2013.01); B32B 27/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible hybrid coverglass for spacecraft solar panels comprised of small beads of either fused silica or ceria-doped borosilicate glass embedded in a matrix of conventional coverglass adhesives. These beads may also be used in a matrix of Kapton as the solar panel's substrate which may be combined with flexible solar cells to form flexible solar panels.