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Patent No.:

US 9601651 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2013

Method and apparatus for manufacturing a solar module strand and a solar module strand of flexible solar cells

Applicant:

Muehlbauer Ag, Roding, DE;

Inventors:

Dieter Bergmann, Dresden, DE;

Klaus Schlemper, Dresden, DE;

Volker Brod, Bad Abbach/Lengfeld, DE;

Gerald Niklas, Zell-Beucherling, DE;

Assignee:

Muehlbauer GmbH & Co. KG, Roding, DE;

Attorneys:

John A. Miller

Miller IP Group, PLC

Primary Examiner:

Laura Menz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/0201 (2013.01); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); H01L 31/188 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1734 (2015.01);
Abstract

A flexible solar module strand manufactured by a method including providing a first conveyor track for applying flexible solar cells; guiding the first conveyor track around two or more deflecting means; providing individual flexible solar cells; applying the individual solar cells to the first conveyor track; deflecting the first conveyor track by guiding the first conveyor track over a first one of the deflecting means; separating the first conveyor track from the at least one deflected solar cell strip in such a manner that the solar cells are released, with their respective first or second sides facing the first conveyor track, from the first conveyor track; and applying the at least one deflected solar cell strip to a first film web in such a manner that the solar cells are oriented, with their respective first or second sides separated from the first conveyor track, away from the first film web.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bergmann, Dieter. (2017). Method and apparatus for manufacturing a solar module strand and a solar module strand of flexible solar cells (U.S. Patent No. 9601651). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9601651

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