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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sunny Sethi, San Bruno, CA (US);
David Okawa, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/052 (2014.01); F28F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/052 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar energy receiver can include a heat sink configured to cool or otherwise dissipate heat. The heat sink can include a plurality of fin members, each having bases that are generally aligned with each other. The bases of the fin members can be connected to one another with connection devices that are spaced away from the bases, so as to improve thermal conductivity performance characteristics.