B64G 1/443
Photovoltaic cell arrays
Official title: {Photovoltaic cell arrays}
B64G1/443 (Photovoltaic cell arrays) appears on 547 US grants and 445 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 547
- Published applications
- 445
- Assignees
- 243
- Inventors
- 1,106
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 1 |
| 2002 | 14 | 18 |
| 2003 | 25 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 | 17 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2009 | 5 | 13 |
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| 2022 | 18 | 27 |
| 2023 | 35 | 34 |
| 2024 | 38 | 30 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 |
| 2026 | 25 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for a satellite, carrier panel and satellite6 Oct 2026US 12,752,936 B2
- Lunar power grid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,937 B2Voyager Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for pointing photovoltaic arrays22 Sep 2026US 12,741,757 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Thermal management system for structures in space15 Sep 2026US 12,735,200 B2AST & Science, LLC
- Apparatus and methods for installation of optical solar reflectors18 Aug 2026US 12,709,413 B2The Boeing Company
- System for producing remote sensing data from near earth orbit3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257991 A1Skeyeon, Inc.
- Directing light for thermal and power applications in space30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217388 A1Trans Astronautica Corporation
- Spacecraft combining solar-thermal collector, solar-thermal rocket and photovoltaic array in a compact assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208884 A1Trans Astronautica Corporation
- Low earth orbit with electric propulsion16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200603 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- System comprising a spacecraft and method for determining an electrical phenomenon of a solar generator25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180506 A1Thales
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solar array system352US 6,262,558 B12001
- Solar array output regulator using variable light transmission183US 5,289,998 AGeneral Electric Company · 1994
- Solar cell arrangement180US 6,441,297 B12002
- Solar cell assembly163US 6,034,322 ASpace Systems/Loral, Inc. · 2000
- Foldable low concentration solar array143US 5,520,747 AAstro Aerospace Corporation · 1996