H10F 77/63
Arrangements for cooling directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells
Official title: Arrangements for cooling directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells, e.g. heat sinks directly associated with the photovoltaic cells or integrated Peltier elements for active cooling
H10F77/63 (Arrangements for cooling directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells) appears on 632 US grants and 998 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 632
- Published applications
- 998
- Assignees
- 497
- Inventors
- 1,792
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2004 | 6 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 | 34 |
| 2009 | 6 | 52 |
| 2010 | 14 | 61 |
| 2011 | 21 | 102 |
| 2012 | 16 | 96 |
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| 2019 | 33 | 25 |
| 2020 | 24 | 29 |
| 2021 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 23 | 24 |
| 2023 | 16 | 21 |
| 2024 | 25 | 26 |
| 2025 | 12 | 16 |
| 2026 | 12 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heat storage device and method for producing the same22 Sep 2026US 12,742,572 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for an enhanced watchdog in solar module installations25 Aug 2026US 12,719,407 B2Tigo Energy Innovations LLC
- Self-similar high efficiency solar cells and concentrators25 Aug 2026US 12,720,908 B2Nant Holdings IP, LLC
- Protection of space solar cells in an arrangement in the form of a string25 Aug 2026US 12,720,910 B2AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
- Photovoltaic system with light concentrating optical component14 Jul 2026US 12,684,894 B2Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Solar panel and vehicle comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314111 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Light Management System with Distributed Light Input Ports and Light-Converting Layer24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293368 A1
- Enhanced convection for higher module and system efficiency20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246423 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Semitransparent thermophotovoltaic architecture2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189174 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Light management system with light converting quantum dot layer and distributed light input ports4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153655 A1S.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly346US 8,722,458 B2Semprius, Inc. · 2014
- Thermally regulated photovoltaic roofing assembly227US 5,505,788 A1996
- Systems and methods for an enhanced watchdog in solar module installations201US 8,933,321 B2Tigo Energy, Inc. · 2015
- Terrestrial concentrator solar cell module173US 5,118,361 AThe Boeing Company · 1992