# US 12,015,372 B2 · Solar panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,372 B2 - Document ID: US12015372B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/603,521 - Filed: 2019-07-26 - Published: 2022-06-16 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-15 - Assignees: Solarge Holding B.V. - Applicants: Solarge Holding B.V. - Inventors: Wilhelmus Nicolaas Maria Selten; Stefan Henricus Maria Zwegers; Menno Nicolaas Van Den Donker; Huibert Johan Van Den Heuvel; Marcus Leonardus Gerardus Maria Van De Ven - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015372B2 ## CPC - H02S 20/24: specially adapted for flat roofs - H02S 20/00: Supporting structures for PV modules - H02S 30/00: Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G9/20, of inorganic PV modules H10F10/00, H10F19/00, of organic PV modules H10K30/00) - H02S 30/10: Frame structures - H10F 19/00: Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules - H10F 19/80: Encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A pre-formed solar panel (1) to be mounted on a support plane (SP) is disclosed. In a direction from a first end (E1) to a second opposing end (E2), the panel has at least a first planar section (S1), a plastically deformed section (P) and a second planar section (S2), wherein the plastically deformed section maintains the first and the second planar section relative to each other at an enclosed angle (A1) in a range between 30° and 170°, and wherein an area of at least one of the planar sections is provided with a photovoltaic layer (3). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pre-formed solar panel configured to be mounted on a support plane, wherein the pre-formed solar panel comprises: a first planar section; a plastically deformed section; and a second planar section, wherein the pre-formed solar panel has, in a direction from a first opposing end to a second opposing end, at least the first planar section, the plastically deformed section, and the second planar section, wherein the plastically deformed section maintains the first planar section and the second planar section relative to each other at an enclosed angle in a range between 30° and 170°, wherein an area of at least one of the first planar section and the second planar section is provided with a photovoltaic layer, wherein both the first planar section and the second planar section are formed with a common back panel comprising a honey comb panel formed of a thermoplastically deformable polymer composition sandwiched between a fiber reinforced front sheet thermoplastic polymer top layer and a fiber reinforced back sheet thermoplastic polymer bottom layer, wherein, between the first apposing end and the second opposing end, the pre-formed solar panel is formed as a stack comprising: a protective front layer; the common back panel; and the photovoltaic layer sandwiched between the back panel and the protective front layer, wherein the first planar section has a first length and the second planar section has a second length, respectively, between the plastically deformed section and a respective opposing end of the first opposing end and the second opposing end of the pre-formed solar panel such that, after being mounted on a support plane, the pre-formed solar panel has a panel height, defined as a distance between the support plane and the plastically deformed section, in a range between 20 and 150 cm; wherein the first length of the first planar section and the second length of the second planar section are such that, after being mounted on the support plane, an enclosed angle, in a range between 10° and 90°, is defined between: a planar section, of the first planar section and the second planar section, having the photovoltaic layer, and the support plane; and wherein a stiffness of the pre-formed solar panel between the first opposing end and the second opposing end is in a range between 100-5000 N/m. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pre-formed solar panel according to claim 1, further comprising a side-panel at one or more sides of the pre-formed solar panel, wherein the side panel reduces a wind load on the pre-formed solar panel after being mounted on the support plane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pre-formed solar panel according to claim 1, wherein the pre-formed solar panel comprises at least one mounting region provided on the back panel along an edge portion of at least the first opposing end and the second opposing end of the pre-formed solar panel, wherein the at least one mounting region includes at least one of the group consisting of: an adhesive for adhering the pre-formed solar panel to the support plane; cuts extending in a direction away from the edge portion of the pre-formed solar panel; and a pattern arranged to, when mounted, interlock with a patterned mounting region of an adjacent pre-formed solar panel or with a patterned mounting region of a mounting element.