Photovoltaic device having a stretchable carrier
AssigneeSunlight Photonics Inc.
InventorsSERGEY V. FROLOV, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce
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Abstract
A stretchable photovoltaic device, a stretchable photovoltaic module and a carrier for facilitating formation of a stretchable photovoltaic device and/or module are provided. The stretchable photovoltaic device includes a stretchable part, at least one photovoltaic cell and a surface over which that at least one photovoltaic cell is disposed. The stretchable part has a given length that is operable to change in response to a force being applied to the device. The given length may, for example, elongate when the force causes the device to elongate. Alternative and/or additionally, the given length may compress when the force causes the device to compress.
Claims20
A carrier comprising:
- a stretchable part having a stretchable-part length, wherein the stretchable-part length is operable to change a length dimension of the carrier in response to a force being applied to the carrier, wherein the stretchable part comprises a plurality of corrugations, and wherein the change in the stretchable-part length is produced by a change in an amplitude and width of at least some of the plurality of corrugations;
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- a mounting site having a foundation surface to which to affix at least one photovoltaic cell.
A stretchable photovoltaic device comprising:
- a stretchable part having a stretchable-part length, wherein the stretchable-part length is operable to change a length dimension of the photovoltaic device in response to a force being applied to the device, wherein the stretchable part comprises a plurality of corrugations, and wherein the change in the stretchable-part length is produced by a change in an amplitude and width of at least some of the plurality of corrugations;
- at least one photovoltaic cell;
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- a mounting site having a foundation surface over which the at least one photovoltaic cell is disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.