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US 2022/0190773 A1Published application
Solar panel
AssigneeSolarge Holding B.V.
InventorsWilhelmus Nicolaas Maria SELTEN, Stefan Henricus Maria ZWEGERS, Menno Nicolaas VAN DEN DONKER, Huibert Johan VAN DEN HEUVEL, Marcus Leonardus Gerardus Maria VAN DE VEN
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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).
Claims26
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 and a fiber reinforced back sheet, and
- 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.
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An assembly comprising:
- a carrier;
- and
- a plurality of pre-formed solar panels mounted on the carrier,
- wherein each one of the plurality of pre-formed solar panels 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 the 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 and a fiber reinforced back sheet, and
- 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.
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A solar panel pyramid comprising 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 the 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 and a fiber reinforced back sheet, and
- 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 pre-formed solar panel has at least three planar sections including the first planar section, the second planar section, and a third planar section that are provided as at least substantially triangular planar sections having a common top,
- wherein each planar section, of the at least three planar sections, shares a first plastically deformed section with a first neighboring planar section and shares a second plastically deformed section with a second neighboring planar section of the at least three planar sections,
- wherein edges, of said at least three planar sections, opposite said common top define a base-plane of the solar panel pyramid, said plastically deformed sections including a plastically deformed section between said first end and said second opposing end.
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A method for manufacturing 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 the 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 and a fiber reinforced back sheet, and
- 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 method comprises:
- providing a thermoplastically deformable back panel;
- plastically deforming a section of the back panel to form at least a first planar section and a second planar section that are separated by the plastically deformed section, and
- wherein the plastically deformed section maintains the first and the second planar section relative to each other at an enclosed angle in a range between 30° and 170°.
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