Vehicle integrated solar panel structure, method for manufacturing same, and vehicle including same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYeonghee Lee, Taeho Jeong
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Abstract
A solar panel structure is manufactured by disposing an additional layer on an existing vehicle body outer panel and performing a laminating process on the additional layer without requiring an additional process such as preforming or mold fabrication. A method for manufacturing a solar panel structure includes disposing a vehicle body panel layer on a heating device, forming a thermal gap between the heating device and the vehicle body panel layer, disposing a solar module layer on the vehicle body panel layer, disposing a cover layer on the solar module layer, and pressing an upper portion of the cover layer.
Claims20
A solar panel structure, comprising:
- a vehicle body panel layer;
- a solar module layer positioned on the vehicle body panel layer;
- and
- a cover layer positioned on the solar module layer.
A method for manufacturing a solar panel structure, the method comprising:
- disposing a vehicle body panel layer on a heating device;
- forming a thermal gap between the heating device and the vehicle body panel layer;
- disposing a solar module layer on the vehicle body panel layer;
- disposing a cover layer on the solar module layer;
- and
- pressing an upper portion of the cover layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.