Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Botkin

Jonathan D. Botkin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8558101
    Abstract: A supported PV assembly may include a PV module comprising a PV panel and PV module supports including module supports having a support surface supporting the module, a module registration member engaging the PV module to properly position the PV module on the module support, and a mounting element. In some embodiments the PV module registration members engage only the external surfaces of the PV modules at the corners. In some embodiments the assembly includes a wind deflector with ballast secured to a least one of the PV module supports and the wind deflector. An array of the assemblies can be secured to one another at their corners to prevent horizontal separation of the adjacent corners while permitting the PV modules to flex relative to one another so to permit the array of PV modules to follow a contour of the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Gianluigi Mascolo, David F. Taggart, Jonathan D. Botkin, Christopher S. Edgett
  • Patent number: 6675580
    Abstract: A flexible solar power assembly (2) includes a flexible photovoltaic device (16) attached to a flexible thermal solar collector (4). The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport and then unrolled for installation on a surface, such as the roof (20, 25) or side wall of a building or other structure, by use of adhesive and/or other types of fasteners (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Powerlight Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Ansley, Jonathan D. Botkin, Thomas L. Dinwoodie
  • Publication number: 20020046764
    Abstract: A flexible solar power assembly (2) includes a flexible photovoltaic device (16) attached to a flexible thermal solar collector (4). The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport and then unrolled for installation on a surface, such as the roof (20, 25) or side wall of a building or other structure, by use of adhesive and/or other types of fasteners (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Ansley, Jonathan D. Botkin, Thomas L. Dinwoodie
  • Patent number: 6295818
    Abstract: A flexible solar power assembly includes a flexible photovoltaic device attached to a flexible thermal solar collector. The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport and then unrolled for installation on a surface, such as the roof or side wall of a building or other structure, by use of adhesive and/or other types of fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: PowerLight Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Ansley, Jonathan D. Botkin, Thomas L. Dinwoodie