Patents by Inventor Lee J. Gorny
Lee J. Gorny 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).
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Publication number: 20240048093Abstract: One embodiment is a photovoltaic (PV) module including a frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate. The cross rail assembly may include: a conductive frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate; one or more conductive cross rail members provide structural rigidity to the conductive frame; and one or more pairs of couplers coupled to the conductive frame, wherein: at least one coupler comprises a grounding coupler having a first keyed section to insert into an opening in the conductive frame and a second keyed section to mate with an end of a conductive cross rail member of the one or more conductive cross rail members to ground the conductive cross rail member to the frame; or at least one coupler of at least one of the one or more pairs includes a length to define a cabling channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Patent number: 11831274Abstract: One embodiment is a photovoltaic (PV) module including a frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate. The cross rail assembly may include: a conductive frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate; one or more conductive cross rail members provide structural rigidity to the conductive frame; and one or more pairs of couplers coupled to the conductive frame, wherein: at least one coupler comprises a grounding coupler having a first keyed section to insert into an opening in the conductive frame and a second keyed section to mate with an end of a conductive cross rail member of the one or more conductive cross rail members to ground the conductive cross rail member to the frame; or at least one coupler of at least one of the one or more pairs includes a length to define a cabling channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD.Inventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Publication number: 20220399854Abstract: One embodiment is a photovoltaic (PV) module including a frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate. The cross rail assembly may include: a conductive frame to receive a perimeter of a backside of a photovoltaic (PV) laminate; one or more conductive cross rail members provide structural rigidity to the conductive frame; and one or more pairs of couplers coupled to the conductive frame, wherein: at least one coupler comprises a grounding coupler having a first keyed section to insert into an opening in the conductive frame and a second keyed section to mate with an end of a conductive cross rail member of the one or more conductive cross rail members to ground the conductive cross rail member to the frame; or at least one coupler of at least one of the one or more pairs includes a length to define a cabling channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Patent number: 11519638Abstract: Frames and processes of manufacture using single-wall frame sections coupled to other single-wall frame sections or double-wall frame sections using a connecting key are provided. The connecting key can be metallic, polymer, ceramic, a laminate, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Patent number: 11223318Abstract: Connectors, systems with connectors and processes with connectors are described. These include how connectors can actively hold external portions of two frames or other components together during transport and before final installation, as well as, how the connectors can be repositionable on the frame or other component so as to provide a mechanical connection in one position and not to provide a mechanical connection when moved into a second position. The connectors can also function to provide spacing or alignment or both between frames or other components grouped together using the connectors.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Publication number: 20210180831Abstract: Frames and processes of manufacture using single-wall frame sections coupled to other single-wall frame sections or double-wall frame sections using a connecting key are provided. The connecting key can be metallic, polymer, ceramic, a laminate, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Patent number: 10972046Abstract: A solar device system includes one or more solar devices shingled into an array of solar devices. Each solar device includes one or more current generation cells configured to generate electric current, a plurality of current buses, and a control circuit configured to distribute the generated electric current to the plurality of current buses, and route the generated electric current to an adjacent solar device. Additionally, the solar device system includes an array collector electrically connected to the one or more solar devices, the array collector being configured to collect the generated electrical current from the one or more solar devices and direct the generated electrical current to an inverter or a power grid.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Jonathan L. Ehlmann, Lee J. Gorny, Thierry H. Nguyen, David C. Okawa
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Patent number: 10935282Abstract: Frames and processes of manufacture using single-wall frame sections coupled to other single-wall frame sections or double-wall frame sections using a connecting key are provided. The connecting key can be metallic, polymer, ceramic, a laminate, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Publication number: 20190305715Abstract: Connectors, systems with connectors and processes with connectors are described. These include how connectors can actively hold external portions of two frames or other components together during transport and before final installation, as well as, how the connectors can be repositionable on the frame or other component so as to provide a mechanical connection in one position and not to provide a mechanical connection when moved into a second position. The connectors can also function to provide spacing or alignment or both between frames or other components grouped together using the connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Publication number: 20190301771Abstract: Frames and processes of manufacture using single-wall frame sections coupled to other single-wall frame sections or double-wall frame sections using a connecting key are provided. The connecting key can be metallic, polymer, ceramic, a laminate, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Lee J. Gorny
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Publication number: 20190074795Abstract: A solar device system includes one or more solar devices shingled into an array of solar devices. Each solar device includes one or more current generation cells configured to generate electric current, a plurality of current buses, and a control circuit configured to distribute the generated electric current to the plurality of current buses, and route the generated electric current to an adjacent solar device. Additionally, the solar device system includes an array collector electrically connected to the one or more solar devices, the array collector being configured to collect the generated electrical current from the one or more solar devices and direct the generated electrical current to an inverter or a power grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: SUNPOWER CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan L. Ehlmann, Lee J. Gorny, Thierry H. Nguyen, David C. Okawa
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Publication number: 20150287906Abstract: Polymer blends having improved electromechanical responses and mechanical properties for use in electromechanical application are disclosed. In particular, polymer blend including at least one electrostrictive terpolymer, e.g., poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)) or a derivative thereof, and at least one fluoropolymer, e.g., PVDF or derivative thereof such as PVD-TrFE are disclosed. The polymer blends advantageously have a transverse strain, i.e., a strain perpendicular to the applied electric field direction, that is about 1.5% or higher (as measured at 100 MV/m) while also having an elastic modulus of no less than about 400 MPa (as measured at 30° C. and 1 Hz by dynamic mechanical analyzer).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Qiming ZHANG, Minren LIN, Sheng LIU, Lee J. GORNY
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Publication number: 20120178880Abstract: Polymer blends having improved electromechanical responses and mechanical properties for use in electromechanical application are disclosed. In particular, polymer blend including at least one electrostrictive terpolymer, e.g., poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)) or a derivative thereof, and at least one fluoropolymer, e.g., PVDF or derivative thereof such as PVD-TrFE are disclosed. The polymer blends advantageously have a transverse strain, i.e., a strain perpendicular to the applied electric field direction, that is about 1.5% or higher (as measured at 100 MV/m) while also having an elastic modulus of no less than about 400 MPa (as measured at 30° C. and 1 Hz by dynamic mechanical analyzer).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Qiming Zhang, Minren Lin, Sheng Liu, Lee J. Gorny
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Patent number: 7992674Abstract: A fan system includes a rotor supported for rotation about a fan axis. The rotor has a central hub and a plurality of blades each extending outwardly from the hub to a tip. The rotor blades define a rotor plane perpendicular to the fan axis. A first acoustic resonator has an opening disposed on a first side of the rotor plane and a second acoustic resonator has an opening disposed on a second side of the rotor plane. The acoustic resonators are configured to provide a dipole resonator system operable to at least partially reduce a blade pass frequency tone in an upstream and a downstream direction simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Lee J. Gorny, Gary H. Koopmann, Dean E. Capone
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Publication number: 20090308685Abstract: A fan system includes a rotor supported for rotation about a fan axis. The rotor has a central hub and a plurality of blades each extending outwardly from the hub to a tip. The rotor blades define a rotor plane perpendicular to the fan axis. A first acoustic resonator has an opening disposed on a first side of the rotor plane and a second acoustic resonator has an opening disposed on a second side of the rotor plane. The acoustic resonators are configured to provide a dipole resonator system operable to at least partially reduce a blade pass frequency tone in an upstream and a downstream direction simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Lee J. Gorny, Gary H. Koopmann, Dean E. Capone