Patents Assigned to Tomark-Worthen, LLC
  • Publication number: 20220045227
    Abstract: An improved backsheet used in the construction of solar panels is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the backsheet and solar panel comprising the backsheet are also disclosed. Additionally, a photovoltaic solar panel module comprising the backsheet is disclosed. The backsheet may comprise a polymeric material that is produced in such a way that multiple functionalities are imparted into the material for outstanding performance and endurance in a solar module. The invention is further directed to a method for producing backsheets comprising such polymeric materials, and a solar cell incorporating such a backsheet. The backsheet may comprise a mono layer or multilayers in various embodiments. The backsheets improve upon the efficiency, strength, weather resistance, cost, and useful life of the solar panels in which the backsheets are incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Tomark-Worthen, LLC
    Inventors: E. David Santoleri, Chistopher Thellen, Andreas Rothacker
  • Publication number: 20200350448
    Abstract: An improved backsheet used in the construction of solar panels is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the backsheet and solar panel comprising the backsheet, including coextrusion processes are also disclosed. Additionally, a photovoltaic solar panel module comprising the backsheet is disclosed. The backsheet may comprise an exterior layer, a middle layer, and an interior layer. The exterior layer, middle layer, and interior layer may be adjoined, adhered, or affixed via a co-extrusion process, thereby eliminating the need for the use of adhesives for bonding the layers of the backsheet together. There is also disclosed a backsheet which may comprise an exterior layer, an intermediate exterior layer, a middle layer, an intermediate interior layer, and an interior layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Tomark-Worthen, LLC
    Inventors: E. David Santoleri, Chistopher Thellen, Andreas Rothacker
  • Patent number: 10720539
    Abstract: An improved backsheet used in the construction of solar panels is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the backsheet and solar panel comprising the backsheet, including coextrusion processes are also disclosed. Additionally, a photovoltaic solar panel module comprising the backsheet of the invention is disclosed. The backsheet of the instant invention may comprise an exterior layer having inner and outer surfaces, a middle layer, having inner and outer surfaces, and an interior layer having inner and outer surfaces. In one embodiment of the invention, the outer surface of the middle layer may be adjoined to the inner surface of the exterior layer, and the inner surface of the middle layer may be adjoined to the outer surface of the interior layer. The exterior layer, middle layer, and interior layer may be adjoined via a co-extrusion process, thereby eliminating the need for the use of adhesives for bonding the layers of the backsheet together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Tomark-Worthen, LLC
    Inventors: E. David Santoleri, Robert F. Davis