Patents by Inventor Bill Beckenbaugh

Bill Beckenbaugh 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).

  • Photovoltaic cells incorporating rigid substrates
    Patent number: 8071874
    Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Beckenbaugh, Russell Gaudiana, Kethinni G. Chittibabu
  • Photovoltaic cells incorporating rigid substrates
    Publication number: 20070102040
    Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Bill Beckenbaugh, Russell Gaudiana, Kethinni Chittibabu
  • Low temperature interconnection of nanoparticles
    Patent number: 7094441
    Abstract: A polymeric linking agent enables the manufacture of photovoltaic cells on flexible substrates, including, for example, polymeric substrates. Photovoltaic cells may be fabricated by a relatively simple continuous manufacturing process, for example, a roll-to-roll process, instead of a batch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kethinni G. Chittibabu, Russell Gaudiana, Bill Beckenbaugh, Lian Li, Michael Lee
  • Photovoltaic cells incorporating rigid substrates
    Publication number: 20030192585
    Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Beckenbaugh, Russell Gaudiana
  • Flexible photovoltaic cells and modules formed using foils
    Publication number: 20030192584
    Abstract: The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to photovoltaic cells, modules and methods for making the same, wherein a plurality of discrete portions of metal foil having an interconnected nanoparticle material formed thereon are disposed, preferably as strips having a controlled size and relative spacing, between first and second flexible substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Beckenbaugh, Russell Gaudiana, Alan Montello, Edmund Montello