Patents by Inventor Derrick P. Grimmer

Derrick P. Grimmer 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).

  • Method for fabricating an interconnected array of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 5385848
    Abstract: A method of forming an array of interconnected solar cells. A flexible substrate carrying semiconductor and conductive layers is divided into individual devices by slitting the substrate along the web length. The individual devices are then connected with one another in series by laminating the substrate onto an insulating backing and by depositing conducting interconnection layers which join the lower conductor of one device with the top conductor of the adjoining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Iowa Thin Film Technologies, Inc
    Inventor: Derrick P. Grimmer
  • Interconnected semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 4965655
    Abstract: Semiconductor layer and conductive layer formed on a flexible substrate, divided into individual devices and interconnected with one another in series by interconnection layers and penetrating terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Derrick P. Grimmer, Kenneth R. Paulson, James R. Gilbert
  • Light-rechargeable battery
    Patent number: 4882239
    Abstract: A light rechargeable battery includes a rechargeable cell having an elongated, tubular case characterized by a longitudinal axis, and a pair of terminals extending therefrom. Two or more thin-film solar cells fabricated on a flexible substrate and interconnected in a series circuit between the terminals are circumferentially positioned around the rechargeable cell on the exterior of the case. A blocking diode is connected in the series circuit with the solar cells. The solar cells are coupled to the terminals by bus bars. A transparent shrink wrap cover secures the solar cells to the case of the rechargeable cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Derrick P. Grimmer, Robert P. Wenz
  • Method for fabricating an interconnected array of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 4873201
    Abstract: Semiconductor layer and conductive layer formed on a flexible substrate, divided into individual devices and interconnected with one another in series by interconnection layers and penetrating terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Derrick P. Grimmer, Kenneth R. Paulson, James R. Gilbert