Patents by Inventor Ernest HASSELBRINK, JR.

Ernest HASSELBRINK, JR. 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).

  • Solar cell module with high electric susceptibility layer
    Patent number: 9685571
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes solar cells that are encased in a protective package and a high electric susceptibility layer that is placed on the solar cells. The high electric susceptibility layer is polarized such that a sheet charge is developed at the interface of the high electric susceptibility layer and the solar cells. The protective package includes an encapsulant that encapsulates the solar cells. The encapsulant may be a multilayer encapsulant, with the high electric susceptibility layer being a layer of the encapsulant. The high electric susceptibility layer may also be a material that is separate from the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Shen, Ernest Hasselbrink, Jr., David F. J. Kavulak
  • SOLAR CELL MODULE WITH HIGH ELECTRIC SUSCEPTIBILITY LAYER
    Publication number: 20150047690
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes solar cells that are encased in a protective package and a high electric susceptibility layer that is placed on the solar cells. The high electric susceptibility layer is polarized such that a sheet charge is developed at the interface of the high electric susceptibility layer and the solar cells. The protective package includes an encapsulant that encapsulates the solar cells. The encapsulant may be a multilayer encapsulant, with the high electric susceptibility layer being a layer of the encapsulant. The high electric susceptibility layer may also be a material that is separate from the encapsulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chen SHEN, Ernest HASSELBRINK, JR., David F.J. KAVULAK