Patents by Inventor Frank W. Nichols

Frank W. Nichols 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 and apparatus for fabricating improved solar cell modules
    Patent number: 4219926
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in a method and apparatus for fabricating an improved solar cell module. The apparatus includes a supply drum for feeding a flexible strip having deposited thereon etched electrical circuitry, a supply drum for feeding into overlying engagement with the flexible strip a flexible tape having a pair of exposed tacky surfaces, and a plurality of rams for receiving and depositing a plurality of solar cells in side-by-side relation on an exposed tacky surface of the tape in electrical contacting engagement with the etched circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Inventors: Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with respect to an invention of Frosch, Joseph T. Bloch, Randolph T. Hanger, Frank W. Nichols