Patents by Inventor Jerry K. Person

Jerry K. Person 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).

  • Bonding machine for forming a solar array strip
    Patent number: 4149665
    Abstract: A machine for attaching solar cells to a flexible substrate having printed circuitry deposited thereon. The strip is fed through a first station in which solar cells are elevated into engagement with solder pads for the printed circuitry and thereafter heated by an infrared lamp, a second station at which flux and solder residue is removed, a third station at which electrical performance of the soldered cells is determined, a fourth station at which an encapsulating resin is deposited on the cells, a fifth station at which the encapsulated solar cells are examined for electrical performance and a final station at which the resulting array is wound on a take-up drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Inventors: Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Frosch, Ernest N. Costogue, Roy G. Downing, Orwin Middleton, Robert L. Mueller, Robert K. Yasui, Fred J. Cairo, Jerry K. Person