Patents by Inventor Robert J. Cleereman
Robert J. Cleereman 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).
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Publication number: 20190074387Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to a solar array kit for installation on a support structure, such as a roof. The kit includes photovoltaic panels that include active elements, edge pieces that connected around and to the photovoltaic panels, a starter piece, and one or more electrical connectors that electrically connect the photovoltaic panels to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Robert J. Cleereman, Andrew T. Graham
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Patent number: 10121911Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV arrays and/or locate these arrays upon a building or structure. It also can optionally provide some additional components (e.g. a bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and can enhance the serviceability of the array.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Robert J. Cleereman, Andrew T. Graham
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Patent number: 9184310Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV devices or photovoltaic system components and/or locate these devices/components upon a building structure. It also may optionally provide some additional sub-components (e.g. at least one bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and may enhance the serviceability of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Joe A. Langmaid, Gerald K. Eurich, Michael J. Lesniak, Michael H. Mazor, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston
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Publication number: 20150318427Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV arrays and/or locate these arrays upon a building or structure. It also can optionally provide some additional components (e.g. a bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and can enhance the serviceability of the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Robert J. Cleereman, Andrew T. Graham
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Patent number: 9147786Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV arrays and/or locate these arrays upon a building or structure. It also can optionally provide some additional components (e.g. a bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and can enhance the serviceability of the array.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Robert J. Cleereman, Andrew T. Graham
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Publication number: 20150072541Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV devices or photovoltaic system components and/or locate these devices/components upon a building structure. It also may optionally provide some additional sub-components (e.g. at least one bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and may enhance the serviceability of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Joe A. Langmaid, Gerald K. Eurich, Michael J. Lesniak, Michael H. Mazor, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston
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Patent number: 8938920Abstract: The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PVD”) and method of use, more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device with an integral locator and electrical terminal mechanism for transferring current to or from the improved photovoltaic device and the use as a system.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Robert J. Cleereman, Michael J. Lesniak, James R. Keenihan, Joe A. Langmaid, Ryan Gaston, Gerald K. Eurich, Michelle L. Boven
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Patent number: 8915030Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Michelle L. Boven, James R. Keenihan, Stan Lickly, Claude Brown, Jr., Robert J. Cleereman, Timothy C. Plum
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Publication number: 20140150843Abstract: A photovoltaic system comprises one or more shingle-like photovoltaic (PV) modules, each having a layer of optically transparent material adjacent to a layer of photoactive material configured to generate electricity upon exposure to light from the layer of optically transparent material. In some cases the layer of optically transparent material of each of the one or more shingle-like PV modules has a pattern of depressions in a shingle-like configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: NUVOSUN, INC.Inventors: David B. Pearce, Dennis R. Hollars, Robert J. Cleereman
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Patent number: 8740642Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV devices or photovoltaic system components and/or locate these devices/components upon a building structure. It also may optionally provide some additional sub-components (e.g. at least one bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and may enhance the serviceability of the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Gerald K. Eurich, Michael J. Lesniak, Michael H. Mazor, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston
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Patent number: 8361602Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a multi-layer laminate structure and method of manufacture, more particularly to a method of constructing the multi-layer laminate structure utilizing a laminate frame and at least one energy activated flowable polymer.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Robert J. Cleereman, Gerald Eurich, Andrew T. Graham, Joe A. Langmaid
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Publication number: 20120174967Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes a support member for securing a photovoltaic cell. The support member includes a plurality of holes extending through at least a portion of the support member. A mounting system includes a buss bar for coupling the photovoltaic module to a power transmission system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Nuvosun, Inc.Inventors: David B. Pearce, Dennis R. Hollars, Robert J. Cleereman
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Publication number: 20120118361Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a multi-layer laminate structure and method of manufacture, more particularly to a method of constructing the multi-layer laminate structure utilizing a laminate frame and at least one energy activated flowable polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Robert J. Cleereman, Gerald K. Eurich, Andrew T. Graham, Joseph A. Langmaid
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Publication number: 20120118349Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV arrays and/or locate these arrays upon a building or structure. It also can optionally provide some additional components (e.g. a bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and can enhance the serviceability of the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Joe A. Langmaid, Robert J. Cleereman, Andrew T. Graham
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Patent number: 8163125Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a multi-layer laminate structure and method of manufacture, more particularly to a method of constructing the multi-layer laminate structure utilizing a laminate frame and at least one energy activated flowable polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James R. Keenihan, Robert J. Cleereman, Gerald Eurich, Andrew T. Graham, Joe A. Langmaid
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Patent number: 8092727Abstract: The invention a method of forming complex shape of styrenic polymer foams in which a pressing surface is created, for example, by planing/machining a layer of an as formed extruded styrenic polymer plank, contacting said plank with a contoured die face and pressing the foam to form the complex shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Myron J. Maurer, Alain Michel Andre Sagnard, Dominicus L. Bindels, Michelle L. Boven, Byoung-Ho Choi, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston, Joseph A. Langmaid, Curtis Alan Browning
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Publication number: 20110183540Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV devices or photovoltaic system components and/or locate these devices/components upon a building structure. It also may optionally provide some additional sub-components (e.g. at least one bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and may enhance the serviceability of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Gerald K. Eurich, Michael J. Lesniak, Michael H. Mazor, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston
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Publication number: 20110100436Abstract: The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PVD”) and method of use, more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device with an integral locator and electrical terminal mechanism for transferring current to or from the improved photovoltaic device and the use as a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Robert J. Cleereman, Michael J. Lesniak, James R. Keenihan, Joe A. Langmaid, Ryan Gaston, Gerald K. Eurich, Michelle L. Boven
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Publication number: 20110094570Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Michelle L. Boven, James R. Keenihan, Stan Lickly, Claude Brown, JR., Robert J. Cleereman, Timothy C. Plum
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Publication number: 20110036494Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a multi-layer laminate structure and method of manufacture, more particularly to a method of constructing the multi-layer laminate structure utilizing a laminate frame and at least one energy activated flowable polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: James R. Keenihan, Robert J. Cleereman, Gerald K. Eurich, Andrew T. Graham, Joseph A. Langmaid