Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Haney

Ronald E. Haney 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 of making solar array with aluminum foil matrix
    Patent number: 4806495
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making solar cell arrays and modules and the arrays and modules wherein the arrays are formed of semiconductor spheres of P-type interior having an N-type skin housed in a pair of aluminum foil members which form the contacts to the P-type and N-type regions. The foils are electrically insulated from each other and are flexible. Multiple arrays can be interconnected to form a module of solar cell elements for converting light energy into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jules D. Levine, Millard J. Jensen, Ronald E. Haney
  • Solar array with aluminum foil matrix
    Patent number: 4691076
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making solar cell arrays and modules and the arrays and modules wherein the arrays are formed of semiconductor spheres of P-type interior having an N-type skin housed in a pair of aluminum foil members which form the contacts to the P-type and N-type regions. The foils are electrically insulated from each other and are flexible. Multiple arrays can be interconnected to form a module of solar cell elements for converting light energy into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jules D. Levine, Millard J. Jensen, Ronald E. Haney