Patents by Inventor Vishal Chandrashekar

Vishal Chandrashekar 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).

  • Patent number: 12184224
    Abstract: A bifacial photovoltaic module has components that are arranged to maximize the efficiency of a module for both front and back surfaces. An opaque portion is disposed on back surfaces of modules and aligned with horizontal support bars of a multiple-module system. Junction boxes are arranged at opposing ends of the opaque portion and couple adjacent modules in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Detrick, Nadeem Haque, Vishal Chandrashekar, Michael Lau
  • Publication number: 20210328079
    Abstract: A solar module architecture features a plurality of photovoltaic strips separated from a cell workpiece. The cell workpiece comprises alignment mark(s) located in cell quadrants close to the workpiece edge. According to specific embodiments, an alignment mark is positioned at a break in a bus bar. As a result of this location, in the assembled solar module containing the separated strip, the alignment mark is hidden from view by an overlapping module element. In particular embodiments, the overlapping module element is another separated PV strip in a shingled configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Nadeem HAQUE, Vishal CHANDRASHEKAR, Michael LAU
  • Publication number: 20210143772
    Abstract: A bifacial photovoltaic module has components that are arranged to maximize the efficiency of a module for both front and back surfaces. An opaque portion is disposed on back surfaces of modules and aligned with horizontal support bars of a multiple-module system. Junction boxes are arranged at opposing ends of the opaque portion and couple adjacent modules in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Adam DETRICK, Nadeem HAQUE, Vishal CHANDRASHEKAR, Michael LAU
  • Publication number: 20200328313
    Abstract: A photovoltaic workpiece featuring micro-chamfers at its corners, bears a plurality of parallel thin conductive fingers extending between opposite edges. A first bus bar is formed overlapping the plurality of thin conductive fingers proximate to the first edge, with ends of the first bus bar not overlapping the micro-chamfers of the first edge. A second bus bar is formed overlapping the plurality of thin conductive fingers proximate to the second edge, with ends of the second bus bar not overlapping the micro-chamfers of the second edge. Additional front side bus bars are formed overlapping the plurality of thin conductive fingers at regular intervals in the interior of the workpiece. With bus bars thus patterned, the workpiece is singulated into: two edge strips featuring micro-chamfers and the respective first and second front side bus bars; and interior strip(s) that each include one of the respective additional front side bus bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin GIBSON, Nadeem HAQUE, Suvi SHARMA, Vishal CHANDRASHEKAR
  • Publication number: 20170288081
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module has a flexible backing substrate, a plurality of photovoltaic cells, and an electrical conduit. The photovoltaic cells are mounted on the backing substrate. Each photovoltaic cell has a metallic article, the metallic article including a plurality of electroformed elements comprising a cell interconnection element integral with a continuous grid having a plurality of first elements intersecting a plurality of second elements. The electroformed elements are interconnected and integral, with the continuous grid in contact with the light-incident surface of the photovoltaic cell. The cell interconnection element extends beyond the light-incident surface and couples the continuous grid to a neighboring photovoltaic cell. The electrical conduit has a flexible strip of electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Merlin Solar Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Babayan, Robert Brainard, Arvind Chari, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Venkatesan Murali, Gopal Prabhu, Arthur Rudin, Venkateswaran Subbaraman, David Tanner, Dong Xu, Prashant Ramesh, Vishal Chandrashekar