ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,454, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).
"Fabricating solar cell coverglass from molten regolith electrolysis electrolyte" was invented by Jesse Dylan Tarnas (Los Angeles), Jeong Chul Lee (Monrovia, Calif.), Erica Mae Pitcavage (Altadena, Calif.) and Alexander Imbault (Sierra Madre, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell that incorporates a thin layer of transparent silicate, and a number of techniques for fabricating the thin layer of transparent silicate, are presented. The transparent silicate may be a protective coverglass on the solar cell or solar panel. Fabricating the...