ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,471, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Automated assembly and mounting of solar cells on panels" was invented by Marvin B Clevenger (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a solar cell array module or panel comprising providing a support, providing a face sheet having a top side and an opposite bottom side, mounting the bottom side of the face sheet on the support, dispensing an adhesive on a plurality of discrete predefined regions on the top side of the face sheet where a string of solar cell assemblies is to be mounted using an automated process, p...