Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solar cell assemblies exhibiting artificial tropism
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Application No.: US16799776Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US11431286B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini , Ercan Mehmet Dede , Sean P. Rodrigues
- Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Agent Hector A. Agdeppa; Daniel N. Yannuzzi
- Main IPC: H01L31/042
- IPC: H01L31/042 ; H02S20/32 ; B60L8/00 ; B60L53/22 ; H02S40/22

Abstract:
A solar cell assembly is provided, the configuration of which effectuates artificial tropism. The solar cell assembly may include a combination of at least one transparent solar cell and at least one opaque solar cell. The at least one transparent solar cell may transmit some wavelength(s) of incident sunlight while the at least one opaque solar cell may transmit some wavelength(s) of incident sunlight and absorbing some other wavelength(s) of incident sunlight. The transmitted wavelength(s) of incident sunlight excite or cause one or more shape-changing elements that support the at least one transparent solar cell and the at least one opaque solar cell to actuate in a manner that causes the solar cell assembly to re-orient itself towards a direction of the incident sunlight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210265943A1 SOLAR CELL ASSEMBLIES EXHIBITING ARTIFICIAL TROPISM Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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