US 12,230,726 B2
Solar array
Paul Hausammann, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Paul Hausammann, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,851.
Application 18/585,851 is a division of application No. 17/815,956, filed on Jul. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,996,490.
Application 17/815,956 is a division of application No. 16/550,630, filed on Aug. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,462,653, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,199, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0194811 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/047 (2014.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0543 (2014.12) [H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H02S 40/22 (2014.12); H01L 31/047 (2014.12)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar array comprising:
a solar cell arranged directly on a mounting surface that extends along a first direction, the solar cell comprising a collection side that extends out from the mounting surface in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
an angled reflector arranged directly on the mounting surface and adjacent to the solar cell in the first direction, the angled reflector comprising a lens in a wedge shape having:
an entrance side configured to receive a light traveling along the second direction, the entrance side extending along the first direction and comprising a plurality of substantially rounded shapes,
a bottom side extending along the second direction and substantially parallel to the collection side of the solar cell, and
a reflector side configured to reflect the light through the bottom side and into the collection side of the solar cell, the reflector side extending along the second direction at a first angle from the bottom side and comprising a plurality of flat surfaces substantially parallel to the bottom side connected by a plurality of elevation surfaces at a second angle from the plurality of flat surfaces.