US 12,434,299 B2
Additively manufactured solar panel assemblies
John L. Gibb, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ivan Audon Lucatero Sanchez, Soquel, CA (US); Adan Alberto Giron, San Jose, CA (US); and Scott T. Santo, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,854.
Prior Publication US 2025/0135543 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B22F 10/28 (2021.01) [B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B64G 1/443 (2013.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H02S 30/20 (2014.12); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
forming, by an additive manufacturing technique, a stackup of connected pairs of half-panels each comprising a webbing structure on a rear face coupled by an internal lattice to a skin layer on a front face;
detaching the connected pairs of half panels from the stackup;
assembling a selected pair of the connected half-panels into a full panel; and
attaching photovoltaic cells to a corresponding front face of the full panel.