US 12,463,585 B2
Foldable solar panels
Pauls Stradins, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/532,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/386,946, filed on Dec. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195352 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H02S 30/20 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/20 (2014.12) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic (PV) system comprising:
a first section and a second section, wherein:
each section has a folded state and an unfolded state,
each section is configured to be switched between the folded state and the unfolded state, and
each section comprises:
a PV element;
a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface, wherein:
the first reflective surface has a first edge aligned parallel to a first reference axis,
the second reflective surface has a second edge aligned parallel to the first reference axis,
the PV element has a third edge aligned parallel to the first reference axis,
the first edge and the second edge are moveably connected forming a base,
the third edge is positioned at the base adjacent to the first edge and the second edge, and
the PV element is positioned between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface.