Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metalization of flexible polymer sheets
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Application No.: US15942843Application Date: 2018-04-02
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Publication No.: US10040271B1Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Scott Wiedeman
- Applicant: Global Solar Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucscon
- Assignee: Global Solar Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Global Solar Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucscon
- Agency: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.
- Main IPC: B23K26/00
- IPC: B23K26/00 ; B32B15/082 ; B32B27/32 ; C08L27/12

Abstract:
A conductive grid formation system, apparatus, and related methods may include a drum having a conductive surface, an insulation layer coating said surface, and a grid pattern formed in the insulation layer to expose portions of the conductive surface. The drum surface may be rotated into and out of a chemical bath, such that a metallic grid is electrodeposited in the exposed portions of the conductive surface. A polymer sheet may be laminated to the surface of the drum and then removed, such that the metallic grid attaches to the polymer sheet and is removed with the polymer sheet. Heat, pressure, and/or adhesive may be utilized in various steps of the process, to facilitate preferential adhesion of the metallic grid to the polymer sheet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180222153A1 METALIZATION OF FLEXIBLE POLYMER SHEETS Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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