US Patent Issued to CONTI INNOVATION CENTER on Jan. 13 for "Mechanically stacked solar transmissive cells or modules" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,916, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CONTI INNOVATION CENTER LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Mechanically stacked solar transmissive cells or modules" was invented by Kurt G Conti (New Providence, N.J.) and Cullin J. Wible (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided. The device includes mechanically stacked layers. The mechanically stacked layers include a bottom layer and upper layers. Each upper layer includes a transmissive solar cell that converts light energy into electricity. Each upper layer transmits unconverted portions of the light energy towards the bottom layer. The bottom layer includes a solar cell that ...