Tesla Patents

Solar Energy And Photovoltaic Systems

Tesla filed these patents around Solar Energy And Photovoltaic Systems in the last 5 years

# Patent No. Short Description
1. US20180269691A1 Power conditioning unit for photovoltaic panels that maximizes efficiency and output power
2. US9761919B2 Energy storage system with face cooling of cells by way of heat pipes
3. US10523008B2 Scalable, decentralized energy management system that enables efficient control of distributed energy resources like solar panels, batteries, and loads
4. US10141745B2 Photovoltaic (PV) panel system with improved power conversion and shading mitigation
5. US10418818B2 Solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation system that provides resilience to failure
6. US11451188B2 Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems using glass solar roof tiles that blend in more aesthetically with the complete roof surface or at least the mounting plane, and that do not require the prospective customer to pay for a new roof and a new solar system installed on top
7. US10359797B2 Tracking weather patterns to forecast their effect on energy generation using a distributed network of energy generation systems
8. US10181535B2 Backplane structure for back-contact solar cells with high-conductivity metal interconnects that enable fabrication and final module packaging of back-contact solar cells
9. US9166524B2 A mounting system for solar panels on roofs that enables easy installation, improves aesthetics, provides electrical grounding, and allows for adjustment and misalignment
10. US9966487B2 Connecting solar cell strings in PV modules using strain relief connectors with non-linear geometry to alleviate thermal expansion and contraction effects that can cause failure
11. US10277031B2 Automating the provisioning and control of grid-connected energy storage systems to enable efficient deployment and operation of large numbers of distributed systems
12. US10857764B2 Strengthening adhesion of an optical filter layer to an encapsulant layer in a photovoltaic (PV) roof tile
13. US10158321B2 A building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system that allows for a space-efficient and aesthetically pleasing array of photovoltaic modules on a rooftop
14. US9853594B2 A photovoltaic mounting system for mounting on a roof surface that includes a base assembly adapted to couple with and support a mounting bracket supporting a photovoltaic module coupling device
15. US9887306B2 A high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) module for concentrated sunlight that uses tunneling-junction solar cells with copper grid electrodes

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