US 7,557,290 B2
Photovoltaic module with adjustable heat sink and method of fabrication
Jason E. Schripsema, 3677 18th St., Apartment A, San Francisco, Calif. 94110 (US); and William M. Janvrin, 6081 William Penn Ct., Easton, Pa. 18045 (US)
Appl. No. 10/514,545
PCT Filed May 16, 2003, PCT No. PCT/US03/15888
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 12, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/098705, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 27, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/381190, filed on May 17, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0137733 A1, Jun. 29, 2006
Int. Cl. H01L 31/052 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 136—243 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for fabricating a photovoltaic module comprising the steps of:
providing a photovoltaic material;
providing a heat sink comprising a mounting surface and comprising a plurality of fins that are movable between a first position substantially parallel to the mounting surface and a second position substantially non-parallel to the mounting surface;
orienting the fins substantially parallel to the mounting surface to permit the heat sink to be laminated to the photovoltaic material by a laminator; and
laminating the heat sink to the photovoltaic material by applying heat and pressure while the fins are substantially parallel to the mounting surface to bond the heat sink to the photovoltaic material.