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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7825325 | Portable lighting and power-generating system A portable lighting system is disclosed. The portable lighting system includes at least one light-emitting source, a power-generating source, a power storage device, and a processing system for controlling and managing power-generated by the power-generating source ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812247 | Flexible photovoltaic array with integrated wiring and control circuitry, and associated methods A flexible photovoltaic module for converting light into electricity includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells, a wiring harness, and a connection subsystem. The plurality of photovoltaic cells are electrically interconnected to form a positive node for supplying c... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807919 | Apparatuses and methods to reduce safety risks associated with photovoltaic systems Apparatuses and methods to reduce safety risks associated with photovoltaic systems by providing a safety switch on a photovoltaic panel. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic panel includes: at least one photovoltaic cell; a connector to output energy from the photovol... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7772484 | Photovoltaic module architecture Modules are disclosed. The modules can include a first photovoltaic cell including an electrode, a second photovoltaic cell including an electrode, and an interconnect disposed in the electrode of the first photovoltaic cell and disposed in the electrode of the seco... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7754962 | Method for manufacturing photovoltaic module This invention is made to improve the characteristics of a photovoltaic module in which a plurality of solar cells are electrically connected to each other with connecting members such as tabs or connecting leads. The present invention provides a method for manufact... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7745722 | System for mounting a solar module on a roof or the like and method of installing A system and method for installing a solar module on a roof using a mounting structure which can be adjusted after it has been fixed to the roof. The mounting structure is comprised of a plate having a slot into which an adjustable bracket is slidably positioned. Th... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7732705 | Reliable interconnection of solar cells including integral bypass diode A solar cell array including a first solar cell with an integral bypass diode and an adjacent second solar cell and two discrete metal interconnection members coupling the anode of the bypass diode of the first cell with the anode of the second solar cell. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7723608 | Terminal box for a solar battery module, a rectifying-device unit and a method of assembling it A terminal box for a solar battery module is provided with terminal plates (30) connectable with positive and negative electrodes of the solar battery module, cables (91) for external connection connectable with the terminal plates (30), bypass ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7723609 | Terminal box for solar battery module Three bypass diodes (50) each comprised of a principal body (51) with a rectifying function and a connecting piece extending from the principal body is bridged between corresponding two terminal plates (30A, 30B). The principal body (5... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714224 | Photovoltaic power generation module and photovoltaic power generation system employing same A photovoltaic power generation module that can make use of arcuate cells and a photovoltaic power generation system employing such a module are disclosed. The photovoltaic power generation module may include arcuate cells divided from a disk-shaped single crystal s... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7709729 | Thin film solar cell inflatable ultraviolet rigidizable deployment hinge A flexible inflatable hinge includes curable resin for rigidly positioning panels of solar cells about the hinge in which wrap around contacts and flex circuits are disposed for routing power from the solar cells to the power bus further used for grounding the hinge... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7678991 | Rigid integrated photovoltaic roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are rigid solar powered photovoltaic (PV) integrated roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing such a membrane. The disclosed membrane and methods beneficially provide solar power to structures in either off-grid or on-grid connections. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678990 | Flexible integrated photovoltaic roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are flexible, solar powered photovoltaic (PV) integrated roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing such a membrane. The disclosed membrane and methods beneficially provide solar power to structures in either off-grid or on-grid connectio... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7645931 | Apparatus to reduce the cost of renewable hydrogen fuel generation by electrolysis using combined solar and grid power One embodiment of the invention includes a PV array and an electrolyzer operatively connected together and each operatively connected to a utility power grid so that electricity produced by the PV array is selectively delivered to the utility power grid and the elec... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7645930 | Thermal optimization of a solar photovoltaic powered electrolyzer system One embodiment of the invention includes a process comprising transmitting electrical power produced by a PV array to an electrolyzer and transferring heat from the PV array to the electrolyzer. The resulting process produces renewable hydrogen from solar energy at ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7642449 | Photovoltaic integrated building component A structural building component for a residential or light commercial building includes a PV laminate and a plastic frame disposed at least around the PV laminate. The plastic frame includes a first electrical connector for communication with the PV laminate and rec... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638707 | Photovoltaic cell, photovoltaic cell module, method of fabricating photovoltaic cell and method of repairing photovoltaic cell A plurality of first separation grooves are formed in a back electrode. Second separation grooves having a width smaller than that of the first separation grooves are formed by removing a second photovoltaic conversion layer and an intermediate reflective layer insi... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7612283 | Solar power generation apparatus and its manufacturing method A solar cell assembly including a plurality of solar cells is formed on a common substrate, and a DC/DC converter which converts the output from the solar cell is connected to each solar cell to constitute a solar power generation apparatus. The output from the sola... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7592536 | Solar cell structure with integrated discrete by-pass diode A solar cell structure has a solar cell unit structure including a heat sink, and a solar cell having a front side, a back side, and a solar-cell projected area coverage on the heat sink. The solar cell has an active semiconductor structure that produces a voltage b... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7586034 | Display device integrated with solar cells and method of fabricating the same A solar cell integrated display device with a solar cell attached to one side of a display device and a method of fabricating the same. The solar cell integrated display device includes an emissive display device unit that includes a first transparent substrate, a f... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7576282 | Photovoltaic awning structures A photovoltaic awning assembly includes a sheet of material carrying photovoltaic strips thereon. A rotatable roll receives the sheet of material and has a contoured drum at opposite ends thereof for deploying and retrieving the sheet of material through the use of ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7557291 | Photovoltaic module for roofs A photovoltaic module generates electrical power when installed on a roof. The module is constructed as a laminated sandwich having a transparent protective upper layer adhered to a photovoltaic layer. The photovoltaic layer is adhered to a rigid layer formed from a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7531740 | Photovoltaic module for roofs A photovoltaic module generates electrical power when installed on a roof. The module is constructed as a laminated sandwich having a transparent protective upper layer adhered to a photovoltaic layer. The photovoltaic layer is adhered to a rigid layer formed from a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7521630 | Parallel and virtual parallel interconnection of solar cells in solar panels A solar panel has n rows of solar cells in a regular grid array. The cells constituting each row are wired in parallel, the rows are wired in series and an equalizing network of n-1 capacitors are connected in electrical series. In a first configuration, a network o... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7465873 | Solar cell module, method of laying solar cell modules, and apparatus for preventing solar cell modules from being blown off In a method of laying tiles and a solar cell module on a roof, at least one waterproof member is laid between the solar cell module and one tile laid adjacent in the direction of gradient of the roof. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7442871 | Photovoltaic modules for solar concentrator An energy conversion system comprises a solar cell adapted to receive solar energy and convert the solar energy into electrical energy. The energy conversion system also comprises a solar concentrator adapted to receive solar energy and direct the solar energy to th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434362 | System for removably and adjustably mounting a device on a surface A system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on a surface is provided. The system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on a surface, according to the present invention, includes an apparatus and method useful for removably and adjustably mountin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435897 | Apparatus and method for mounting photovoltaic power generating systems on buildings Rectangular PV modules (6) are mounted on a building roof (4) by mounting stands that are distributed in rows and columns. Each stand comprises a base plate (10) that rests on the building roof (4) and first and second brackets (12, 14... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432438 | Electrode for photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cell and photovoltaic module An electrode for contacting an electrically conductive surface of a photovoltaic element includes an electrically insulating optically transparent film, an adhesive layer provided on a planar surface of the film, and a plurality of substantially parallel, electrical... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433215 | Inverter startup algorithm A method for the startup of a solar power three-phase inverter in which a waiting period is increased between successive attempts to start the inverter. This method allows the inverter to start up in a reasonable amount of time while avoiding excessive cycling durin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7406800 | Mounting system for a solar panel An integrated module frame and racking system for a solar panel is disclosed. The solar panel comprises a plurality of solar modules and a plurality of splices for coupling the plurality of solar modules together. The plurality of splices provide a way to make the c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405793 | Discotic liquid crystal based electronic device using interdigit structure electrode The present invention relates to an electronic device, based on discotic liquid crystalline material, to methods of production of such a device, and to uses thereof. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394016 | Bifacial elongated solar cell devices with internal reflectors A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of elongated solar cells, each elongated solar cell in the plurality of elongated solar cells comprising (i) an elongated conductive core configured as a first electrode, (ii) a semiconductor junction circumferentially di... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390962 | Micron gap thermal photovoltaic device and method of making the same A method of making a micron gap thermal photovoltaic device wherein at least one standoff is formed on a photovoltaic substrate, a sacrificial layer is deposited on the photovoltaic substrate and about the standoff, an emitter is attached to the standoff and has a l... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390961 | Interconnection of solar cells in a solar cell module In one embodiment, a solar cell module comprises a plurality of solar cells interconnected as a solar cell array. An interconnect assembly electrically connects the backsides of two adjacent solar cells. The interconnect assembly may have an interconnect that electr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371961 | Solar cell module A plurality of solar cells and a synthetic resin sheet (PET) with good insulating properties are sealed between a glass plate and a protective film (PVF/Al/PVF) by a sealing resin (EVA). The area of an Al foil of the protective film is larger than the area where the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371963 | Photovoltaic power generation system An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic power generation system which is capable of achieving system linkage of a plurality of solar cell strings having different output voltages to a commercial electric power system with ease, and which enab... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365266 | Method and system for mounting photovoltaic material The present invention discloses a system and method for mounting a flexible material, such as a web of photovoltaic material, onto a surface, such as a roof. The system and method comprises providing a first and a second elongated web of flexible material and dispos... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365004 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The const... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360919 | Portable lighting device A portable lighting device includes a main unit, rechargeable battery cells housed in the main unit, and a lighting unit including a light source and a solar panel. The lighting unit is attached to the main unit and is supported by the main unit for movement between... | 04/22/2008 |
