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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6660927 | Solar panel with corrugated thin film solar cells Solar panel includes solar cells affixed to one or more sheet elements and a frame for supporting the sheet elements, wherein the frame is provided with attachment members for attaching the sheet elements to the frame. The attachment members include one o... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6660556 | Method of manufacturing a solar battery A sealing film is used for sealing a solar cell, and including an EVA film formed of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The sealing film has concavities formed by embossing. A percentage defined by VH /VA×100% is in a range fro... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6660930 | Solar cell modules with improved backskin A laminated solar cell module comprises a front light transmitting support, a plurality of interconnected solar cells encapsulated by a light-transmitting encapsulant material, and an improved backskin formed of an ionomer/nylon alloy. The improved backsk... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6657118 | Solar battery module, method of manufacturing same and power generating apparatus If an inverter is merely attached to the back side of a solar battery module, the inverter becomes an obstacle to transport and installation, it may be broken if it strikes a building structure at the time of installation and it may malfunction owing to i... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6653550 | Integrated thin-film photoelectric conversion module An integrated thin-film photoelectric conversion module includes a multi-layered film including a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer stacked on a main surface of a substrate. The multi-layered film includes a cell re... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6653549 | Photovoltaic power generation systems and methods of controlling photovoltaic power generation systems There are provided a restricted area including an area in which solar cell modules are installed, a preventer for preventing intrusion of an intruder into the restricted area, and a detector capable of detecting the intrusion of the intruder into the rest... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6652904 | Methods to manufacture single cell and multi-cell regenerative photoelectrochemical devices The present invention relates to manufacturing of regenerative photovolatic photoelectrochemical (RPEC) devices. The invention describes a method for manufacturing RPEC devices in a production line. The method comprises the steps of: dispensing a protecti... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6653553 | Cover, constructed as a solar generator, for closing an opening in the bodywork of a vehicle A cover, constructed as a solar generator, for closing an opening in the bodywork of a vehicle which consists of a transparent panel, an assembly attached to the underside of the panel, which assembly consists of a solar cell field and a plastics material... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6649822 | Structure and method for mounting solar battery modules According to a method for mounting a plurality of solar battery modules, an underlying member (roofing member) is fixed at a location where the solar battery modules are to be mounted. The underlying member has a wiring made of conductive material that is... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646196 | Window structure with photovoltaic panel A multi-paneled window structure in which at least one panel is a photovoltaic panel and at least one other panel is a window panel comprised of vision glass.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6642077 | Method for manufacturing and assembling photovoltaic cells The invention concerns a method for manufacturing and assembling individual photovoltaic silicon cells on a metal substrate, including the operations of: making a metal plate (25) provided with cut out portions (26, 29) separated from each other by points... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6635818 | Wireless power supply method There is provided a wireless-type power supply method that is applied to the case where an object to which energy is to be transmitted is relatively small, such as a micromachine, and that allows high-voltage electrical energy to be transmitted without us... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635817 | Solar cell array having lattice or matrix structure and method of arranging solar cells and panels A solar cell array is provided having a lattice or matrix structure such that no two solar cell devices are connected purely in series or purely in parallel. Accordingly, if a single solar cell device fails, there is an alternate path by which the output ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635507 | Monolithic bypass-diode and solar-cell string assembly An apparatus and method are described for making a solar cell with an integrated bypass diode. The method comprises the steps of depositing a second layer having a first type of dopant on a first layer having an opposite type of dopant to the first type o... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632993 | Photovoltaic module There is provided a photovoltaic module including a transparent substrate and hybrid photovoltaic cells arrayed on the substrate and series connected to each other, the cells including a back electrode facing the substrate, a transparent front electrode i... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6624351 | Folding photovoltaic strip device A folding photovoltaic strip device is provided comprising a plurality of photovoltaic modules joined to form a strip and pleated by flexible, transverse creases so that the device may be stored folded together along the creases, in a compact form, and th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624350 | Solar power management system A solar power management system includes a plurality of photovoltaic cell panels, and a solar power cell manager coupled to the photovoltaic cell panels. The solar power cell manager includes an input stage for combining current draws from the photovoltai... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6620996 | Photoelectric conversion device An insulator is formed on a substrate, on which numerous first conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor particles are deposited on and brought into contact with the substrate. A second conductivity-type semiconductor layer for forming a PN-junction bet... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6620645 | Making and connecting bus bars on solar cells A method for fabricating multi-cell solar devices using thermal spray deposition techniques to spray metal powder directly on solar cells and on the backing upon which solar cells are assembled, to form collection grid lines, bus bars, electrodes and inte... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6617507 | Photovoltaic array A photovoltaic array (20, 20') includes a plurality of elongated rails (28) each of which has a lower base (30) and an upper cap (32) of an extruded resin construction defining a pair of grooves (36) that open in opposite directions from each other to rec... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6617505 | Solar battery module, replacement solar cell, and method of replacing solar cell A solar battery module includes a plurality of solar cells connected to one another and a plurality of spaces each provided between adjacent solar cells, the plurality of spaces including at least one repair space which is larger than other spaces. A repl... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6610919 | Solar battery A diode-incorporated solar battery, which is intended to minimize an increase in production cost and a decrease in reliability that are involved in incorporating diodes into the solar battery, and to reduce the area of the surface electrodes of the solar ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6606830 | Solar cell-bearing roof and method for installing solar cell-bearing roof A solar cell-bearing roof includes a roof base member provided on a partition wall which partitions a building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a solar cell module provided on the roof base member, and electric wiring with one end portion be... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605774 | Photovoltaic device and a method of manufacturing thereof A photovoltaic device including a photovoltaic module disposed on or above an insulating substrate 10, which is provided with holes 10a, 10d for receiving conducting paste terminals 50a, 50d of the module formed on the substrate 10. A plurality of conduct... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6593521 | Power converter integrated solar cell module This invention is a power converter integrated solar cell module having a power converter mounted on the rear surface of a solar cell module. This solar cell module has a structure by which the power converter is attached to a low-temperature portion on t... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6593520 | Solar power generation apparatus and control method therefor When a ground fault occurs in some solar battery string, this solar battery string may be disconnected and operation of a solar power generation system may be continued. If the open-circuit voltage of the solar battery string is high, a safety problem ari... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590149 | Solar simulator with movable filter A solar simulator is provided having a radiation source for generating radiation with a spectral (energy) distribution that largely corresponds to the spectral distribution of sunlight. At least one filter is arranged in the region of the radiation source... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6586271 | Methods for improving polymeric materials for use in solar cell applications A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes the use of low cost polymeric materials with improved mechanical properties. A transparent encapsulant layer is placed adjacent a rear surface of a front support layer. Interconnected solar cells are ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6586668 | Electric vehicle with photovoltaic roof assembly A PV roof assembly (6) includes a roof (12) mountable to an electric vehicle (4), and a PV assembly (10) at the upper part of the roof. The PV assembly may be mounted to a separate roof surface (34) or the PV assembly may itself constitute all or part of ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6576830 | Solar cell roof structure, construction method thereof, photovoltaic power generating apparatus, and building In a solar cell roof structure, a photovoltaic power generating apparatus, a building and a method of construction of a solar cell roof, in which a solar cell module is provided above a roof base of a building, an electrical wire for the solar cell module... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573445 | Method for manufacturing a metallization pattern on a photovoltaic cell Method for applying a metallization in accordance with a pattern of a system of mutually connected electrical conductors for transporting electrical charge carriers on at least one of the outer surfaces of a photovoltaic element, wherein the conductors di... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570084 | Pressure equalizing photovoltaic assembly and method Each PV assembly of an array of PV assemblies comprises a base, a PV module and a support assembly securing the PV module to a position overlying the upper surface of the base. Vents are formed through the base. A pressure equalization path extends from t... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6563040 | Structure for supporting a photovoltaic module in a solar energy collection system A tilted single-axis tracking system (20) for collecting solar energy includes a structure (22) for supporting an array (26) of photovoltaic (PV) modules (24) above a surface (28). The structure (22) includes a frame (34) having first and second legs (40,... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6555741 | Methods to implement interconnects in multi-cell regenerative photovoltaic photoelectrochemical devices The present invention relates to multi-cell regenerative photovoltaic photoelectrochemical (RPEC) devices. The invention describes the structure of a multi-cell RPEC device where conductive interconnects are formed by a matrix mounting conductive particle... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6555740 | Extendible solar generator with an extendible supporting array structure An extendible solar generator has an extendible solar cell structure and an extendible support array structure which has a first cross member and is connected with a stowage housing for the solar cell structure. The support array structure can be rolled o... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6555739 | Photovoltaic array and method of manufacturing same A photovoltaic array includes a plurality of solar cells electrically coupled in series with one another via a plurality of electrically conductive interconnect members and end members. The solar cells and interconnect members are bonded to the array surf... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6552258 | Solar cell module In a solar cell module constructed by sealing a plurality solar cell elements between a sheet-like substrate and a sheet-like light transmitting member with a seal layer formed of a synthetic resin, at least a part of the end faces of the light transmitti... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547190 | Application of carbon fiber mesh for space and airborne platform applications A solar array including a carbon fiber mesh substrate is provided. The solar panels including a series of hybrid structures formed along the common and continuous substrate by sandwiching the substrate between a series of discontinuous upper and lower sup... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6545211 | Solar cell module, building material with solar cell module, solar cell module framing structure, and solar power generation apparatus A solar cell module includes an electrical parameter detection unit including an operating current detector unit for a solar cell element and a communication unit for communicating an output from the operating current detection unit, thereby providing a s... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541693 | Solar cell module and process for its production, and solar cell module installing method and solar electricity generation system A solar cell module comprises a photovoltaic device having a flexible substrate. The photovoltaic device has a strain at least partly in the planar direction of the flexible substrate, and the strain is not greater than a critical value at which the photo... | 04/01/2003 |
