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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7259323 | Thin film solar cell thermal radiator A thin film solar cell thermal radiator configuration uses an embedded power bus to collect vertically migrating waste heat from electronic devices mounted on a thin film multilayer printed circuit board. The waste heat is vertically collected, horizontally spread, ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7126053 | Power generation system and power generation apparatus In a power generation system of this invention, the outputs from power generation layers electrically connected in series are input to corresponding power conversion devices, and boosted outputs are connected in parallel and fed to a load. Alternatively, the output ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7098394 | Method and apparatus for powering circuitry with on-chip solar cells within a common substrate A system and method for providing power to a light-powered transponder. In order to create a sufficient voltage differential, two different photovoltaic elements are used. The photovoltaic elements generate voltages of different polarities. Because the photovoltaic ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7026541 | Mobile photovoltaic battery charging station A solar cell plate for generating electric current includes a number of individual plates that can be moved in relation to one another to produce a convenient packing size. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6979771 | Photovoltaic module, photovoltaic module array, photovoltaic system, and method of detecting failure of photovoltaic module The present invention provides a photovoltaic module comprising a photovoltaics and a signal generation means for generating a signal by application of a voltage, wherein the photovoltaics and the signal generating means are connected in parallel and the voltage is ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6930237 | Device for converting solar radiation into electric power A device for converting solar radiation into electric power, constituted by a substantially vertically elongated body from which multiple supporting arms for one or more modules constituted by multiple photovoltaic cells protrude in an upward region. The body is hol... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930238 | Solar cell module-mounting structure and solar cell module array In a solar cell module-mounting structure, a solar cell module 101 is fixed on one surface of a plate-shaped member 102, the plate-shaped member 102 is placed on an installation surface so that one side of the plate-shaped member is in contact w... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6911593 | Transparent self-cleaning dust shield A transparent electromagnetic shield to protect solar panels and the like from dust deposition. The shield is a panel of clear non-conducting (dielectric) material with embedded parallel electrodes. The panel is coated with a semiconducting film. Desirably the elect... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6903260 | Solar panel having electrical terminals distributed across the surface thereof The solar panel for space satellites has a plane surface including a plurality of photovoltaic cells (CE) disposed side-by-side and substantially forming a grid, the cells (CE) being electrically connected into at least one serpentine (SE1), each serpentine m... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897370 | Power generation apparatus and its control method In an AC module, if an interconnection relay is provided in an inverter, the inverter increases in size, and disconnection status between the AC module and a system upon occurrence of abnormal condition cannot be easily checked by a user. Accordingly, a plug is conn... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6884934 | Solar-battery array, and photovoltaic power generation system A solar-battery array comprising a plurality of solar batteries, which is characterized by satisfying the relationship of V20, where V1 is the voltage to ground of the positive-pole terminal at the time of max... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6858791 | Method for managing a photovoltaic solar module and a photovoltaic solar module In a solar module (1) comprising a plurality of individual solar cells (2) connected together electrically in series, with at least one solar cell (5, 6) exposed to the same conditions and not linked to the other solar cells, which serves as sen... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6847834 | Mobile terminal with a solar cell A mobile terminal with a solar cell is disclosed. The mobile terminal has a main body, a battery and a flip cover. A receiver portion, a data display and a keypad are formed on the upper surface of the main body. The improvement comprises a solar cell attached to th... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6841728 | Solar cell stringing machine A machine for the automated assembly of wafers such as solar cells into strings, comprising a control system, a cell loader with wafer inspection station, a cell tab loader, a string assembly station, and a platen with adjacent pairs of individual cell, opposing edg... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6838611 | Solar battery module and power generation apparatus AC module, integrating a solar battery and an inverter, can easily be connected with other plural AC modules in parallel by way of cascade connections. However, when the number of AC modules connected is improvidently increased, the current flowing through the curre... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6812396 | Photovoltaic power generation system A solar cell array having an exposed electroactive portion is connected to a system power supply through an insulation transformer, a ground-fault interrupter is provided between the solar cell array and the system power supply, and a ground-fault detector is provid... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6812398 | Separable solar energy storage device A separable solar energy storage device, comprising a solar energy reception device, a solar energy conversion circuit, an extension cord for connecting the solar energy reception device and the solar energy conversion circuit, and storage batteries connecting to th... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6800802 | Circuit device for solar energy application A circuit device for solar energy application includes a solar panel as power supply and a rechargeable cell pack for receiving the power transferred from the solar panel. The circuit device uses a MOSFET as a current blocking device. The Drain and the Source of the... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6791024 | Power converter, and photovoltaic element module and power generator using the same To improve the conversion efficiency of a power converter in a solar cell module in which a solar cell module main body containing a solar cell is integrated with a power converter for converting the output power from the solar cell module main body, a material havi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6774299 | Solar electric alternating current generator A device consisting of solar photovoltaic cells, a solar activated dc motor, contact brushes and wiring to transfer the electric current to the applied load. The cells are mounted on vanes attached to a central shaft that is made to rotate by the dc motor. The elect... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768047 | Autonomous solid state lighting system An autonomous solid state lighting system has a charge mode which collects energy and produces electric power with a solid state energy source, converts the voltage of the electric power using a bi-directional power converter, and stores the power in an energy stora... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6750391 | Aternating current photovoltaic building block A modular apparatus for and method of alternating current photovoltaic power generation comprising via a photovoltaic module, generating power in the form of direct current; and converting direct current to alternating current and exporting power via one or more pow... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6713670 | Electrostatically clean solar array Provided are methods of manufacturing an electrostatically clean solar array panel and the products resulting from the practice of these methods. The preferred method uses an array of solar cells, each with a coverglass where the method includes machining apertures ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6703555 | Solar cell string, solar cell array and solar photovoltaic power system The solar cell string of the present invention comprises a plurality of solar cells interconnected in series and/or parallel, one positive terminal, and one negative terminal, wherein at least a part of an electric line thereof is not housed in an insulat... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6680432 | Apparatus and method for optimizing the efficiency of a bypass diode in multijunction solar cells Apparatus and Method for Optimizing the Efficiency of a Bypass Diode in Solar Cells. In a preferred embodiment, a layer of TiAu is placed in an etch in a solar cell with a contact at a doped layer of GaAs. Electric current is conducted through a diode and... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6660929 | Electrical power module and system Light sources are mounted within a light-proof enclosure in which photovoltaic panels are mounted to produce electrical power irrespective of weather conditions outside the enclosure.... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6617508 | Solar cell having a front-mounted bypass diode An efficient method of interconnecting a solar cell having at least two front surface contacts with a diode mounted on a front surface of the solar cell includes the act of forming at least a first recess on a front surface of the solar cell. A first sola... | 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 |
| 6600100 | Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the fi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6556396 | Power generation system, and method for installing the same In a power generation system including a DC power supply which is connected to a low-voltage distribution system to which a plurality of consumers, each having an earth leakage breaker, are connected and one wire of which is grounded, via a receiving-end ... | 04/29/2003 |
