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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188366 | Integrated solar energy conversion system, method, and apparatus A solar energy conversion package includes a photovoltaic (PV) cell, a thermionic or thermoelectric conversion unit and a thermal heating system. Solar radiation is concentrated by a lens or reflector and directed to the PV cell for electrical power conversion. A wa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8119905 | Combination non-imaging concentrator The present invention is a combination non-imaging concentrator in which at least one surface or volume is incorporated as an optical element to increase obliquity of reflection at walls of a light guide. The combination non-imaging concentrator may be used in a sol... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8106292 | Volume compensation within a photovoltaic device Volume compensation in photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device has an outer transparent casing and a substrate that, together, define an inner volume. At least one solar cell is on the substrate. A filler layer seals the at least one solar cell with... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101855 | Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics In one embodiment of a solar concentrator, a tailored aspheric lens augments the solar-concentrator performance of a concave mirror, widening its acceptance angle for easier solar tracking, making it more cost-competitive for ultra-large arrays. The molded-glass sec... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093493 | Volume compensation within a photovoltaic device A photovoltaic device having (i) an outer transparent casing, (ii) a substrate, the substrate and the outer transparent casing defining an inner volume, (iii) at least one solar cell on the substrate, (iv) a filler layer sealing the at least one solar cell and (v) a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088994 | Light concentrating modules, systems and methods A light concentrating module for transforming light into at least one of electrical and thermal energy is provided. The light concentrating module may be coupled in flow communication with a fluid conversion module and include a primary optical element that has a re... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084684 | Three-dimensional thin-film solar cells A three-dimensional thin-film solar cell 100, comprising a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell substrate comprising a plurality of single-aperture or dual-aperture unit cells with emitter junction regions 522 and doped base regions 530, emitt... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080731 | Restrained solar collector and method In one embodiment, a solar collector comprises a solar cell attached with a heat exchanger, and a restraining member attached to the heat exchanger. The restraining member at least partly restrains the heat exchanger when heated. In further embodiments, restraining ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071873 | Solar concentrator with induced dipole alignment of pivoted mirrors This invention deals with novel method and apparatus for positioning and motion control of the elements (mirrors) of a Fresnel reflector solar concentrator tracking heliostat array by induced and/or permanent dipole coupling to an electronic grid to produce angular ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8039739 | Individually encapsulated solar cells and solar cell strings Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the device comprises of an individually encapsulated solar cell, wherein the encapsulated solar cell includes at least one protective l... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026440 | Passively cooled, high concentration photovoltaic solar cell package The solar cell modular unit has a minimal number of components each of which are easily manufactured and which also have a relatively economical cost. It has a laminar substrate having an electrically conductive layer on its top surface that includes the printed ele... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7985921 | Systems to retain an optical element on a solar cell A system may include a solar cell, a support defining an opening over the solar cell and comprising a retention feature, and an optical element disposed within the opening. The optical element may include a location feature engaged with the retention feature of the ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7915523 | Compact solar apparatus for producing electricity and method of producing electricity using a compact solar apparatus The present invention relates to a compact solar module (CSM) apparatus and a method of producing electricity using such an apparatus in residential buildings for example. One embodiment of the module is made of two arrays of 2×4 solar cells. Each cell in the array... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7888592 | Bypass diode for photovoltaic cells A photovoltaic power module (10), comprising a substrate (12) provided with a circuit, one or more photovoltaic cells (16) mounted to the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit, and one or more bypass diodes (20), each corres... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7875796 | Reflector assemblies, systems, and methods for collecting solar radiation for photovoltaic electricity generation Disclosed is a lightweight reflecting system for the concentration of solar radiation in which the reflecting optic is approximately sinusoidal in cross section and is maintained in this shape by minimal contact with a support frame. The reflector can be a flexible ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7435898 | Solar energy utilization unit and solar energy utilization system A solar energy utilization unit comprises a solar radiation concentrating optics and a solar radiation receiver including first and second receiver components. The first receiver component is designed to convert into electric energy radiation in a first part of the ... | 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 |
| 7387400 | Light-emitting device with spherical photoelectric converting element A light-emitting device has spherical photo-electric converting elements that have a substantially spherical acceptance surface, respectively; a light emitting diode powered by the spherical photo-electric converting elements; a control circuit; and a sealing member... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7368656 | Solar cell for a solar generator panel, a solar generator panel, and a space vehicle A solar cell for a solar generator panel (10, 10′). According to the invention, the cell is coupled to a reflector (70, 71, 700) in such a manner that together with the reflector the cell forms an individual component (20, 21, 20′), while th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365394 | Process for fabricating thin film transistors Transistors are formed by depositing at least one layer of semiconductor material on a substrate comprising a polyphenylene polyimide. The substrate permits the use of processing temperatures in excess of 300° C. during the processes used to form the transistors, t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362968 | Combination camera and DSC lens control method using the same A combination camera and a DSC lens control method using the same, including a lens position check unit for checking a position of a DSC lens if electric power is applied, and a switching unit for switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the lens position check u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352044 | Photoelectric transducer, photoelectric transducer apparatus, and iron silicide film A solar battery 10 comprises a metal electrode layer 12, a pin junction 100, and a transparent electrode layer 16 which are successively laminated on a substrate 11 such as a silicon substrate. The pin junction 100 comprises... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339108 | Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft includes a reflector for reflecting solar radiation onto a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326955 | Stacked organic photosensitive devices A device is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength λ1 and a second photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength λ2. The photoactive r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321481 | Optical recording medium An optical recording medium includes a substrate, a light transmission layer and a plurality of recording layers between the substrate and the light transmission layer and capable of recording data in the plurality of recording layers and reproducing data recorded i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320827 | Glass substrate and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a glass substrate including a glass sheet, a thin film containing silica as its main component, and a group of metal oxide particles separated from one another, the metal oxide particles and the thin film being stacked on the glass she... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309831 | Protective sheet for solar battery module, method of fabricating the same and solar battery module A protective sheet for a solar battery module comprises a weather-resistant sheet (1) of, for example, a fluorocarbon resin, and a deposited inorganic oxide thin film (2) formed on one of the surfaces of the weather-resistant sheet (1). A surfac... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307210 | Solar cell and method of producing the same In a solar cell, at least one of reinforcing material and buffering material is provided at least partially on at least one of a back surface, a front surface and a side surface of the solar cell. With these reinforcing material and/or buffering material, occurrence... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303788 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module having a sealing resin layer formed on a metal oxide layer The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell module having photovoltaic elements in each of which a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide forms an outermost surface part thereof at a light incident side, and a sealing resin layer formed o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294530 | Method for encapsulating multiple integrated circuits A device, such as an integrated circuit or an electronic circuit component is affixed to a substrate. A first encapsulation structure encases a first integrated circuit and has at least one groove formed therein. An adhesive partially fills the groove in the first e... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292336 | Method and instrument for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An instrument system for detecting a biochemical interaction on a biosensor. The system includes an array of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282190 | Silicon layer production method and solar cell production method A solar cell is produced by dipping a multicrystalline silicon substrate 28 in a solution 24 containing silicon, growing a silicon layer on the substrate 28 while decreasing with time the temperature drop rate of the solution during the dipping ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282132 | Zinc oxide film treatment method and method of manufacturing photovoltaic device utilizing the same A film of zinc oxide electrochemically deposited from an aqueous solution is subjected to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than 150° C. and equal to or lower than 400° C. in a nitrogen or inert gas atmosphere that contains oxygen, thereby obtaini... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276274 | Optical recording medium and method for recording and reproducing data An optical recording medium includes a substrate, a light transmission layer and a plurality of recording layers between the substrate and the light transmission layer and capable of recording data in the plurality of recording layers and reproducing data recorded i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7259322 | Interconnects for solar cell devices A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of elongated solar cells, each respective solar cell comprising (i) a core configured as a first electrode, (ii) a semiconductor junction circumferentially disposed on the core, (iii) a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259803 | Resin sheet, liquid crystal cell substrate comprising the same A resin sheet that is unlikely to be affected by heat and allows prevention of the occurrence of a crack is provided. A glass fiber cloth-like material is dipped into an epoxy resin solution and subjected to curing, thereby obtaining an epoxy resin-based sheet inclu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255926 | Barrier layer made of a curable resin containing polymeric polyol A component involving a substrate, a layered structure arranged on the substrate, and a barrier layer arranged over the layered structure, wherein the barrier layer has the reaction product of an epoxy resin and a polymeric polyol. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244888 | Solar energy converter using a solar cell in a shallow liquid-gel layer A solar energy converter comprises a thin panel enclosure, at least one solar cell contained within the enclosure, and a thin layer of gel contained within the thin panel enclosure and enclosing the at least one solar cell. The thin panel enclosure has a two-dimensi... | 07/17/2007 |
