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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Prem Nath, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156301 ; 136245 ; 136251 ; 156192 ; 156302 ; 156324 ; 437-2 ;
Abstract
A flexible encapsulated photovoltaic device is prepared by disposing photovoltaic devices on a sheet of thermoplastic material, disposing a front encapsulant material atop the devices, and disposing a bottom encapsulant layer so as to provide a multi-layered structure. The multi-layered structure is rolled under tension so as to compress the layers and the roll is heated to activate the thermoplastic material and bond the layers together. Additional layers may be interposed prior to rolling.