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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Hidenori Shiotsuka, Kyotanabe, JP;
Tsutomu Murakami, Nara, JP;
Takehito Yoshino, Nara, JP;
Koji Tsuzuki, Ikoma, JP;
Ichiro Kataoka, Kyotanabe, JP;
Satoru Yamada, Nara, JP;
Yoshifumi Takeyama, Soraku-gun, JP;
Koichi Shimizu, Kyotanabe, JP;
Shigeo Kiso, Kyotanabe, JP;
Hideaki Zenko, Kyotanabe, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell module has a very agreeable appearance and can carry a large volume of information on the light receiving surface thereof. An information carrying body storing information (including, for example, the date, the process the rated values, the destination of shipment, I-V curve data and other data) for identifying the module is invisibly arranged on the light receiving surface side of the solar cell module (e.g., on the front surface sealing member or the front surface member of the photovoltaic elements).