The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Hidenori Shiotsuka, Kyotanabe, JP;
Ichiro Kataoka, Kyotanabe, JP;
Satoru Yamada, Nara, JP;
Shigeo Kiso, Kyotanabe, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell module which comprises a photovoltaic element string comprising a plurality of photovoltaic elements electrically connected with each other by means of an electric connection material, said photovoltaic element string being sealed by a sealing material, wherein when an area of one (a) of said plurality of photovoltaic elements is represented by A and a sum of clearances areas between said photovoltaic element (a) and adjacent photovoltaic elements (b) situated next to said photovoltaic element (a) is represented by B, the area ratio of B/A is in a range of 0.003 to 0.045. A process for producing a solar cell module using said photovoltaic element string by a vacuum lamination method.