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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roehm GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1048 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1048 ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic element having two plane or curved plates ( ) and ( ), which are joined by a circumferential seal ( ) at a spacing ranging from 2 to 20 mm, thus forming a cavity ( ) in which there are enclosed a plurality of photovoltaic cells ( ), each of which is attached to only one of the two plates ( ) using an adhesive ( ), at least this plate ( ) being transparent, wherein both plates are made of plastic that is permeable to water vapor and the adhesive with which the photovoltaic cells are attached covers at most 30% of the area of the individual photovoltaic cells can be used for applications such as roofing and illuminating bus stops.