Patents Assigned to Affinity Co, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130178009
    Abstract: An ultrahigh durability solar cell module that can be used semi-permanently, with an ultrahigh durability transparent substrate, solar cell element and filler, wherein the solar cell element and a liquid substance or a gel obtained by reacting the liquid substance as the filler, are sealed by a fast sealed structure comprising a high durability crosslinking reactive adhesive provided between a glass panel and back side protective substrate, and a hot-melt adhesive. The module is produced by placing the sealing compound, solar cell element and liquid substance on the glass panel and finally laying the back side protective substrate to form a provisional laminated body, and then compression bonding the provisional laminated body at room temperature in a vacuum for sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Affinity Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100275992
    Abstract: An ultrahigh durability solar cell module that can be used semi-permanently, with an ultrahigh durability transparent substrate, solar cell element and filler, wherein the solar cell element and a liquid substance or a gel obtained by reacting the liquid substance as the filler, are sealed by a fast sealed structure comprising a high durability crosslinking reactive adhesive provided between a glass panel and back side protective substrate, and a hot-melt adhesive. The module is produced by placing the sealing compound, solar cell element and liquid substance on the glass panel and finally laying the back side protective substrate to form a provisional laminated body, and then compression bonding the provisional laminated body at room temperature in a vacuum for sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: AFFINITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7163726
    Abstract: There are provided laminated bodies or laminated body-containing windows, which comprise isotropic aqueous solutions obtained by dissolving a water-soluble polysaccharide derivative having nonionic amphipathic functional groups in an aqueous medium composed of water and an amphipathic substance, laminated between plates that are at least partially transparent and allow direct vision of the isotropic aqueous solutions, wherein there are added to the isotropic aqueous solutions in appropriate amounts ultraviolet absorbers comprising nonionic or ionic benzophenone derivatives or benzotriazole derivatives which are highly weather resistant and uniformly dissolve in the isotropic aqueous solutions. The isotropic aqueous solutions are transparent and become opaque upon irradiation with light, and exhibit stable reversible change, in order to provide vastly improved weather resistance to the laminated bodies against exposure to sunlight rays over prolonged periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Affinity Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6020989
    Abstract: A laminated body comprising an aqueous solution, in which molecules dissolved in water aggregate upon increasing temperature to demonstrate cloudy light-scattering resulting in decrease in light transmittance, sealed between two substrates which are at least partially transparent to allow direct visibility of said aqueous solution, wherein said aqueous solution comprises 0.5 to 45 parts by weight of an amphipathic substance which exhibits a clouding point, is an oil at room temperature and dissolves uniformly in water at room temperature, dissolved in 100 parts by weight of a solution of 0.5 to 40 parts by weight of an ionic water-soluble polymer or a vinyl-based non-ionic water-soluble polymer exhibiting no clouding point at a temperature of not higher than about 45.degree. C. in 100 parts by weight of water, and said aqueous solution undergoes a temperature-dependent reversible sol-emulsion phase transition, as well as a window employing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Affinity Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5615040
    Abstract: The present invention describes a self-responding laminated body in which an isotropic solution, wherein a polysaccharide derivative, dissolved in water, aggregates to demonstrate cloudy scattering due to a rise in temperature resulting in a decrease in optical transmittance, is sealed in a cell, of which at least a portion is transparent, that enables the aqueous solution to be viewed directly; wherein, the isotropic aqueous solution is a solution in which 100 parts by weight of a polysaccharide derivative, having a weight average molecular weight of roughly 10,000 to roughly 200,000, is dissolved in roughly 110 to roughly 2,000 parts by weight of a water-based medium composed of an amount of water that is roughly 25 to roughly 450 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polysaccharide derivative, and an amphipathic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Affinity Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Watanabe