Patents by Inventor Francesco Losciale

Francesco Losciale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • p-Si/n-CdS Heterojunction photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 4366337
    Abstract: The invention provides photovoltaic cells of new design in which the two semiconductors have lattice parameters which differ by more than 5%. The n-type semiconductor material is constituted by high conductivity CdS doped with indium in a percentage higher than 1%, and the p-type semiconductor material is constituted by Si. The active surface of said cells is equal to or greater than 1.5 cm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: E.N.I. Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi
    Inventors: Paolo Alessandrini, Lucio De Angelis, Fabrizio Galluzzi, Francesco Losciale, Ernesto Scafe'
  • Method for constructing a thermoelectric module and the module so obtained
    Patent number: 4081895
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for constructing a thermoelectric module, as well as to the module so obtained. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of construction a reference shoulder on the semiconductor bar, assembling the semiconductor bars in series by using an insulating cement, cleaning the surfaces, gold plating, nickel plating, brasing copper electrodes, machining the regions between the elements which have to remain insulated, protecting the copper electrodes by nickel or chromium plating. The thermoelectric module so obtained consists of a matrix of semiconductor elements with all the mechanical and electrical connections incorporated, including the input and output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Snamprogetti, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Germano, Francesco Losciale, Roberto Falesiedi, Ferruccio Daclon, Nicola Merzagora
  • Method for constructing a thermoelectric module and the module so obtained
    Patent number: RE30652
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for constructing a thermoelectric module, as well as to the module so obtained. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of construction a reference shoulder on the semiconductor bar, assembling the semiconductor bars in series by using an insulating cement, cleaning the surfaces, gold plating, nickel plating, brasing copper electrodes, machining the regions between the elements which have to remain insulated, protecting the copper electrodes by nickel or chromium plating. The thermoelectric module so obtained consists of a matrix of semiconductor elements with all the mechanical and electrical connections incorporated, including the input and output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Snamprogetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Germano, Francesco Losciale, Roberto Falesiedi, Ferruccio Daclon, Nicola Merzagora