Patents by Inventor Frederic Utzmann

Frederic Utzmann 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).

  • Patent number: 8484994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining an external covering of a photovoltaic device, said covering being constituted by a glass substrate having texturing in the form of at least one row of grooves that are mutually parallel and preferably spaced by a regular distance d, said method being characterized in that there is used, for the impression of said texturing, texturing means incorporating reliefs whose spacing is different from the distance d between two rows of grooves on the glass substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate or to a photovoltaic module incorporating a substrate that can be obtained by application of the preceding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Michele Schiavoni, Didier Jousse, Frederic Utzmann
  • Publication number: 20100154862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining an external covering of a photovoltaic device, said covering being constituted by a glass substrate having texturing in the form of at least one row of grooves that are mutually parallel and preferably spaced by a regular distance d, said method being characterized in that there is used, for the impression of said texturing, texturing means incorporating reliefs whose spacing is different from the distance d between two rows of grooves on the glass substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate or to a photovoltaic module incorporating a substrate that can be obtained by application of the preceding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Michele Schiavoni, Didier Jousse, Frederic Utzmann