Patents by Inventor Naiara YURRITA MURUA

Naiara YURRITA MURUA 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).

  • Encapsulated photovoltaic cells and modules
    Patent number: 11167506
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to photovoltaic modules comprising one or more photovoltaic cells embedded in a fiber-reinforced composite thermosetting material, wherein at a front side of the photovoltaic cells, the fiber-reinforced composite material comprises a substantially transparent resin, and substantially transparent fibers, and wherein the refractive indices of the resin and the glass fibers are substantially the same. In particular, the fibers can be glass fibers treated with aminosilane coupling agents and the resin can be an epoxy resin. Further disclosed are methods of manufacture of photovoltaic modules comprising one or more crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells comprising: providing a mold, one or more photovoltaic cells in the mold, and reinforcement fibers in the mold and positioning a bag surrounding the mold cavity. Then a vacuum is created in the bag substantially gradually, and the resin is infused with the mold due to the created vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Igor Arrizabalaga Canellada, Sonia García Arrieta, Gorka Imbuluzqueta García, Maider Machado García, José María Vega De Seoane López De Goicoechea, Alexander Astigarraga Erleaga, Olatz Ollo Escudero, Eduardo Román Medina, Francisco Jesús Cano Iranzo, Oihana Zubillaga Alcorta, Naiara Yurrita Murua
  • ENCAPSULATED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND MODULES
    Publication number: 20170250299
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to photovoltaic modules comprising one or more photovoltaic cells embedded in a fiber-reinforced composite thermosetting material, wherein at a front side of the photovoltaic cells, the fiber-reinforced composite material comprises a substantially transparent resin, and substantially transparent fibers, and wherein the refractive indices of the resin and the glass fibers are substantially the same. In particular, the fibers can be glass fibers treated with aminosilane coupling agents and the resin can be an epoxy resin. Further disclosed are methods of manufacture of photovoltaic modules comprising one or more crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells comprising: providing a mold, one or more photovoltaic cells in the mold, and reinforcement fibers in the mold and positioning a bag surrounding the mold cavity. Then a vacuum is created in the bag substantially gradually, and the resin is infused with the mold due to the created vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Igor ARRIZABALAGA CANELLADA, Sonia GARCÍA ARRIETA, Gorka IMBULUZQUETA GARCÌA, Maider MACHADO GARCÌA, José María VEG DE SEOANE LÓPEZ DE GOICOECHEA, Alexander ASTIGARRAGA ERLEAGA, Olatz OLLO ESCUDERO, Eduardo ROMÅN MEDINA, Francisco Jesús CANO IRANZO, Oihana ZUBILLAGA ALCORTA, Naiara YURRITA MURUA