Patents Assigned to Helianthos B.V.
  • Patent number: 8105868
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for making a solar cell module comprising solar cells connected in series, comprising the steps of: a) making in a system composed of a substrate-overlaid by a first electrode layer, itself overlaid by an active layer, a first, interruption, groove providing an interrupt in the front electrode and the active layer and a second, interconnection, groove through the active layer, the first and second grooves being positioned close to each other; b) inserting an insulating compound into the interruption groove; c) applying a lift-off compound onto the active layer at a position adjacent to the interconnection groove on the other side of the interconnection groove than the insulation groove; d) applying the second electrode; e) removing the lift-off compound and the overlaying second electrode at that position to obtain a groove in the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Winkeler, Gerrit C. Dubbeldam, Peter E. Sportel
  • Patent number: 8025929
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preparing a flexible mechanically compensated layered material comprising a transparent carrier both sides of which are at least partly covered with a transparent inorganic material, comprising the consecutive steps of a) providing two temporary substrates; b) applying a transparent inorganic material layer onto each of the temporary substrates; c1) applying a transparent carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers; or c2) applying a polymerizable precursor for a transparent polymerized carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers followed by polymerizing the polymerizable precursor to the transparent carrier; and d) removing the temporary substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventors: Gert Jan Jongerden, Rutger Schlatmann, Jan Willem Gaston Mahy
  • Publication number: 20100252089
    Abstract: A process for providing a series connection in a solar cell system including the provision of a solar cell system comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer, a photovoltaic layer, and a back electrode, wherein the system is divided into at least two individual cells wherein the transparent conductive oxide layer of one cell is connected through a conductive interconnect with the back electrode of an adjacent cell, and the transparent conductive oxide layer is provided with an insulating interrupt on one side of the interconnect and the back electrode is provided with an interrupt on the other side of the interconnect, the process being characterised in that the interrupt in the transparent conductive oxide layer is provided through vitrification of the transparent conductive oxide layer. A solar cell system provided with a series connection wherein the interrupt in the TCO layer is made up of a vitrified section of the TCO is also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventor: Edwin Peter Sportel
  • Patent number: 7762835
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly comprises a foil, an upper connector housing part having a lower face that faces an upper surface of the foil and a lower connector housing part having an upper face that faces a lower surface of the foil. The lower face of the upper connector housing part or the upper face of the lower connector housing part has an opening forming a recess that accommodates at least a part of a connector contact and the foil. At least one of the upper connector housing part or the lower connector housing part has at least one protruding component and each protruding component is inserted through a respective hole in the foil. The upper connector housing part and the lower connector housing part are drawn to each other by the protruding component which engages a holding means that abuts a surface thus exerting a retention force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus M. G. M. Peters, Jozef M. T. Lenssen, Auke G. Talma
  • Publication number: 20100089432
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a photovoltaic (PV) module comprising a plurality of cells, each cell containing a substrate, a transparent conductor layer, a photovoltaic layer, and a back-electrode layer, wherein the photovoltaic layer comprises at least one p-i-n or n-i-p silicon layer, characterized in that said silicon layer comprises 10 to 1000 conducting spots of recrystallized silicon per cm2, each having independently a surface or 10 to 2500 ?m. The PV module can be obtained by a method wherein the p-i-n or n-i-p silicon layer is locally heated whereby said silicon is transformed at these spots, after which the silicon at these spots is allowed to solidify in a transformed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Cornelis Dubbeldam, Edwin Peter Sportel