Patents Examined by Magali P Slawski
  • Patent number: 10439121
    Abstract: A thermoelectric power generation (TEG) unit configured to be integrated into the exhaust system of a vehicle includes a plurality of thermoelectric power generator modules, each comprising an electrically interconnected plurality of p-type and n-type thermoelectric material legs, each leg extending between a substrate on a hot side and a substrate on a cold side of the module, wherein the thermoelectric materials for the legs are half-Heusler compounds having a thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) greater than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Georgy Samsonidze, Boris Kozinsky
  • Patent number: 10439090
    Abstract: A transparent luminescent solar concentrator is provided. In another aspect, a luminescent solar concentrator absorbs outside of visible light and emits outside of visible light. A further aspect of a luminescent solar concentrator employs nanocrystal clusters embedded in a polymeric matrix. In still another aspect, a unique ligand and luminophore host pairing is used for a solar concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. Lunt, Yimu Zhao
  • Patent number: 10418930
    Abstract: A second panel and a third panel are disposed on both sides of a first panel in the width direction, a fourth panel is disposed at a position symmetrical with the first panel with respect to the second panel and third panel, the respective panels have the same length and are disposed parallel to each other, and a step is provided with a gap between the first panel and the second panel or the third panel, and between the fourth panel and the second panel or the third panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 10403823
    Abstract: Polymer and Organic Light Emitting Device A polymer comprising a repeat unit of formula (I a), (I b) or (Ic): (Formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic)) wherein M is a metal; R is a backbone repeat group; n is 1 or 2; Sp is a spacer group; w is 0 or 1; L1 and L2 are mono- or bidentate co-coordinating groups; ---- represents a second metal to ligand bond in the case where L1 or L2 is a bidentate ligand and at least one of L1 and L2 is substituted with group of formula (II) (Formula (II)) wherein m is 0 or 1; each Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 is aryl or heteroaryl. The polymer may be used as an emissive material in an organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Martin Humphries, Simon Foxon
  • Patent number: 10374117
    Abstract: A solar panel mount system includes a ballasted block support resting on a ground surface, a post pivoted to the block support at a lower pivot, and a solar panel frame pivoted to the post at an upper pivot with a center of gravity over the ballasted block support and facing a desired sunlight-receiving direction. The upper pivot is selected to be at a desired adjusted height. The frame includes a yoke supported at the upper pivot and support beams supporting a solar panel. A method of installation includes placing the ballasted block support on the ground, and attaching the remaining components at desired angles to locate a center of gravity of the solar panel frame over the ballasted block support, and fixing an angle of the solar panel frame at a desired sun-facing position. A related method includes interconnecting solar panel frames on posts in a generally straight row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: James Wolter, Jeffrey Mathie
  • Patent number: 10347848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new amorphous material with advantageous properties as charge transport material and/or absorber material for various applications, in particular in photoelectric conversion devices, i.e. an amorphous material of the composition (R1NR23)5Me X1aX2b wherein R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, R2 are independently of one another hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, Me is a divalent metal, X1 and X2 have different meanings and are independently of one another selected from F, CI, Br, I or a pseudohalide, a and b are independently of one another 0 to 7, wherein the sum of a and b is 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wilfried Hermes, Ingmar Bruder, Peter Erk, Daniel Waldmann
  • Patent number: 10340434
    Abstract: A combustion module including a body in which are formed several combustion chambers extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between a first end face and a second end face of the body in which they emerge, the distance between the combustion chambers and/or the dimensions of the combustion chambers are chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventor: Emmanuel Ollier
  • Patent number: 10340403
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a crystalline semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface and a first amorphous semiconductor layer formed over the first surface of the crystalline semiconductor substrate. An interface between the crystalline semiconductor substrate and the first amorphous semiconductor layer is an oxidized interface containing oxygen having a concentration of 1×1021/cm3 or greater. The first amorphous semiconductor layer includes a high-oxygen-concentration region having an oxygen concentration of 1×1020/cm3 or greater and 1×1021/cm3 or less within a range of 5 nm or less from the oxidized interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Ogane, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 10326401
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure lies at least in providing a multi-assembly tracking control system for solar photovoltaic module, which may control multiple sets of photovoltaic module assemblies simultaneously, so as to enable a single-axis tracking in one direction or a two-axis tracking in two directions. It is able to receive the sunlight in a most efficient manner under various climate and deployment conditions, to greatly raise the power generation efficiency and to enhance the stability of the whole system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Tonking New Energy Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Nong Wu
  • Patent number: 10283822
    Abstract: A battery module assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a heat pipe having a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked in one direction, a coupling part which is in contact with and coupled to the side surface part of the battery module, and a cooling part which extends from the coupling part so as to project away from the battery module; and a cooling plate, one surface of which is in contact with and coupled to the cooling part of the heat pipe. A cooling passage may be formed on the other surface of the cooling plate. According to the present invention, heat generated from the battery module including the battery cell can be cooled effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil Jae You, Ji Seok Lee, Hyun Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10251267
    Abstract: A transparent electrode (1) comprises a transparent substrate (2); a metal conductive layer (4) composed of a metal thin line pattern; and a polymer conductive layer (6) including a conductive polymer containing a polymer acid. The metal conductive layer (4) is formed on/over the transparent substrate (2) and the metal conductive layer (4) is covered with the polymer conductive layer (6). The polymer conductive layer (6) has a surface specific resistance of 10,000?/? or smaller and the polymer acid contains a fluorinated polymer acid and a non-fluorinated polymer acid. In the polymer conductive layer (6) a concentration of the fluorinated polymer acid increases along a direction from the transparent substrate (2) towards the polymer conductive layer (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Takeda, Takatoshi Suematsu
  • Patent number: 10249826
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, an emitting layer and a cathode, in which the emitting layer includes a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is a delayed-fluorescent compound represented by a formula (1) below. The second compound includes at least one of a partial structure represented by a formula (21) below and a partial structure represented by a formula (22) below in one molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Ogiwara, Kei Yoshida, Satomi Tasaki
  • Patent number: 10250180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device (1) for a solar panel (2) on a parapet (3) of a balcony, said device having at least the following components: —a connection arrangement (4) for connecting an element to be held, wherein the connection arrangement has at least one support (5, 6, 7, 8) for placing on a parapet; and —at least one transverse strut (9, 10) for bridging a parapet width, wherein the at least one transverse strut is connected to the connection arrangement and has at least one flange (12, 13) for placing on a parapet, wherein by means of a movement of the at least one flange towards the connection arrangement, the at least one flange and the at least one support press in opposite directions against the parapet. The invention disclosed relates to a holding device which allows for greater flexibility with regard to the structure of a balcony parapet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INDIELUX UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKT)
    Inventors: Marcus Vietzke, Fabian Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10249770
    Abstract: The solar cell module according to the present invention includes: a supporting substrate; a back electrode layer arranged on the supporting substrate; a light absorbing layer arranged on the back electrode layer; a front electrode layer arranged on the light absorbing layer; and a bus bar arranged to be in contact with the top and side surfaces of the back electrode layer. In the solar cell according to an embodiment, the bus bar is arranged to be in contact with the top and side surfaces of the back electrode layer, which enables charge transfer both in the direction of the top surface and in the direction of the side surface, thereby facilitating the transfer of charge moving on the back electrode layer in the direction of the bus bar. Accordingly, the solar cell module according to an embodiment can increase the amount of charge transfer from the back electrode layer to the bus bar, thereby improving the efficiency of the solar cell module overall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myoung Seok Sung
  • Patent number: 10230053
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode opposite the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode, the electron transport region including an electron control layer, wherein the hole transport region includes at least one compound selected from a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Formula 2, and the electron control layer includes a third compound represented by Formula 3:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Doosan Corporation
    Inventors: Myeong-Suk Kim, Sung-Wook Kim, Hwan-Hee Cho, Sang-Woo Lee, Chang-Woong Chu, Tae-Hyung Kim, Ho-Cheol Park, Chang-Jun Lee, Young-Bae Kim, Hoe-Moon Kim
  • Patent number: 10224527
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the invention has a power generating element with a single-cell layer which comprises a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface of a negative electrode collector and a separator disposed between the positive electrode the negative electrode and containing a non-aqueous electrolyte, in which a value RA (=Rzjis (2)/Rzjis(1)) for the ratio between the surface roughness (Rzjis(1)) of the surface of the negative electrode active material layer on the side in contact with the separator and the surface roughness (Rzjis(2)) of the surface of the separator on the side in contact with the negative electrode active material layer is 0.15 to 0.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Miyuki Terado
  • Patent number: 10193007
    Abstract: This solar cell module includes a solar cell and a wiring member. The solar cell includes a collecting electrode on a light-receiving side of a photoelectric conversion section, and a back electrode on a back side of the photoelectric conversion section. Sequentially from the photoelectric conversion section side, the collecting electrode includes a first collecting electrode and a second collecting electrode, and the back electrode comprises a first back electrode and a second back electrode. It is preferable that the surface roughness Ra1 of the first collecting electrode and the surface roughness Ra2 of the second collecting electrode satisfy Ra1?Ra2 and Ra2=1.0 to 10.0 ?m. It is also preferable that the outermost layer of the second collecting electrode and the outermost layer of the second back electrode are mainly composed of the same electroconductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Terashita, Daisuke Adachi
  • Patent number: 10193047
    Abstract: Electronic assemblies for thermoelectric generation are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic assembly includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a conductive plane and a plurality of thermal guide traces position on the first surface of the substrate. The conductive plane includes a plurality of arms radially extending from a central region. The plurality of thermal guide traces surrounds the conductive plane, and is shaped and positioned to guide heat flux present on or within the substrate toward the central region of the conductive plane. The electronic assembly may also include a thermoelectric generator device thermally coupled to the central region of the conductive plane, and a plurality of heat generating devices coupled to the second surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 10181543
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells including a first solar cell and a second solar cell adjacent to each other, wherein each of the plurality of solar cells including at least one first current collector and at least one second current collector, wherein the at least one first current collector and the at least one second current collector being positioned on a non-light incident surface of each of the plurality of solar cells, which is opposite to a light incident surface of each of the plurality of solar cells, an insulating film having a conductive pattern part positioned on the insulating film, wherein the conductive pattern part including a first pattern which is connected to the at least one first current connector 161 of the plurality of solar cells and a second pattern which is connected to the at least one second current connector of the plurality of solar cells, wherein the first pattern being spaced apart from the second pattern; and an insulating sheet between the an insulatin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daehee Jang, Jihoon Ko, Juwan Kang, Jonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10170647
    Abstract: A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are discussed. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first and second electrodes which are formed on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate to be separated from each other, and an insulating member including a first auxiliary electrode connected to the first electrodes and a second auxiliary electrode connected to the second electrodes. The first electrodes and the first auxiliary electrode are connected using a conductive adhesive including a resin layer and conductive metal particles, and the second electrodes and the second auxiliary electrode are connected using the conductive adhesive. The first and second electrodes are insulated from each other through an insulating layer, or the first and second auxiliary electrodes are insulated from each other through the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Daehee Jang