Patents Examined by Michael Y Sun
  • Patent number: 11653564
    Abstract: The present specification provides a compound of Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same. The compound of Chemical Formula 1 used in an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device provides improved driving voltage and light efficiency, and increased service lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Uk Heo, Dong Hoon Lee, Jungoh Huh, Boonjae Jang, Minyoung Kang, Miyeon Han, Min Woo Jung
  • Patent number: 11652440
    Abstract: An A-Frame solar panel array system is configured to produce a high amount of electrical power for a given amount of ground space with a plurality of solar panels on both a forward beam and a plurality of solar panels on a trailing beam in an elevated position above the ground. This elevated positioning enables more solar panels to be configured over a given amount of ground area. The solar panels are spaced along the trailing and forward beams with a vertical offset between the trailing and forward beams to enable sunlight to pass therethrough to enable exposure to sunlight, through the forward beam array of solar panels onto the trailing beam array of solar panels. A solar panel actuator is configured to rotate the solar panels for increasing solar panel exposure throughout the year. The solar panels may only be configured to rotate trailing/forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Bruce E. Clark
  • Patent number: 11647674
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material formed of a sintered body containing magnesium silicide as a main component contains 0.5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less of aluminum oxide. The aluminum oxide is distributed at a crystal grain boundary of the magnesium silicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Nakada
  • Patent number: 11641778
    Abstract: Provided are a compound of Chemical Formula 1: and an organic light emitting device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jungha Lee, Dong Hoon Lee, Jungoh Huh, Seongmi Cho, Dong Uk Heo, Min Woo Jung
  • Patent number: 11631778
    Abstract: A solar module assembly includes a frame having an upper portion encompassing an area and a mid portion disposed below the upper portion. A plurality of solar panels is arranged in a string, sandwiched between two transparent panes forming a single string panel. The solar panels occupy less than the area of the upper portion. Each of the plurality of solar panels has a pair of opposing edges. A reflector is mounted on the mid portion to reflect light selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DWP Energy Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Wei Pan
  • Patent number: 11624727
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a single-molecule using an integrated circuit which includes at least one membrane having a nanopore located between first and second reservoirs and a low-noise preamplifier having an electrode formed on the surface thereof is provided. The method includes passing a target molecule through the nanopore, and measuring a current through the nanopore to detect the presence of a biomolecular entity, if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Jacob Rosenstein, Kenneth L. Shepard
  • Patent number: 11626523
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device having a perovskite PV cell wherein the PV device operates, for example during start-up, initially in a bias-voltage operating mode, in which a bias voltage is applied to the perovskite PV cell of the PV device. The bias voltage or the energy needed for same can advantageously be drawn from the power electronics associated with the perovskite PV cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Fleischer, Roland Pohle, Elfriede Simon, Oliver von Sicard
  • Patent number: 11626749
    Abstract: Provided is a photovoltaic system wherein potential induced degradation (PID) is simply and efficiently suppressed. This photovoltaic system is provided with a bypass electric path that connects an inverter and a positive electrode of a solar cell module array to each other by being connected in parallel to a first electric path between the inverter and the solar battery module array. The bypass electric path is provided with a second switching circuit, and a first switching circuit is provided to an electric path between the inverter and a negative electrode of the solar cell module array, the electric path being a part of the first electric path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Haruo Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11561216
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an array of layers of amphiphilic molecules, the apparatus comprising: a body, formed in a surface of the body, an array of sensor wells capable of supporting a layer of amphiphilic molecules across the sensor wells, the sensor wells each containing an electrode for connection to an electrical circuit, and formed in the surface of the body between the sensor wells, flow control wells capable of smoothing the flow of a fluid across the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Hyde, James Anthony Clarke, Gaëlle Anne-Leonie Andreatta
  • Patent number: 11563133
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a four junction solar cell having an upper first solar subcell composed of a semiconductor material including aluminum and having a first band gap; a second solar subcell adjacent to said first solar subcell and composed of a semiconductor material having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap and being lattice matched with the upper first solar subcell; a third solar subcell adjacent to said second solar subcell and composed of a semiconductor material having a third band gap smaller than the second band gap and being lattice matched with the second solar subcell; and a fourth solar subcell adjacent to and lattice matched with said third solar subcell and composed of a semiconductor material having a fourth band gap smaller than the third band gap; wherein the fourth subcell has a direct bandgap of greater than 0.75 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SolAero Techologies Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Derkacs, Daniel McGlynn
  • Patent number: 11552253
    Abstract: Provided is a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and lifespan of a device, an organic electronic device using the same, and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Gwang Park, Yeon Hee Choi, Yun Suk Lee, Ki Ho So, Hyung Keun Park, Yeon Seok Jeong, Sun Pil Hwang, Sun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11545635
    Abstract: Visibly transparent photovoltaic devices are disclosed, such as those are transparent to visible light but absorb near-infrared light and/or ultraviolet light. The photovoltaic devices make use of transparent electrodes and near-infrared absorbing visibly transparent photoactive compounds, optical materials, and/or buffer materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: UBIQUITOUS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Miles Barr, Richa Pandey, Matthew Jurow, Bo He
  • Patent number: 11538955
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising at least a first layer and a second layer affixed to each other by means of an encapsulant, said method comprising a lamination step wherein the encapsulant material comprises a silane-modified polyolefin having a melting point below 90° C., pigment particles and an additive comprising a cross-linking catalyst; and wherein in said lamination step heat and pressure are applied to the module, said heat being applied at a temperature between 60° C. and 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Hengyu Li, Jordi Escarre Palou, Karin Söderström, Xavier Bulliard, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret-Aebi, Christophe Ballif
  • Patent number: 11532765
    Abstract: A solar cell panel is disclosed. The disclosed solar cell panel includes a semiconductor substrate, a conductive region disposed in or on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode connected to the conductive region, a lead electrically connected to the electrode. The electrode includes finger lines, and a bus bar line extending across the finger lines, and electrically connected to the lead. First and second end edge areas are arranged at opposite ends of the bus bar line disposed adjacent to opposite edges of the semiconductor substrate, respectively. The bus bar line includes electrode portions respectively disposed at the first end second end edge areas. Each electrode portion includes an opening formed through the each electrode portion, and an outermost end disposed at a position flush with corresponding ones of the outermost ones of the finger lines or a position outwards of the corresponding outermost finger lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Shangrao Jinko solar Technology Development Co., LTD
    Inventors: Sunghyun Hwang, Jinsung Kim, Hyunho Lee, Donghae Oh
  • Patent number: 11527666
    Abstract: A compound-semiconductor photovoltaic cell includes a first photoelectric conversion cell made of a first compound-semiconductor material which lattice matches with GaAs or Ge; a first tunnel junction layer arranged on a deep side farther than the first photoelectric conversion cell in a light incident direction, and including a first p-type (Alx1Ga1-x1)y1In1-y1As (0?x1<1, 0<y1?1) layer and a first n-type (Alx2Ga1-x2)y2In1-y2P (0?x2<1, 0<y2<1) layer; and a second photoelectric conversion cell arranged on a deep side farther than the first tunnel junction layer in the light incident direction, and made of a second compound-semiconductor material which is a GaAs-based semiconductor material. The first photoelectric conversion cell and the second photoelectric conversion cell are joined via the first tunnel junction layer, and a lattice constant of the first n-type (Alx2Ga1-x2)y2In1-y2P layer is greater than a lattice constant of the first photoelectric conversion cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shunichi Sato
  • Patent number: 11522094
    Abstract: Photovoltaic devices, and methods of fabricating photovoltaic devices. The photovoltaic devices may include a first electrode, at least one quantum dot layer, at least one semiconductor layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode may include a layer including Cr and one or more silver contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jobeda Jamal Khanam, Simon Y. Foo
  • Patent number: 11515478
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device using the same. The compound is used as a material of an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Bum Cha, Sang Duk Suh, Yeon Hwan Kim, Sang Young Jeon, Sung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11508910
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Graham Morse, Lana Nanson, William Mitchell, Michal Krompiec, Mansoor D'Lavari, Agnieszka Pron
  • Patent number: 11502638
    Abstract: A solar module mounting bracket system including a plurality of solar modules including mounting slots formed in a sidewall of the solar module, a torque tube configured to support the solar modules such that they can be rotated, a plurality of mounting brackets configured for integration with the torque tube and to which the plurality of solar modules are mounted, at least one first retainer assembly connected to one of the plurality of mounting brackets, the first retainer assembly including a through bolt, a spring, a mounting tab, and nut. When a solar module is placed on the mounting bracket and supported by the torque tube the mounting tab retainer assembly is received in the mounting slot of the solar module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Joseph Watson, Dennis Marvin Lawson, Thao Thanh Hoang, Paul Daniel Habib
  • Patent number: 11495704
    Abstract: There is provided a multi junction photovoltaic device comprising a first sub-cell comprising a photoactive region comprising a layer of perovskite material, a second sub-cell comprising a photoactive silicon absorber. and an intermediate region disposed between and connecting the first sub-cell and the second sub-cell. The intermediate region comprises an interconnect layer, the interconnect layer comprising a two-phase material comprising elongate (i.e. filament like) silicon nanocrystals embedded in a silicon oxide matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Oxford Photovoltaics Limited
    Inventor: Simon Kirner