Patents by Inventor Atsushi Saita

Atsushi Saita 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).

  • Publication number: 20190288143
    Abstract: The solar battery module according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: multiple solar battery cells; a first protective member, a second protective member, a first wiring material for connecting adjacent solar cells; and a second wiring material for connecting strings, that have been obtained by connecting the multiple solar cells via the first wiring material, to each other. The first wiring material and/or the second wiring material has a conductive core material and a colored layer that covers a surface on the side of the core material that faces the first protective member. The colored layer absorbs at least 30% of visible light having a wavelength of 380-780 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Taira, Naohiro Hitachi, Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Ryota Morikawa, Kenta Ishimura, Toshie Kunii, Kenji Tanaka, Akimichi Maekawa, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Junpei Irikawa
  • Patent number: 10411151
    Abstract: A stacked body is obtained by stacking a glass plate, a transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a colored resin sheet, and a first resin sheet in the order. The stacked body is pressed under heat to fabricate the solar cell module. The module includes the glass plate, a transparent sealing layer placed between the glass plate and the solar cell and formed of the transparent resin sheet, a colored sealing layer placed between the first resin sheet and the solar cell and formed of the colored resin sheet, and the first resin sheet. One of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan ? of 1 or higher at a temperature of the pressing, and the other one of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan ? of less than 1 at the temperature of the pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Saiki, Atsushi Saita
  • Patent number: 9978891
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes: solar cells each having a first main surface and a second main surface; a front-side transparent protective member disposed on a first main surface-side of the solar cells; a front-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the front-side transparent protective member and the solar cells; a back-side protective member disposed on a second main surface-side of the solar cells; a back-side white encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side protective member and the solar cells; and a back-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side white encapsulant layer and the solar cells, wherein a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a vicinity of an edge portion of the second main surface of the solar cells is less than a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a region between the solar cells that are neighboring to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimichi Maekawa, Tasuku Ishiguro, Yukako Sakuragi, Atsushi Saita
  • Publication number: 20170207353
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes: solar cells each having a first main surface and a second main surface; a front-side transparent protective member disposed on a first main surface-side of the solar cells; a front-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the front-side transparent protective member and the solar cells; a back-side protective member disposed on a second main surface-side of the solar cells; a back-side white encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side protective member and the solar cells; and a back-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side white encapsulant layer and the solar cells, wherein a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a vicinity of an edge portion of the second main surface of the solar cells is less than a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a region between the solar cells that are neighboring to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimichi MAEKAWA, Tasuku ISHIGURO, Yukako SAKURAGI, Atsushi SAITA
  • Patent number: 9688084
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suda, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuya Takahagi, Masaharu Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Saita, Hayato Kondo, Yuji Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20160288538
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suda, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuya Takahagi, Masaharu Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Saita, Hayato Kondo, Yuji Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 9457598
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suda, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuya Takahagi, Masaharu Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Saita, Hayato Kondo, Yuji Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 9252312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell module which keeps backing film from being scratched and prevents the occurrence of scratches. The solar cell module (10) of the present invention is provided with a surface protecting member (12), backing film (13), a plurality of solar cells (11) arranged between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13) and electrically connected by means of wiring members (16), a filler material (14) for sealing the solar cells (11) between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13), and transition wiring (20) electrically connected with the wiring members (16). Here, at least the end portion of transition wiring (20) positioned in a corner portion of the solar cell module is arranged so as to be positioned closer to the surface protecting member (12) than other portions of the transition wiring (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishiguro, Toshiyuki Sakuma, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Atsushi Saita
  • Publication number: 20150214410
    Abstract: A solar cell module may include: solar cells; a colored layer serving as a first reflective layer disposed at the rear sides of the solar cells and including a coloring agent with a higher refractive index than the main material of the colored layer; an intermediate transparent layer disposed at the rear side of the colored layer and having a higher transmission factor than the colored layer; and a protective member at the rear side of the module, serving as a second reflective layer disposed at the rear side of the intermediate transparent layer, including a whitened portion having a higher refractive index than the main material of the protective member, and having a higher refractive index for the entire layer than the intermediate transparent layer. A sealing member at the rear side of the module includes the colored layer and the intermediate transparent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi SAITA, Naoto IMADA
  • Patent number: 9082917
    Abstract: In a solar cell module 100, the wiring member 11 is connected onto the connection electrode 40 through a resin adhesive 12; and the connection electrode 40 includes a plurality of projections 40a which are in direct contact with the wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saita, Hiroshi Kanno
  • Patent number: 9059358
    Abstract: In the solar cell module 100, the resin adhesive 12 includes a plurality of removed portions 12a on the principal surface of the photoelectric conversion part 20 by removing the resin adhesive 12 in a vertical direction. The plurality of removed portions 12a are formed in the row in cross directions K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yoshimine, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Atsushi Saita, Shigeharu Taira
  • Publication number: 20150118783
    Abstract: A stacked body is obtained by stacking a glass plate, a transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a colored resin sheet, and a first resin sheet in the order. The stacked body is pressed under heat to fabricate the solar cell module. The module includes the glass plate, a transparent sealing layer placed between the glass plate and the solar cell and formed of the transparent resin sheet, a colored sealing layer placed between the first resin sheet and the solar cell and formed of the colored resin sheet, and the first resin sheet. One of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan ? of 1 or higher at a temperature of the pressing, and the other one of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan ? of less than 1 at the temperature of the pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro SAIKI, Atsushi SAITA
  • Publication number: 20150083187
    Abstract: This solar cell module is provided with a plurality of solar cells, and connecting members that connect the solar cells to each other with bonding layers therebetween. At an edge portion of each of the connecting members, said edge portion being in the longitudinal direction of the connecting member, the solar cell module has a bonding portion wherein the length of contact between each of the bonding layers and each of the connecting members is longer than the length of such contact at the center portion of each of the solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Haruhisa HASHIMOTO, Atsushi SAITA
  • Patent number: 8952241
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a protective body, a sheet facing the protective body, a filler layer provided between the protective body and the sheet, and a solar cell disposed inside the filler layer. The filler layer has a first filler layer and a second filler layer. The first filler layer is provided in contact with the sheet. The first filler layer is formed of a resin. The second filler layer is formed of a resin whose gel fraction is higher than 0% and is less than a gel fraction of the resin of the first filler layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishiguro, Atsushi Saita
  • Publication number: 20140345690
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a solar cell, a light-receiving surface member arranged on a light-receiving surface side of the solar cell, a rear surface member arranged on a rear surface side of the solar cell, a transparent filler layer arranged between the solar cell and the light-receiving surface member, and a colored filler layer arranged between the solar cell and the rear surface member. The colored filler layer exists on at least part of a portion of the light receiving surface of the solar cell, the portion located over a non-power generation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeharu TAIRA, Atsushi SAITA, Yukihiro YOSHIMINE
  • Publication number: 20140130863
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module comprises a plurality of photovoltaic elements connected by a wiring member; a bus bar portion provided on the light-receiving surface of each of the photovoltaic elements; and an adhesive having a first adhesion section and a second adhesion section, the adhesive being provided on the bus bar portion to connect the bus bar portion and the wiring member to each other. The first adhesion section has a higher electrical conductivity than that of the second adhesion section, and the second adhesion section has a higher translucency than that of the first adhesion section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi SAITA
  • Publication number: 20130319497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell module which keeps backing film from being scratched and prevents the occurrence of scratches. The solar cell module (10) of the present invention is provided with a surface protecting member (12), backing film (13), a plurality of solar cells (11) arranged between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13) and electrically connected by means of wiring members (16), a filler material (14) for sealing the solar cells (11) between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13), and transition wiring (20) electrically connected with the wiring members (16). Here, at least the end portion of transition wiring (20) positioned in a corner portion of the solar cell module is arranged so as to be positioned closer to the surface protecting member (12) than other portions of the transition wiring (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGURO, Toshiyuki SAKUMA, Yukihiro YOSHIMINE, Atsushi SAITA
  • Publication number: 20130307893
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Komori Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suda, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuya Takahagi, Masaharu Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Saita, Hayato Kondo, Yuji Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20120312359
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a protective body, a sheet facing the protective body, a filler layer provided between the protective body and the sheet, and a solar cell disposed inside the filler layer. The filler layer has a first filler layer and a second filler layer. The first filler layer is provided in contact with the sheet. The first filler layer is formed of a resin. The second filler layer is formed of a resin whose gel fraction is higher than 0% and is less than a gel fraction of the resin of the first filler layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGURO, Atsushi SAITA
  • Publication number: 20120285536
    Abstract: The solar cell module includes a plate, a sheet opposed to the plate, a filler layer provided between the plate and the sheet, and a solar cell disposed inside the filler layer. The filler layer includes a first filler layer and a second filler layer. The first filler layer is provided to come into contact with the sheet. The first filler layer contains, as a main component, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The second filler layer contains, as a main component, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer which is smaller in vinyl acetate content than the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the first filler layer, or polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGURO, Atsushi SAITA