Patents by Inventor Casimir P. Kotarba

Casimir P. Kotarba 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).

  • PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE INTERCONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20150263197
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate and has a transparent conductive oxide layer, a conductive back layer, and at least one intermediate semiconductor layer formed thereon. An isolation scribe divides and electrically isolates the oxide layer, the back layer and the semiconductor layer to define two photovoltaic cells. A conductor extends across the isolation scribe and connects the back layer of one photovoltaic cell to the oxide layer of the other photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Jansen, Casimir P. Kotarba, Jonathan Pappas, Rick Powell, Yann Roussillon, Erica Van Nortwick, Charles Wickersham
  • PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE
    Publication number: 20130032199
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module conductor supporting structure that can be used to secure the conductor during manufacturing and in some situations to seal the terminal-area opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Bengtson, Kevin Crots, Wenlai Feng, Casimir P. Kotarba, III