Patents by Inventor Haruhisa Hashimoto

Haruhisa Hashimoto 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: 20140373903
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells and a wiring member attached to surfaces of the adjacent solar cells on one side. The wiring member electrically connects the adjacent solar cells electrically and includes an insulation sheet and a conductive layer disposed on the insulation sheet. A length of a portion of the wiring member located between the adjacent solar cells is greater than a distance between the adjacent solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Haruhisa HASHIMOTO, Yousuke ISHII
  • Publication number: 20140158200
    Abstract: Provided is a solar module with improved reliability. A solar module (1) is provided with a solar cell (10), a wiring member (11), a resin adhesive layer (12), and a buffer region (40). The wiring member (11) is electrically connected to the solar cell (10). The resin adhesive layer (12) bonds the solar cell (10) and the wiring member (11) to one another. The buffer region (40) is provided at least partially between the wiring member (11) and the solar cell (10). The buffer region (40) contains a non-crosslinked resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Maki, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140130841
    Abstract: A solar module is provided which has improved output characteristics. The solar module (1) includes a first protecting member (21), a second protecting member (22), a first solar cell (10a) and a second solar cell (10b), and a first wiring member (11A). The first solar cell (10a) and the second solar cell (10b) are arranged between the first protecting member (21) and the second protecting member (22). The first wiring member (11A) electrically connects the first solar cell (10a) to the second solar cell (10b). A first conductive member (17a) is arranged on the same surface of the first solar cell (10a) as the second protecting member (22). The tip of protrusion portions (11c) formed on the surface of the first wiring member (11A) and the first conductive member (17a) are connected electrically by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140134777
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing solar modules with an improved yield. A heat and pressure applying step is performed in which an opposing solar cell (10) and wiring member (11) with a resin adhesive (21) interposed between them are heated while applying pressure. After the heat and pressure applying step has been performed, a cooling step is performed in which the solar cell (10) and the wiring member (11) are cooled while applying pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8298363
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a solar module according the embodiment includes a step A of disposing one of the wiring members 11 on the light receiving surface of one solar cell of n solar cells, with a thermosetting resin adhesive 12 interposed therebetween, the wiring member being to be connected to a solar cell adjacently located on one side of the one solar cell, and disposing another one of the wiring members 11 on the back surface of the one solar cell with the resin adhesive 12 interposed therebetween, the wiring member 11 being to be connected to a solar cell 10 adjacently located on the other side of the one solar cell; a step B of bonding the wiring members 11 to the one solar cell by heating the resin adhesive 12 at a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the resin adhesive 12 but lower than a hardening temperature of the resin adhesive 12; a step C of bonding the wiring members 11 to all the n solar cells by repeating the step A and the step B alternately; and a step D of hardening the r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhisa Hashimoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 8299350
    Abstract: With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module 100 according to the present embodiment, the width W1 of the connection region C in which the wiring member 11 and the connecting electrode 40 are electrically connected is set to be larger than the substantially half of the width W2 of the wiring member 11 in the thermocompression bonding process of the wiring member 11 using the resin adhesive 12 including the particles 13 onto the principal surface of the solar cell 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasufumi Tsunomura, Shigeharu Taira, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120240985
    Abstract: Multiple solar cells includes a photoelectric conversion body configured to generate carriers upon receiving light and an electrode formed on a principle surface of the photoelectric conversion body and configured to collect the carriers. A wiring member electrically connects the multiple solar cells to each other. A resin adhesive is disposed between the wiring member and the principle surface of each of the solar cells. The wiring member includes a low-resistance body, a conductor including tin or a tin-containing alloy material formed on a periphery of the low-resistance body, and a metal thin film including silver or a silver alloy covering a surface of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhisa HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120174982
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic module that achieves a reduction in adverse influence of damage accumulated in a collector electrode provided on the light receiving surface side, and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module. To this end, in a photovoltaic module of the present invention, the degree of cross-linkage of the second region of the sealing material that is in contact with the back surface of the solar cell is smaller than that of the first region of the sealing material that is in contact with the light receiving surface of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasufumi TSUNOMURA, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Eiji Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20120156822
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided that comprises: a solar cell; a connection electrode provided on each of a light-receiving surface and back surface of the solar cell; a conductive resin adhesive arranged on an upper surface of the connection electrode; and a wiring material electrically connected to the solar cell and connected with the connection electrode and the conductive resin adhesive, wherein the conductive resin adhesive changes color upon curing, and the conductive resin adhesive on the upper surface of the connection electrode provided on the light-receiving surface of the solar cell is arranged within a region corresponding to at least one of the connection electrode and the wiring material, on a projection plane parallel with the light-receiving surface and exposed on a light-receiving surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi TSUNOMURA, Yukihiro YOSHIMINE, Haruhisa HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8178776
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic module that achieves a reduction in adverse influence of damage accumulated in a collector electrode provided on the light receiving surface side, and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module. To this end, in a photovoltaic module of the present invention, the degree of cross-linkage of the second region of the sealing material that is in contact with the back surface of the solar cell is smaller than that of the first region of the sealing material that is in contact with the light receiving surface of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Eiji Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8153275
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic electroluminescent element having a longer lifetime. In order to accomplish the object, an organic electroluminescent element adapted to comprise a light emitting layer including an organic material between an anode and a cathode is provided with a hole transport layer for transporting holes injected from the anode toward the light emitting layer. Along with the hole transport layer, an intermediate layer having an energy level of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital lower than those of the hole transport layer and the light emitting layer is provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hamada, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Masahiro Iyori, Kazuki Nishimura, Kenji Okumoto, Masaya Nakai
  • Patent number: 8153884
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided that comprises: a solar cell; a connection electrode provided on each of a light-receiving surface and back surface of the solar cell; a conductive resin adhesive arranged on an upper surface of the connection electrode; and a wiring material electrically connected to the solar cell and connected with the connection electrode and the conductive resin adhesive, wherein the conductive resin adhesive changes color upon curing, and the conductive resin adhesive on the upper surface of the connection electrode provided on the light-receiving surface of the solar cell is arranged within a region corresponding to at least one of the connection electrode and the wiring material, on a projection plane parallel with the light-receiving surface and exposed on a light-receiving surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120073621
    Abstract: Provided is a solar cell (10) wherein a first cross electrode (13) has a plurality of first protruding sections (13A) which protrude from a first connecting region (R1) to which one wiring member (20) is connected on a light receiving surface in a planar view of the light receiving surface. A second cross electrode (15) has a plurality of second protruding sections (15A) which protrude from a second connecting region (R2) to which other wiring members (20) are connected on the rear surface in a planar view of the rear surface. The first cross electrode (13) and the second cross electrode (15) overlap on a projection plane parallel to the light receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Haruhisa HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110247673
    Abstract: In a solar cell module 100, a wiring member 11 includes the first bent portion 11A and the second bent portion 11B formed between the solar cells 10. The second bent portion 11B having a larger distance from the neutral surface N has a larger curvature radius than the first bent portion 11A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Hiroshi Kanno, Shuji Fukumochi
  • Publication number: 20100243024
    Abstract: A solar cell includes: a front surface electrode having a first current-collecting electrode and non-straight line electrodes connected to the first current-collecting electrode; a semiconductor substrate serving as a photoelectric conversion body; and a rear surface electrode having a second current-collecting electrode and line electrodes connected to the second current-collecting electrode. The front surface electrode, the semiconductor substrate and the rear surface electrode are arranged in that order. The non-straight line electrodes of the front surface electrode and the line electrodes of the rear surface electrodes are opposed to each other with the semiconductor substrate interposed there-between. The non-straight line electrodes of the front surface electrode and the line electrodes of the rear surface electrodes are different in shape while having a portion where the electrodes intersect each other, as seen in a direction perpendicular to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haruhisa HASHIMOTO, Tasuku ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20100181011
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a solar module according the embodiment includes a step A of disposing one of the wiring members 11 on the light receiving surface of one solar cell of n solar cells, with a thermosetting resin adhesive 12 interposed therebetween, the wiring member being to be connected to a solar cell adjacently located on one side of the one solar cell, and disposing another one of the wiring members 11 on the back surface of the one solar cell with the resin adhesive 12 interposed therebetween, the wiring member 11 being to be connected to a solar cell 10 adjacently located on the other side of the one solar cell; a step B of bonding the wiring members 11 to the one solar cell by heating the resin adhesive 12 at a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the resin adhesive 12 but lower than a hardening temperature of the resin adhesive 12; a step C of bonding the wiring members 11 to all the n solar cells by repeating the step A and the step B alternately; and a step D of hardening the r
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhisa Hashimoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Publication number: 20100018563
    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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yoshimine, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Atsushi Saita, Shigeharu Taira
  • Publication number: 20090038675
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided that comprises: a solar cell; a connection electrode provided on each of a light-receiving surface and back surface of the solar cell; a conductive resin adhesive arranged on an upper surface of the connection electrode; and a wiring material electrically connected to the solar cell and connected with the connection electrode and the conductive resin adhesive, wherein the conductive resin adhesive changes color upon curing, and the conductive resin adhesive on the upper surface of the connection electrode provided on the light-receiving surface of the solar cell is arranged within a region corresponding to at least one of the connection electrode and the wiring material, on a projection plane parallel with the light-receiving surface and exposed on a light-receiving surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20090032081
    Abstract: With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module according to the present embodiment, the width W1 of the connection region C in which the wiring member 11 and the connecting electrode 40 are electrically connected is set to be larger than the substantially half of the width W2 of the wiring member 11 in the thermocompression bonding process of the wiring member 11 using the resin adhesive 12 including the particles 13 onto the principal surface of the solar cell 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasufumi Tsunomura, Shigeharu Taira, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20070227584
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic module that achieves a reduction in adverse influence of damage accumulated in a collector electrode provided on the light receiving surface side, and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module. To this end, in a photovoltaic module of the present invention, the degree of cross-linkage of the second region of the sealing material that is in contact with the back surface of the solar cell is smaller than that of the first region of the sealing material that is in contact with the light receiving surface of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Eiji Maruyama