Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Bube

Kenneth R. Bube 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).

  • Glazing paste for bonding a metal layer to a ceramic substrate
    Patent number: 4273822
    Abstract: A glazing paste comprising glass frit, a metal oxide powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), magnesium oxide (MgO), calcium oxide (CaO), and zinc oxide, (ZnO), and an organic vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Bube
  • Solar cell with improved N-region contact and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 4163678
    Abstract: An improved solar cell, and method of forming the same, characterized by a semiconductor silicon wafer of P-type material having diffused therein a shallow N-type region, a sintered silver contact affixed to the surface of the N-type region at the outer surface thereof formulated from silver powder blended with silver metaphosphate for establishing a zone of increased carrier concentration, and an aluminum or silver/aluminum alloy contact affixed to the P-type wafer at the outer surface thereof opposite the N-type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1979
    Inventors: Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Frosch, Kenneth R. Bube