Patents by Inventor Koutarou Sumitomo

Koutarou Sumitomo 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: 20230089218
    Abstract: This method for manufacturing a solar cell module comprises a step for applying an adhesive to a first adhesion region so that the first adhesion region and a second adhesion region are disposed alternately on a light receiving surface of a solar cell along a first direction, and a step for arranging a light receiving surface-side wiring material along the first direction on the light receiving surface side of the solar cell to which the adhesive has been applied. The step for arranging the light receiving surface-side wiring material comprises arranging the light receiving surface-side wiring material, in the first adhesion region and the second adhesion region of the solar cell so that, in a state in which a first holder is in contact with the holding region of the light receiving surface-side wiring material, the second adhesion region and the holding region overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi MAKI, Haruhisa HASHIMOTO, Koutarou SUMITOMO, Hiroshi KANNO
  • Patent number: 8735206
    Abstract: A method includes a first bonding step of bonding a first main surface of a first solar cell and one side portion of a first wiring member to each other in such a way that the first main surface of the first solar cell and the one side portion are heated and pressed against each other by heated first and second tools in a state where the first main surface of the first solar cell and the one side portion face each other with the resin adhesive interposed therebetween. The first bonding step is performed with the first tool disposed in such a way that, in an extending direction of the first wiring member, both end portions of the first tool are located outside both ends of a portion of the first wiring member, the portion facing the first solar cell with the resin adhesive interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koutarou Sumitomo, Tomonori Tabe
  • Patent number: D670239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kannou, Yousuke Ishii, Tomonori Tabe, Yu Maruyama, Kengo Matsune, Koutarou Sumitomo
  • Patent number: D694175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kannou, Yousuke Ishii, Tomonori Tabe, Yu Maruyama, Kengo Matsune, Koutarou Sumitomo