Patents by Inventor Michel Tourneux

Michel Tourneux 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).

  • Solar panels
    Patent number: 4336413
    Abstract: The invention concerns a photovoltaic generating panel easily adaptable to a roof. The panel is equipped with a peripheral frame formed by the assembly of straight light alloy shapes. The particular form of these shapes makes possible the laying of adjacent panels with overlapping of the edges of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: R.T.C. La Radiotechnique Compelec
    Inventor: Michel Tourneux
  • Generator panel having solar cells incorporated in a laminated assembly
    Patent number: 4210462
    Abstract: A photovoltaic generator panel comprising a plurality of solar cells incorporated in a laminated assembly, each of the external faces of which is formed of a glass plate. The laminated assembly comprises an inset plate formed of a transparent synthetic resin stable at elevated temperatures and provided with a recess for each solar cell. Optionally, an inset film preferably formed of the same transparent synthetic resin can be positioned between the inset plate and one or both glass plates. Assembly of these several lamellar elements is effected by the use of a transparent adhesive polymerized at a temperature below 70.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Michel Tourneux