Patents by Inventor Nobusato Kobayashi

Nobusato Kobayashi 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).

  • Glass building material
    Patent number: 10920482
    Abstract: A glass building material according to the present disclosure includes: a first photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which has a shape extending in one direction; a second photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which is arranged next to the first photovoltaic string in a width direction, and which has a shape extending in the one direction; a first glass substrate which is configured to cover one surface of the first photovoltaic string and one surface of the second photovoltaic string; and a reflective film which is arranged on at least part of another surface side of the first photovoltaic string and another surface side of the second photovoltaic string, which has a transmittance higher than a reflectance in a visible light region, and which has a reflectance higher than a transmittance in a near-infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Umeda, Nobusato Kobayashi, Seiichi Kinoshita, Naoki Kadota, Hideki Matsuo, Tsukasa Makino, Nobuhisa Ohta, Akihiko Nakajima
  • GLASS BUILDING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190211617
    Abstract: A glass building material according to the present disclosure includes: a first photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which has a shape extending in one direction; a second photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which is arranged next to the first photovoltaic string in a width direction, and which has a shape extending in the one direction; a first glass substrate which is configured to cover one surface of the first photovoltaic string and one surface of the second photovoltaic string; and a reflective film which is arranged on at least part of another surface side of the first photovoltaic string and another surface side of the second photovoltaic string, which has a transmittance higher than a reflectance in a visible light region, and which has a reflectance higher than a transmittance in a near-infrared region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Umeda, Nobusato Kobayashi, Seiichi Kinoshita, Naoki Kadota, Hideki Matsuo, Tsukasa Makino, Nobuhisa Ohta, Akihiko Nakajima