Patents by Inventor Peter Michael Riddle

Peter Michael Riddle 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).

  • Patent number: 3957537
    Abstract: Modules comprising photo-cells encapsulated in laminates comprising at least one rigid member and at least one transparent member laminated together by a transparent hot melt adhesive such as plasticised polyvinyl butyral or an ethylene copolymer. The preferred members are glass sheets and the preferred ethylene copolymer is a terpolymer of ethylene, methylmethacrylate and methacrylic acid. In a modification of the invention the hot melt adhesive need not be transparent provided that in the laminate it merely surrounds the photo-cell and does not cover its light-sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Arthur Colin Baskett, Peter Michael Riddle