Patents by Inventor Reiner Mackh

Reiner Mackh 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).

  • Photovoltaic module and photovoltaic system
    Patent number: 10978994
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module is specified, comprising: a cylindrical light-transmissive tube enclosing an interior and having a main extension direction and a curved inner surface facing the interior, and a mechanically flexible photovoltaic component comprising a solar cell arrangement applied on a carrier film, wherein the photovoltaic component is arranged in the interior, the solar cell arrangement has a curvature, wherein the curvature follows the curved course of the inner surface of the tube at least in places and the solar cell arrangement at least partly covers the inner surface, wherein the covered inner surface forms a light passage surface of the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TUBESOLAR AG
    Inventors: Vesselinka Petrova-Koch, Reiner Mackh, Annette Goss, Johann Mayer, Roland Huttinger, Joerg Leckert, Joachim Wirth-Schon
  • Photovoltaic Module and Photovoltaic System
    Publication number: 20170331426
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module is specified, comprising: a cylindrical light-transmissive tube enclosing an interior and having a main extension direction and a curved inner surface facing the interior, and a mechanically flexible photovoltaic component comprising a solar cell arrangement applied on a carrier film, wherein the photovoltaic component is arranged in the interior, the solar cell arrangement has a curvature, wherein the curvature follows the curved course of the inner surface of the tube at least in places and the solar cell arrangement at least partly covers the inner surface, wherein the covered inner surface forms a light passage surface of the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Vesselinka Petrova-Koch, Reiner Mackh, Annette Goss, Johann Mayer, Roland Huttinger, Joerg Leckert, Joachim Wirth-Schon