Patents by Inventor Shigeyuki Okamoto

Shigeyuki Okamoto 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: 10043931
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells 1 connected to each other in a way that bus bar electrode 21 formed on surfaces of adjacent solar cells 1 are connected to each other with wiring members 41,42. The bus bar electrode 21 is embedded in the wiring member 41, and the solar cell 1 and the wiring member 41 are bonded together with a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Itellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 9748413
    Abstract: In a solar cell module, a plurality of solar cells are provided between a front surface protection member and a back surface protection member and bus bar electrodes 20 of the plurality of solar cells are electrically connected to each other by wiring members. The solar cell module includes an adhesive layer made of a resin 60 containing a plurality of conductive particles 70, the adhesive layer provided between each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and the wiring member 40. Each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and the corresponding wiring member 40 are electrically connected by the plurality of conductive particles 70. The resin 60 covers side surface of each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and configured to bond the wiring member 40 with the surface of a photoelectric conversion body 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9660120
    Abstract: A solar battery module is provided with a plurality of solar battery cells which are connected to each other by connecting bus bar electrodes (21) formed on the surfaces of the adjacent solar battery cells with wiring material (41a, 41b). The bus bar electrode (21) is embedded in the wiring material (41b), and the solar battery cell (1) and the wiring material (41b) are bonded with a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Publication number: 20160329449
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells 1 connected to each other in a way that bus bar electrode 21 formed on surfaces of adjacent solar cells 1 are connected to each other with wiring members 41,42. The bus bar electrode 21 is embedded in the wiring member 41, and the solar cell 1 and the wiring member 41 are bonded together with a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki OKAMOTO, Yukihiro YOSHIMINE, Yasufumi TSUNOMURA
  • Patent number: 9260819
    Abstract: A felt that further equalizes a pressure state under pressurization by a press so as to smooth the surface of a wet paper web without causing marking on the surface thereof and allow water to be uniformly squeezed out from the wet paper web without crushing the wet paper web is provided by a papermaking press felt wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an interval between an upper knuckle portion and an upper knuckle portion, an interval between upper and lower knuckle portions, or an interval between a lower knuckle portion and a lower knuckle portion is arranged to be a value corresponding to 1.0 piece or less of an upper warp yarn in a base fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Oouchi, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Ogiwara, Masashi Kato
  • Publication number: 20140202649
    Abstract: A felt that further equalizes a pressure state under pressurization by a press so as to smooth the surface of a wet paper web without causing marking on the surface thereof and allow water to be uniformly squeezed out from the wet paper web without crushing the wet paper web is provided by a papermaking press felt wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an interval between an upper knuckle portion and an upper knuckle portion, an interval between upper and lower knuckle portions, or an interval between a lower knuckle portion and a lower knuckle portion is arranged to be a value corresponding to 1.0 piece or less of an upper warp yarn in a base fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi OOUCHI, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Ogiwara, Masashi Kato
  • Patent number: 8299350
    Abstract: With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module 100 according to the present embodiment, the width W1 of the connection region C in which the wiring member 11 and the connecting electrode 40 are electrically connected is set to be larger than the substantially half of the width W2 of the wiring member 11 in the thermocompression bonding process of the wiring member 11 using the resin adhesive 12 including the particles 13 onto the principal surface of the solar cell 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasufumi Tsunomura, Shigeharu Taira, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120108011
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki HATA, Tadao TODA, Shigeyuki OKAMOTO, Daijiro INOUE, Yasuyuki BESSHO, Yasuhiko NOMURA, Tsutomu YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8101465
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Tadao Toda, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Daijiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100126551
    Abstract: A solar battery module is provided with a plurality of solar battery cells which are connected to each other by connecting bus bar electrodes (21) formed on the surfaces of the adjacent solar battery cells with wiring material (41a, 41b). The bus bar electrode (21) is embedded in the wiring material (41b), and the solar battery cell (1) and the wiring material (41b) are bonded with a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Yasufumi Tsunomura
  • Publication number: 20100084001
    Abstract: In a solar cell module, a plurality of solar cells are provided between a front surface protection member and a back surface protection member and bus bar electrodes 20 of the plurality of solar cells are electrically connected to each other by wiring members. The solar cell module includes an adhesive layer made of a resin 60 containing a plurality of conductive particles 70, the adhesive layer provided between each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and the wiring member 40. Each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and the corresponding wiring member 40 are electrically connected by the plurality of conductive particles 70. The resin 60 covers side surface of each of the bus bar electrodes 20 and configured to bond the wiring member 40 with the surface of a photoelectric conversion body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tsunomura, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090277492
    Abstract: In a solar cell module, a plurality of solar cells are arranged between a front-surface protection member and a back-surface protection member, and electrodes of the plurality of solar cells is electrically connected to each other by a wring member. The solar cell module includes an adhesive layer including a resin 90 and a plurality of conductive particles 80, between the electrodes 10 and the wiring member 70. Each conductive particle 80 has a flattened shape that a maximum thickness D in a plane perpendicular to a solar cell 20 is smaller than a maximum length L in a plane parallel to the solar cell 20. Both ends of each conductive particle 80 in a thickness direction are respectively in contact with one of the electrodes 10 and the wiring member 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasufumi Tsunomura, Kunimoto Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7589357
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Tadao Toda, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Daijiro Inoue, Yasuyuki Bessho, Yasuhiko Nomura, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090173384
    Abstract: An encapsulant for a photovoltaic module, which may inhibit the encapsulant from clouding when a hot spot phenomenon is caused. The encapsulant for a photovoltaic module includes: a resin for an encapsulant containing a silane-modified resin obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound and polyethylene for a light stabilizer, a thermal stabilizer and polyethylene for use in a mater batch. The polyethylene for polymerization and the polyethylene for use in a master batch are metallocene based linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of 0.895 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Kasumi Ooi, Atsuo Tsuzuki, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Eiji Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090032081
    Abstract: With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module according to the present embodiment, the width W1 of the connection region C in which the wiring member 11 and the connecting electrode 40 are electrically connected is set to be larger than the substantially half of the width W2 of the wiring member 11 in the thermocompression bonding process of the wiring member 11 using the resin adhesive 12 including the particles 13 onto the principal surface of the solar cell 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Yasufumi Tsunomura, Shigeharu Taira, Hiroshi Kanno, Haruhisa Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7372077
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Tadao Toda, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Daijiro Inoue, Yasuyuki Bessho, Yasuhiko Nomura, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20080073664
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Tadao Toda, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Daijiro Inoue, Yasuyuki Bessho, Yasuhiko Nomura, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20070292979
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Tadao Toda, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Daijiro Inoue, Yasuyuki Bessho, Yasuhiko Nomura, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20070274359
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device capable of improving heat dissipativity, simplifying the fabrication process and improving the fabrication yield is obtained. This semiconductor laser device comprises a semiconductor layer formed on an emission layer while constituting a convex ridge portion, a current blocking layer consisting of a semiconductor formed to cover at least the side surfaces of the ridge portion, a first metal electrode formed to be in contact with the upper surface of the ridge portion and convex support portions arranged on both sides of the ridge portion at a prescribed interval from the ridge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Takeuchi, Ryoji Hiroyama, Daijiro Inoue, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Noriaki Matsuoka, Shingo Kameyama, Kiyoshi Oota
  • Patent number: 7260130
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device capable of improving heat dissipativity, simplifying the fabrication process and improving the fabrication yield is obtained. This semiconductor laser device comprises a semiconductor layer formed on an emission layer while constituting a convex ridge portion, a current blocking layer consisting of a semiconductor formed to cover at least the side surfaces of the ridge portion, a first metal electrode formed to be in contact with the upper surface of the ridge portion and convex support portions arranged on both sides of the ridge portion at a prescribed interval from the ridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takeuchi, Ryoji Hiroyama, Daijiro Inoue, Shigeyuki Okamoto, Noriaki Matsuoka, Shingo Kameyama, Kiyoshi Oota