Patents by Inventor Toshie Kunii

Toshie Kunii 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).

  • Publication number: 20190288143
    Abstract: The solar battery module according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: multiple solar battery cells; a first protective member, a second protective member, a first wiring material for connecting adjacent solar cells; and a second wiring material for connecting strings, that have been obtained by connecting the multiple solar cells via the first wiring material, to each other. The first wiring material and/or the second wiring material has a conductive core material and a colored layer that covers a surface on the side of the core material that faces the first protective member. The colored layer absorbs at least 30% of visible light having a wavelength of 380-780 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Taira, Naohiro Hitachi, Atsushi Saita, Yukihiro Yoshimine, Ryota Morikawa, Kenta Ishimura, Toshie Kunii, Kenji Tanaka, Akimichi Maekawa, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Junpei Irikawa
  • Patent number: 10269992
    Abstract: A solar cell has multiple busbar electrodes formed at intervals and multiple finger electrodes formed between the busbar electrodes. The finger electrodes comprise multiple finger parts connected only to one busbar electrode and multiple finger parts connected to only another busbar electrode. The adjacent multiple finger parts are connected to one another, and the adjacent multiple finger parts are connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Tsujimoto, Naohiro Hitachi, Masaki Shima, Toshie Kunii, Shingo Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150263194
    Abstract: A solar cell has multiple busbar electrodes formed at intervals and multiple finger electrodes formed between the busbar electrodes. The finger electrodes comprise multiple finger parts connected only to one busbar electrode and multiple finger parts connected to only another busbar electrode. The adjacent multiple finger parts are connected to one another, and the adjacent multiple finger parts are connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hironobu TSUJIMOTO, Naohiro HITACHI, Masaki SHIMA, Toshie KUNII, Shingo OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120145239
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device is provided wherein variance of photoelectric conversion efficiency within a panel plane is reduced. A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device having a microcrystalline silicon photoelectric conversion unit (104) which has a layered structure including a p-type layer (40), an i-type layer (42) including a microcrystalline silicon layer which serves as a power generating layer, and an n-type layer (44) is provided, the method comprising a step of forming the i-type layer (42), wherein a first i-type layer (42a) is formed and a second i-type layer (42b) is formed over the first i-type layer (42a) under a condition that a crystallization percentage is higher than that of the first i-type layer (42a) and an in-plane distribution of the crystallization percentage is lower than that of the first i-type layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshie Kunii, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20110197952
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device has a first photovoltaic cell unit and a second photovoltaic cell unit stacked on either side of a conductive intermediate layer, between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and second electrode being electrically connected by a channel formed through the first photovoltaic cell unit, the second photovoltaic cell unit, and the intermediate layer as far as the surface of the first electrode, and a PN junction being formed at an end section of the intermediate layer that contacts the second electrode by adding dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshie Kunii, Shigeo Yata