Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Kajiwara

Toshikazu Kajiwara 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).

  • Solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8389850
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a base body, a plurality of solar cell elements arranged at intervals over the base body, a resin layer disposed on the solar cell elements and comprising a plurality of recesses on its surface facing opposite to the solar cell elements, and a protective sheet disposed on the resin layer. The protective sheet comprises a plurality of protrusions which correspond to the recesses of the resin layer and which are in contact with the recesses. The height of first protrusion at a location corresponding to the interval between the solar cell elements among the plurality of protrusions is higher than the height of second protrusion at a location corresponding to the solar cell element among the plurality of protrusions. The interval between adjacent ones of the second protrusions in a portion corresponding to an end portion of the base body in longer than the interval between adjacent ones of the second protrusions in a portion corresponding to a central portion of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Nishi, Hiroshi Morita, Tatsuya Yashiki, Motofumi Mihara, Toshikazu Kajiwara, Michikazu Matsushima, Toshiyuki Yuasa
  • Solar Cell Module and Method of Manufacturing the Same
    Publication number: 20110083717
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a base body, a plurality of solar cell elements arranged at intervals over the base body, a resin layer disposed on the solar cell elements and comprising a plurality of recesses on its surface facing opposite to the solar cell elements, and a protective sheet disposed on the resin layer. The protective sheet comprises a plurality of protrusions which correspond to the recesses of the resin layer and which are in contact with the recesses. The height of first protrusion at a location corresponding to the interval between the solar cell elements among the plurality of protrusions is higher than the height of second protrusion at a location corresponding to the solar cell element among the plurality of protrusions. The interval between adjacent ones of the second protrusions in a portion corresponding to an end portion of the base body in longer than the interval between adjacent ones of the second protrusions in a portion corresponding to a central portion of the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Nishi, Hiroshi Morita, Tatsuya Yashiki, Motofumi Mihara, Toshikazu Kajiwara, Michikazu Matsushima, Toshiyuki Yuasa