Patents by Inventor Walter Psyk

Walter Psyk 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).

  • Thin-film solar module
    Patent number: 6013870
    Abstract: This solar module in integrated thin-film technology consists of a number of solar cells 11, 12, 13, 14 tandem mounted and series-connected on common substrate 1 and a number of diodes 21, 22, 23, 24 disposed parallel and adjacent thereto. Overlap zones 10, 20 are formed by a projecting edge area of electrode layer 2, 4 of a solar cell or diode engaging a recess in the corresponding electrode layer of the adjacent diode or solar cell. Each diode is connected in the reverse direction with the adjacent solar cell in at least two overlap zones, i.e. front electrode layer 2 of the diode with back electrode layer 4 of the solar cell in at least one of said overlap zones 10, and back electrode layer 4 of the diode with front electrode layer 2 of the solar cell in at least one other overlap zone 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Angewandte Solarenergie--ASE GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Psyk, Peter Lechner