Patents by Inventor Yannick ROUJOL

Yannick ROUJOL 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: 20240105872
    Abstract: An interconnector for solar cell strings intended to form a photovoltaic module, the interconnector comprising at least one cell interconnecting strip extending beyond a cell located at the end of the string through an end, and at least one string interconnecting strip, a section of one from among the cell interconnecting strip and the string interconnecting strip has a substantially constant surface, and a variable shape between a first zone of a first thickness and a second zone of a second thickness, the second thickness being strictly less than the first thickness and the second thickness being strictly less than 50 ?m. Each second zone thus constitutes a resistance welding zone without loss in terms of conduction. Without extra thickness at the interconnections, the risk of the module breaking is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Yannick ROUJOL, Julien GAUME, Clément JAMIN, Baptiste PERON
  • Patent number: 11804563
    Abstract: A method for binding photovoltaic cells to a substrate, each photovoltaic cell comprising a rear face and a front face, comprises: providing the substrate, said substrate being flexible and impregnable; impregnating portions of the substrate with a crosslinkable polymer material, said portions being impregnated along the thickness of the substrate, with a view to bonding the photovoltaic cells to the substrate; bringing the rear faces of the photovoltaic cells into contact with the impregnated portions of the substrate; crosslinking the crosslinkable polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Anthony Barbot, Yannick Roujol, Caroline Seraine
  • Publication number: 20230031663
    Abstract: The main object of the invention is a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell (4) between a first transparent layer (1) forming a front face and a second layer (2) forming a rear face, characterised in that it includes: 1) a first step of depositing a first adhesive layer based on a crosslinkable polymer material over the first layer (1) and depositing a second adhesive layer based on a crosslinkable polymer material over the second layer (2); 2) a second step of partially crosslinking the two adhesive layers; 3) a third step of depositing said at least one photovoltaic cell (4) over one (SPR1) of the two partially crosslinked adhesive layers (SPR1, SPR2); 4) a fourth step of forming a multilayer stack; 5) a fifth step of laminating the multilayer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Victor MANEVAL, Fabien CHABUEL, Julien GAUME, Yannick ROUJOL
  • Patent number: 11552592
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a concentrating photovoltaic solar sub-module equipped with a reflective face having a concave predefined geometric shape, wherein it includes laminating, in a single step, a multi-layer assembly comprising in succession: a structural element equipped with a reflective first face and a second face, opposite the first; a layer of a material of good thermal conductivity, higher than that of the material from which the structural element is composed, the layer being placed on the second face of the structural element; a layer of encapsulant or of adhesive; a photovoltaic receiver, the layer of encapsulant or of adhesive being placed between the layer of a material of good thermal conductivity and the receiver; a layer made of transparent encapsulating material, covering at least the entire surface of the photovoltaic receiver; and a transparent protective layer covering the layer made of transparent encapsulating material; and during the lamination, the reflective face of the structura
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Anthony Barbot, Yannick Roujol, Caroline Seraine, Clément Weick
  • Publication number: 20220069155
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module having at least one photovoltaic cell includes a step of encapsulating the photovoltaic cell including the formation of a stack having the photovoltaic cell; an encapsulation film based on a polymer material cross-linked at least at its freezing point; and an adhesion layer based on a crosslinkable polymer material. The adhesion layer is configured to adhere the encapsulation film to the photovoltaic cell. The manufacturing method also includes a cross-linking step including cross-linking the crosslinkable polymer material of the adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Anthony BARBOT, Yannick ROUJOL, Caroline SERAINE
  • Publication number: 20220059712
    Abstract: A method for binding photovoltaic cells to a substrate, each photovoltaic cell comprising a rear face and a front face, comprises: providing the substrate, said substrate being flexible and impregnable; impregnating portions of the substrate with a crosslinkable polymer material, said portions being impregnated along the thickness of the substrate with a view to bonding the photovoltaic cells to the substrate; bringing the rear faces of the photovoltaic cells into contact with the impregnated portions of the substrate crosslinking the crosslinkable polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Anthony BARBOT, Yannick ROUJOL, Caroline SERAINE
  • Publication number: 20210013831
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a concentrating photovoltaic solar sub-module equipped with a reflective face having a concave predefined geometric shape, wherein it includes laminating, in a single step, a multi-layer assembly comprising in succession: a structural element equipped with a reflective first face and a second face, opposite the first; a layer of a material of good thermal conductivity, higher than that of the material from which the structural element is composed, the layer being placed on the second face of the structural element; a layer of encapsulant or of adhesive; a photovoltaic receiver, the layer of encapsulant or of adhesive being placed between the layer of a material of good thermal conductivity and the receiver; a layer made of transparent encapsulating material, covering at least the entire surface of the photovoltaic receiver; and a transparent protective layer covering the layer made of transparent encapsulating material; and during the lamination, the reflective face of the structura
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony BARBOT, Yannick ROUJOL, Caroline SERAINE, Clément WEICK
  • Publication number: 20200403564
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a concentrating photovoltaic solar sub-module equipped with a reflective face having a concave predefined geometric shape, wherein it includes laminating, in a single step, a multi-layer assembly comprising in succession: a structural element equipped with a reflective first face and a second face, opposite the first; a photovoltaic receiver, placed on the second face of the structural element; a layer made of transparent encapsulating material, covering the photovoltaic receiver; and a transparent protective layer covering the layer made of transparent encapsulating material, the transparent protective layer and the layer made of encapsulating material covering at least the entire surface of the photovoltaic receiver; and during the lamination, the reflective face of the structural element is shaped by being brought into contact with a convex surface of a counter-mold, in order to obtain the reflective face of concave predefined geometric shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yannick ROUJOL, Anthony BARBOT, Mathieu BAUDRIT, Caroline SERAINE, Clément WEICK