US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Nov. 4 for "Photovoltaic module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,831, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Photovoltaic module" was invented by Keita Kurosu (Yokohama, Japan), Yusuke Miyamichi (Hikone, Japan), Shoei Sato (Yokohama, Japan) and Satoshi Kitayama (Omihachiman, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic module includes a front protective layer, a back protective layer, a plurality of solar cells, and a filler. The front protective layer is transmissive to light and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The back protective layer faces the second surface. The plurality of solar cells are between the second surface and ...