ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,191, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Solar cell module" was invented by Toshiki Matsuoka (Kizugawa, Japan), Yusuke Miyamichi (Hikone, Japan), Keita Kurosu (Yokohama, Japan) and Shoei Sato (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell module includes a resin first protective layer being light transmissive, a second protective layer, a solar cell portion, a resin first filler layer, a resin second filler layer, a substrate, and an adhesive layer. The solar cell portion includes solar cell elements between the protective layers. The first filler layer facing the first protective layer cov...