Solar module with border sealing

US6673997B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE · FR

Inventors

• Ulf Blieske · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Nikolas Janke · Herzogenrath, DE
• Hubert Hauser · Würselen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50

Abstract

A solar module containing thin-film solar cells positioned between two plates separated by a border seal at the external edge of the plates. The border seal includes an elastomeric spacer that contains a moisture-absorbing medium and is coated with an external peripheral adhesive bead.