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US 2003/0116185 A1Published application
Sealed thin film photovoltaic modules
OwnerRobert S. Oswaldinventor
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Abstract
A sealed photovoltaic module comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, a seal between the first and second substrates positioned at or near the edges of the substrates and forming a sealed chamber defined by the first and second substrates and the seal, and at least one thin film photovoltaic element positioned between the first and second substrate and at least partly within the chamber.
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A sealed photovoltaic module comprising:
- a first substrate,
- a second substrate,
- a seal between the first and second substrates positioned at or near the edges of the substrates and forming a sealed chamber defined by the first and second substrates and the seal, and
- at least one thin film photovoltaic element positioned between the first and second substrate and at least partly within the chamber.
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A sealed photovoltaic module comprising:
- a first substrate,
- a second substrate,
- a means for sealing the first and second substrates positioned at or near the edges of the substrates thereby forming a sealed chamber defined by the first and second substrates and the means for sealing the substrate, and
- at least one thin film photovoltaic element positioned between the first and second substrate and at least party within the chamber.
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A method for making a photovoltaic module comprising:
- forming a thin film photovoltaic device on a first substrate, and
- sealing the first substrate to a second substrate at or near the edges of the substrates thereby forming a sealed chamber defined by the substrates and the seal wherein the photovoltaic element is at least partially within the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.