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US 6,673,997 B2Granted
Solar module with border sealing
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Glass France
InventorsUlf Blieske, Nikolas Janke, Hubert Hauser
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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.
Claims14
A solar module comprising one or more thin-film solar cells present between two plates separated by a border seal present around the external edge of the plates,
- wherein one or more electrical connections of the solar cells extend outside an enclosed space of the solar module, and
- wherein the border seal comprises an elastomeric spacer comprising a moisture-absorbing medium, and an external peripheral adhesive bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.