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Solar cell for artificial satellite

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Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Inventors: Naoko Tomoda, Yoshiyuki Kusano, Mitsuru Okubo, Yu Kamikawa · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/656,690
filed 16 Jul 2018
Publication
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US D874393
granted 4 Feb 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a solar cell for artificial satellite showing the first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view taken along line 6 - 6 of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 7 - 7 of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a front view of a solar cell for artificial satellite showing the second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged view taken along line 13 - 13 of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 14 - 14 of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 15 is a front view of a solar cell for artificial satellite showing the third embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 16 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a partially enlarged view taken along line 20 - 20 of FIG. 15 ;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 21 - 21 of FIG. 20 ;

FIG. 22 is a front view of a solar cell for artificial satellite showing the fourth embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 23 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a partially enlarged view taken along line 27 - 27 of FIG. 22 ;

FIG. 28 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 28 - 28 of FIG. 27 ;

FIG. 29 is a front view of a solar cell for artificial satellite showing the fifth embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 30 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 32 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 33 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 34 is a partially enlarged view taken along line 34 - 34 of FIG. 29 ; and,

FIG. 35 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 35 - 35 of FIG. 34 .

Portions of the solar cell for an artificial satellite disclosed in equally-spaced broken lines form no part of the claimed design. Dot-dash pattern lines represent unclaimed boundaries between the claim and the unclaimed portions. Right-side views are omitted because they are mirror images of the left side views.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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