IP Library Granted Patent US 10,814,599
Granted Patent B2
US 10,814,599 · App. 15/123,741 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Laminating apparatus and method for producing a laminate

Inventors: Daniel Lenz (Kolkwitz, DE); Martin Haselbauer (Leipzig, DE); Volker Strickert (Leipzig, DE)
Assignee: Nice Solar Energy GmbH
B32B37/10B32B37/0046B32B37/1018B32B37/14B30B5/02B32B2037/264B32B2309/02B32B2309/12B32B2457/12
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Patent No.
US 10,814,599
App. No.
15/123,741
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminating device and a method for producing a laminate. The laminating device has at least one membrane element. The laminating device has at least one force distributing element, wherein a laminating force which can be transmitted onto a lamination object by the membrane element can be distributed onto at least one sub region of a membrane-side surface of the lamination object via the at least one force distributing element. The at least one force distributing element is held on the laminating device.

Claims (15)

1. A laminating apparatus, comprising:

at least one membrane member for transferring or exerting a lamination force and having a force-exerting surface;

at least one force-distributing member configured to distribute a lamination force that is transferred or exerted by said at least one membrane member to a portion of a membrane-side surface of a lamination object by said at least one force-distributing member; and

at least one fabric web retaining member for holding said at least one force-distributing member,

wherein said at least one force-distributing member is mounted to the laminating apparatus,

wherein the at least one fabric web retaining member is provided as a member separate from the at least one membrane member, and

wherein the at least one force-distributing member is sized an arranged in or on the laminating apparatus in such a way that at least a part of the lamination force, which is transferred or exerted by the at least one membrane member onto at least one section of an edge area of the membrane-side surface of the lamination object, is distributed by the at least one force-distributing member only to the portion of the membrane-side surface of the lamination object, wherein said portion is smaller than the entire membrane-side surface of the lamination object.

2. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , which comprises a lamination stretching frame and wherein said at least one fabric web retaining member is fastened to said lamination stretching frame.

3. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member comprises a panel-shaped section.

4. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member has a panel shape.

5. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member comprises at least one support segment for supporting a surface area of the laminating apparatus.

6. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member comprises a panel-shaped section or has a panel shape and comprises at least one support segment for supporting a surface area of the laminating apparatus.

7. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member has a panel shape, and wherein a surface of said at least one panel-shaped force-distributing member has or forms a raised area in a portion of said surface.

8. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member comprises a panel-shaped section or is panel-shaped and wherein a surface of said at least one panel-shaped force-distributing member has or forms a raised area in a portion of said surface.

9. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one force-distributing member is one of a plurality of force-distributing members, each mounted to the laminating apparatus.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: FIRST SOLAR INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 072887/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
To: FIRST SOLAR GMBH
Reel/Frame 069598/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: NICE SOLAR ENERGY GMBH
To: ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
Reel/Frame 069598/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: FIRST SOLAR GMBH
To: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 069598/0965 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2020
From: SOLIBRO HI-TECH GMBH
To: NICE SOLAR ENERGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 053021/0785 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2016
From: LENZ, DANIEL; HASELBAUER, MARTIN; STRICKERT, VOLKER
To: SOLIBRO HI-TECH GMBH
Reel/Frame 040031/0721 →