Machine for Manufacturing Electrode Tape

• US 20120294967A1
• Filed: 04/03/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEO Solar Power Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEO Solar Power Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Ching-Huang, Liang, Rong-Chang, Tsai, Pei-Chang
• Granted Patent: US 8,864,483 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 425/174.4
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 39/18 incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. casting around inserts or for coating articles B29C39/206 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/67121 Apparatus for making assemblies not otherwise provided for, e.g. package constructions
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/67138 Apparatus for wiring semiconductor or solid state device
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/0504 specially adapted for series or parallel connection of solar cells in a module
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/0512 made of a particular material or composition of materials
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

A machine for manufacturing an electrode tape is disclosed. The machine includes a conveyor, a conductive structure coil, an adhesive material supply unit and a curing unit. The conveyor includes a molding belt with at least one groove and a roller used to drive the molding belt. The conductive structure coil is adapted to provide a conductive structure to the at least one groove of the molding belt. The adhesive material supply unit is adapted to provide an adhesive material to a surface of the molding belt. The curing unit is adapted to cure the adhesive material provided on the surface of the molding belt into a film.

Claims

1. A machine for manufacturing an electrode tape, comprising:

a conveyor including a molding belt and a roller, wherein the roller is used to drive the molding belt and the molding belt includes at least one groove;

a coil of conductive structure, used to provide a conductive structure to the groove of the molding belt;

an adhesive material supply unit, used to provide an adhesive material to a surface of the molding belt; and

a curing unit, used to cure the adhesive material provided on the surface of the molding belt into a film.

2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the curing unit includes a heating unit or an UV irradiation unit.

3. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the molding belt includes a rough surface.

4. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the machine further includes a protective film pasting unit.

5. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor, the conductive structure coil, the adhesive material supply unit and the curing unit are arranged in a roll-to-roll manner.

6. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the curing unit further includes a molding plate with a rough surface.

7. A machine for manufacturing an electrode tape, comprising:

a conductive structure coil, used to provide a conductive structure; and

a mold, including;

an upper mold;

a lower mold, wherein the upper mold and the lower mold are movable upwardly and downwardly and are jointed to form a space used to place the conductive structure;

an adhesive material inlet, used to provide an adhesive material into the space; and

a curing unit, used to cure the adhesive material in the space.

8. The machine according to claim 7, wherein the curing unit includes a heating unit or an UV irradiation unit.

9. The machine according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold includes a surface with a groove.

10. A machine for manufacturing an electrode tape, comprising:

a means for adhering an adhesive material to a sidewall of a conductive structure but not covering a first contact point and a second contact point of the conductive structure; and

a means for curing the adhesive material into a film including a first adhesive surface on which the first contact point is exposed and a second adhesive surface on which the second contact point is exposed, wherein the first adhesive surface and the second adhesive surface face outwardly to each other.