Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
In a semi-conductor battery of the type including a plurality of laminar semi-conductor bodies arranged on a dielectric support in parallel relation to each other and each comprising two layers of respectively oppositely conducting semi-conductor materials forming a photovoltaic junction, with the layer adjacent the support being of the same conducting type in all the semi-conductor bodies, and contact strips electrically interconnecting oppositely conducting layers of adjacent semi-conductor bodies and extending throughout the length of the adjacent semi-conductor bodies, the improvement comprising, in combination, said support having one surface formed with a plurality of notches extending parallel to each other and separated by lands, said semi-conductor bodies being applied directly to said lands; said contact strips extending in said notches between two adjacent lands and being, along the edge of one land of the two adjacent lands, in electrical contact with that layer, of the respective semi-conductor body on said one land, which is directly adjacent said support and, along the edge of the other land of the respective two adjacent lands, in electrical contact with that layer, of the respective semi-conductor body on said other land, which is remote from said support.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
In a semi-conductor battery of the type including a plurality of laminar semi-conductor bodies arranged on a dielectric support in parallel relation to each other and each comprising two layers of respectively oppositely conducting semi-conductor materials forming a photovoltaic junction, with the layer adjacent the support being of the same conducting type in all the semi-conductor bodies, and contact strips electrically interconnecting oppositely conducting layers of adjacent semi-conductor bodies and extending throughout the length of the adjacent semi-conductor bodies, the improvement comprising, in combination, said support having one surface formed with a plurality of notches extending parallel to each other and separated by lands, said semi-conductor bodies being applied directly to said lands; said contact strips extending in said notches between two adjacent lands and being, along the edge of one land of the two adjacent lands, in electrical contact with that layer, of the respective semi-conductor body on said one land, which is directly adjacent said support and, along the edge of the other land of the respective two adjacent lands, in electrical contact with that layer, of the respective semi-conductor body on said other land, which is remote from said support.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said support is flexible.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said battery is used as a solar battery and said support is transparent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 3, in which the notch walls coated with the contact strips are so formed as to reflect at least a part of the light incident thereon onto the semi-conductor bodies.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said notches have a triangular cross-section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which the opposite surface of said support is divided into individual, juxtaposed cylindrical segments extending parallel to each other and parallel to said lands; each land being associated with a single respective cylindrical segment and the associated single respective cylindrical segment having a radius of curvature such that light incident thereon at a right angle thereto is directed onto the semi-conductor body on the associated land.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which the outer layer, remote from said support, of each semi-conductor body is provided with a layer of contact material which is electrically connected to that contact strip electrically connected to said outer layer of semi-conductor material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, which said one surface of said support having said semi-conductor bodies and said contact strips thereon is covered with a protective layer of electrically insulating material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 8, in which said protective layer is elastic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
107 words
In a semi-conductor battery, the improvement claimed in claim 1, including means operable to electrically interconnect two said semi-conductor batteries; said means comprising a connection piece formed with rubber lips engageable over facing edges of the respective supports of the two semi-conductor batteries; each connection piece having, at each side, a resilient contact strip engageable into a notch of the associated respective support to contact the contact strip in the notch; and respective connector sockets electrically connected to each contact strip of said connection piece; whereby, by corresponding connection of said sockets to each other, said two semi-conductor batteries may be connected in series or in parallel.