EP2283282A2

Vacuum solar thermal panel with a vacuum tight glass-metal sealing

Abstract

Vacuum solar thermal panel comprising a vacuum envelope (30) defining a sealed volume, able to withstand atmospheric pressure when evacuated, at least one heat absorber (12) being disposed inside the vacuum envelope (30), a pipe (13) entering and exiting the envelope (30) and being in contact with the heat absorber (12), said vacuum envelope (30) comprising a first plate (1; 101) made of glass, a peripheral frame (3) disposed substantially at the periphery of the first plate (1; 101), a metallic peripheral belt (4, 5; 104) joining the peripheral frame (3) to the first plate (1; 101), said metallic peripheral belt (4; 104) being joined to the first plate (1; 101) by means of a vacuum tight bulk glass-metal seal (8; 108), comprising glass material (14; 114) and obtained by fusion and subsequent solidification of said glass material (14; 114).

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Document	Relation	Office	Cited during
EP2672194A1	Cited by	European Patent Office (EPO)	Search report
WO2013182310A1	Cited by	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	International search
US9683757B2	Cited by	United States of America	Applicant
EP2672194A1	Cited by	European Patent Office (EPO)	Applicant

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MI20081245	Italy	–	2008-07-09
MI20081245	Italy	A	2008-07-09
2009004937	European Patent Office (EPO)	W	2009-07-08

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ITMI20081245A1	Italy	A1	2010-01-10
AU2009267384A1	Australia	A1	2010-01-14
CA2729827A1	Canada	A1	2010-01-14
US2010006090A1	United States of America	A1	2010-01-14
WO2010003653A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2010-01-14
WO2010003657A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2010-01-14
WO2010003653A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2010-07-15
WO2010003657A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2010-07-15
US2010313876A1	United States of America	A1	2010-12-16
EP2283282A2This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2011-02-16
IL210311A0	Israel	A0	2011-03-31
US2011072662A1	United States of America	A1	2011-03-31
AU2009267384A2	Australia	A2	2011-04-07
MX2011000232A	Mexico	A	2011-04-11
KR20110050636A	Republic of Korea	A	2011-05-16
CN102124282A	China	A	2011-07-13
MA32532B1	Morocco	B1	2011-08-01
IT1390960B1	Italy	B1	2011-10-27
JP2011527411A	Japan	A	2011-10-27
EP2283282B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-11-16
AT534003T	Austria	T	2011-12-15
ATE534003T1	Austria	T1	2011-12-15
US8096296B2	United States of America	B2	2012-01-17
PT2283282E	Portugal	E	2012-02-28
DK2283282T3	Denmark	T3	2012-03-05
ES2377604T3	Spain	T3	2012-03-29
US8161645B2	United States of America	B2	2012-04-24
US8161965B2	United States of America	B2	2012-04-24
PL2283282T3	Poland	T3	2012-04-30
CN102124282B	China	B	2012-12-26
IL210311A	Israel	A	2013-10-31
MY152336A	Malaysia	A	2014-09-15
JP5597631B2	Japan	B2	2014-10-01
AU2009267384B2	Australia	B2	2015-04-30
KR101533263B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2015-07-02
CA2729827C	Canada	C	2015-09-15
BRPI0915848A2	Brazil	A2	2015-11-03
BRPI0915848B1	Brazil	B1	2020-02-11

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Vacuum solar thermal panel with a vacuum tight glass-metal sealing

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