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- Patent Title: Connector for joining photovoltaic components
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Application No.: US15526483Application Date: 2015-08-03
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Publication No.: US11018624B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Piyush R. Thakre , Abhijit A. Namjoshi , Jay M. Tudor , Joseph A. Langmaid , Keith L. Kauffmann , Leonardo C. Lopez
- Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Midland
- Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Midland
- International Application: PCT/US2015/043385 WO 20150803
- International Announcement: WO2016/076926 WO 20160519
- Main IPC: H02S40/36
- IPC: H02S40/36 ; H01R13/506 ; H02S20/25 ; H01R13/56 ; H01L31/02 ; H01R13/502 ; H01R13/58

Abstract:
A photovoltaic assembly comprising: (a) at least two photovoltaic components that are adjacent to each other, each photovoltaic component comprising: (i) a partial connector channel in communication with a partial connector channel in an adjacent photovoltaic component and (ii) one or more connector receptors; (b) a connector located at least partially in the partial connector channel of the photovoltaic component and at least partially in the partial connector channel of the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component, the connector comprising: a housing having: (1) a top housing and (2) a bottom housing, wherein the top housing and the bottom housing each include a first end and a second end; one or more flexible electrical conductors that extend from the first end to the second end; wherein the top housing and the bottom housing each include one or more mechanical flexing regions that allow the housing to mechanically flex.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170317644A1 A CONNECTOR FOR JOINING PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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