Module connector for flexible photovoltaic module

    公开(公告)号:US10425035B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15705910

    申请日:2017-09-15

    摘要: Disclosed are module connectors for flexible photovoltaic modules. A module connector may include a clamp and an insert configured to be inserted into the clamp. The insert may have an insert body, an electrical lead and an electrical connector. The clamp may have a body portion with a recess configured to receive the insert body, a first clamping portion configured to clamp a second portion of the electrical connector to connect it to the body portion, and a second clamping portion with a first clamping surface configured to contact a first sheet of the module and a second clamping surface configured to contact a second sheet of the module. The second clamping portion may be configured to connect the clamp to the module such that the clamp overlaps and extends around a part of the first sheet, a part of the module's exterior edge surface, and a part of the second sheet.

    MODULE CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20190089294A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US15705910

    申请日:2017-09-15

    IPC分类号: H02S20/30 H02S30/10

    CPC分类号: H02S40/34 H02S30/10

    摘要: Disclosed are module connectors for flexible photovoltaic modules. A module connector may include a clamp and an insert configured to be inserted into the clamp. The insert may have an insert body, an electrical lead and an electrical connector. The clamp may have a body portion with a recess configured to receive the insert body, a first clamping portion configured to clamp a second portion of the electrical connector to connect it to the body portion, and a second clamping portion with a first clamping surface configured to contact a first sheet of the module and a second clamping surface configured to contact a second sheet of the module. The second clamping portion may be configured to connect the clamp to the module such that the clamp overlaps and extends around a part of the first sheet, a part of the module's exterior edge surface, and a part of the second sheet.

    THIN FLEXIBLE MODULES
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190296166A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US15934751

    申请日:2018-03-23

    IPC分类号: H01L31/0392 H01L31/05

    摘要: Provided herein are ultra-thin flexible photovoltaic modules. The flexible modules meet UL and IEC safety requirements without needing one or more encapsulant layers. The no-encapsulant design reduces material usage and associated cost and eliminates thermal and mechanical stress imparted by the encapsulant. In some embodiments, a flexible module includes photovoltaic cells enclosed between sealing sheets, wires partially embedded in wire carriers and disposed such that the wires interconnect the photovoltaic cells. The wire carriers include multiple polymeric layers. Adhesive from module components such as sealing sheets and wire carriers bonds the components together.

    Photovoltaic module with improved moisture protection layer

    公开(公告)号:US10396225B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15181766

    申请日:2016-06-14

    IPC分类号: H01L31/048

    摘要: A photovoltaic module includes front and back sealing layers and at least one photovoltaic cell positioned located therebetween. A moisture resistant layer provided between the first and second sealing layers extends around a portion of a perimeter of the at least one photovoltaic cell. A moisture barrier structure including moisture barrier particles is operatively connected to the sealing layers. The moisture barrier structure improves the moisture resistance of the sealing layer and decreases the water vapor transmission rate into the photovoltaic module.

    BUS BAR FOR USE IN FLEXIBLE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20190165189A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US15826316

    申请日:2017-11-29

    摘要: Disclosed are flexible photovoltaic modules that have photovoltaic cells electrically connected to each other and positioned in a sealed space between flexible top and bottom sheets and that includes a first region at a first end of the module, a second region at a second end of the module, and a central region interposed between the first and second regions that encompasses at least 75% of the cells, and a bus bar with interlaced copper strands, an external insulation, a length of at least 1 meter and a thickness of about 0.5 millimeters or less, a conductivity that can conduct at least 3.0 amps of current, that extends substantially the length of the module, is positioned in the first region, the central region, and the second region, and is electrically connected, in the first region, to a second external electrical connector, and, in the second region, to the cells.

    BATTERY EXCHANGE SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180312069A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15498176

    申请日:2017-04-26

    发明人: Robert McClymond

    摘要: Disclosed are systems for exchanging batteries of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”). In some embodiments, a system may include a battery holding tube that is located on the UAV and that includes a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening and a battery loader configured to cause a battery to move into the battery holding tube through the first opening in a direction parallel to the center axis of the battery holding tube, wherein the center axis of the battery is parallel to the center axis of the battery holding tube, and cause the battery to move out of the battery holding tube through the second opening in a direction parallel to the center axis of the battery holding tube, wherein the center axis of the battery is parallel to the center axis of the battery holding tube.