General Electric Company

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Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Michael Scott Herzog

Donald Seton Farquhar

Charles S Korman

Neil A Johnson

Philip Michael Cioffi

Maja Harfman Todorovic

Stefan Rakuff

Donald Michael Doherty

Anil Raj Duggal

Thomas Bert Gorczyca

Bruce Richard Roberts

Christian Maria Anton Heller

Kevin Payne

Tami Janene Faircloth

Jacob Charles Bortscheller

Svetlana Rogojevic

Jeffrey Michael Youmans

Linda Ann Boyd

Kevin C Payne

A micro-inverter assembly for use in a photovoltaic system includes a housing, a direct current (DC)-to-alternating current (AC) micro-inverter disposed within the housing, and a DC connector electrically coupled to the DC-to-AC micro-inverter. The DC connector is positioned within a recess formed in a bottom surface of the housing such that at least one electrical contact of the DC connector is accessible from outside the housing. According to alternative embodiments, the DC connector comprises a plug-and-play connector constructed for one of a rotational engagement and a translational engagement with a DC connector of a photovoltaic (PV) panel.

Micro-inverter assembly for use in a photovoltaic system and method of making same

An alternating current (AC) harness for a photovoltaic (PV) system includes a wire assembly having a first end and a second end, the wire assembly having a plurality of lead wires, and at least one AC connection module positioned at a location along a length of the wire assembly between the first end and the second end. Further, the at least one AC connection module includes a first connection terminal electrically coupled to the plurality of lead wires of the wire assembly and constructed to electrically couple the wire assembly with an output of a first PV module of the PV system. The at least one AC connection module also includes a second connection terminal electrically coupled to the plurality of lead wires of the wire assembly and constructed to electrically couple the wire assembly with an output of a second PV module of the PV system.

Photovoltaic system with improved AC connections and method of making same

A micro-inverter assembly includes a housing having an opening formed in a bottom surface thereof, and a direct current (DC)-to-alternating current (AC) micro-inverter disposed within the housing at a position adjacent to the opening. The micro-inverter assembly further includes a micro-inverter DC connector electrically coupled to the DC-to-AC micro-inverter and positioned within the opening of the housing, the micro-inverter DC connector having a plurality of exposed electrical contacts.

Photovoltaic system with improved DC connections and method of making same

An article of manufacture comprises a thin film solid state lighting device, such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device, having a planar light emitting side and an opposite planar mounting side and including electrodes disposed on the planar mounting side of the thin film solid state lighting device, the electrodes including a magnetic material configured to conductively convey electrical drive current to drive the thin film solid state lighting device to emit light at the planar light emitting principal side. The article of manufacture may further comprise a fixture having a planar surface with magnets arranged to mate with the electrodes to magnetically secure the thin film solid state lighting device with the fixture and to concurrently form electrically conductive paths including the magnetic material of the electrodes configured to conductively convey electrical drive current. Thus this magnetic connection provides both mechanical support and electrical conduction path.

OLED lighting devices including electrodes with magnetic material

Packaged optoelectronic device include a first barrier layer having a plurality of feedthrough apertures communicating with at least one electrode layer of the device, and a plurality of conductive patches disposed on at least one of the plurality of feedthrough apertures for electrically connecting the device to a power supply. Each conductive patch includes a conductive metal surface layer and a non-conducting surface layer having an opening exposing the metal surface layer.

Electrical connectors for optoelectronic device packaging

An optoelectonice device array includes a plurality of packages, each enclosing an optoelectronic device, and positioned in at least one row. Each package overlaps at least one adjacent package, and may be hermetically sealed.

Optoelectronic device array

An optoelectronic device having a monolithic interconnect structure includes a continuous anode layer, a discontinuous cathode layer, and an electroactive layer sandwiched between the continuous anode layer and the discontinuous cathode layer.

Method of manufacturing monolithic parallel interconnect structure

An encapsulated optoelectronic device includes: a first barrier layer; an electroluminescence device coupled to the first barrier layer, and comprising a substrate and an electroluminescence element both defining a lateral side, and the electroluminescence element comprising a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode, and an optoelectronically active layer between the first and second electrodes; a second barrier layer coupled to the electroluminescence device; and an adhesive located between and connecting the first and second barrier layers, and at least coupled to the lateral side of the electroluminescence device to seal the electroluminescence device; a first conductive area electrically coupled to the first electrode and electrically insulated from the second electrode and a second conductive area; the second conductive area electrically coupled to the second electrode and electrically insulated from the first electrode and the first conductive area. A method for making the encapsulated optoelectronic device is presented.

Encapsulated optoelectronic device and method for making the same

An illumination source including a first OLED layer capable of emitting light of a first color, a second OLED layer capable of emitting light of a second color and disposed on the first OLED layer, each of said first, second OLED layers including alternating active light-emitting areas and inactive non-light emitting areas; said first OLED layer comprising a first substrate, a first transparent electrode layer disposed on the substrate, a first electroluminescent layer capable of emitting light of the first color disposed on the first transparent electrode layer, and a first patterned metallized electrode layer forming the alternating active light-emitting areas and inactive non-light emitting areas; and said second OLED layer comprising a second substrate, a second transparent electrode layer disposed on the substrate, a second electroluminescent layer capable of emitting light of the second color disposed on the second transparent electrode layer, and a second patterned metallized electrode layer forming the alternating active light-emitting areas and inactive non-light emitting areas; wherein light emitted by the active light-emitting areas of the first OLED layer is transmitted through the inactive non-light emitting areas of the second OLED layer. A method for tuning color and/or intensity of the light output of an illumination source is also disclosed.

Color tunable illumination source and method for controlled illumination

A feeder for a bottle capping machine comprising a hopper to receive and direct the caps to a conveyor which transports the caps to a chute transversely disposed to the conveyor housing wherein the conveyor housing is adjustably secured to the capping machine whereby the housing can be angularly adjusted to cause bottle caps improperly oriented to fall to the bottom of the conveyor wherein the conveyor housing has an angular wiper bar to force properly oriented caps to be discharged into the chute and then feed to the capping machine, there being provided a display window and wherein the conveyor has adjustably spaced flite bars which are adapted to transport caps of various dimensions.

Feeder for bottle capper

A rotary feeder for articles is provided and consists of a rotating bowl that has a domed floor and an upper ledge, an inclined stationary ramp that will carry the articles from the domed floor to the upper ledge, a stationary guide ring that has an exit port and a device for rejecting improper positioned articles before the articles are discharged from the exit ramp of the guide ring, the device including an air jet positioned radially inward from the pathway provided by the ledge and oriented to direct an air jet angled downward and radially outward toward both said ledge and the stationery guide ring or wall structure whereby crown side up caps are blown off said ledge back into said bowl and cavity side up caps are retained on the ledge and passed on to the exit port.

Rotary feeder to orient and feed bottle caps and similar parts

A tea bag used for brewing a cup of tea in a cup; the tea bag being attached by a string to a tag that is gummed on one side so to be easily attachable to an outer side of the tea cup and thus prevent the need of fishing out the bag from a brewed tea water afterwards; and means in a modified design of the invention whereby the tag additionally serves as a tea bag squeezer.

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Voorheesville, NY, United States of America

Michael Scott Herzog