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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Ja Solar Usa Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Teodor Galitev, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei Shan, Fremont, CA (US);
JA SOLAR USA INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a universal junction box for solar modules that comprises multiple sub-assemblies with a replaceable diode black and an open-IP plug sub-assembly. The universal junction box includes a first sub-assembly (junction box platform), a second sub-assembly (a replaceable diode block), and a third sub-assembly (an open sub-assembly or plug sub-assembly. If the electronics in the diode block becomes defective, a new replaceable diode block can be used to substitute into the defective diode black without having to replace the entire junction box. The open-IP plug sub-assembly provides the flexibility to couple a variety of cable sub-assembly or IMEs to the universal junction box as long as a particular selected cable sub-assembly fits with the dimension of the open-IP plug sub-assembly.