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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David C. Okawa, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zachary S. Judkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Tamir Lance, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tyler D. Newman, San Jose, CA (US);
Thierry H. Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Reagan, Hayward, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/22 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H01R 12/58 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/36 (2014.12); H01R 12/585 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); H02S 40/34 (2014.12);
Abstract
Photovoltaic panels may be aggregated in various ways and may be aggregated with the use of a backplane where the backplane comprises electrical connectors positioned to electrically connect the PV panels. The PV panels may have various sizes and shapes and may overlap one or more other PV panels or PV panels being aggregated.