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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gabriela Elena Bunea, San Jose, CA (US);

Lee Gorny, Mountain View, CA (US);

George Nadim Mseis, Berkley, CA (US);

Assignees:

MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;

TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, Puteaux, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.01); H02S 20/26 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); H01L 31/049 (2014.12); H02S 20/26 (2014.12); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photovoltaic panel having a photovoltaic module supported by a distributed support frame is described. The distributed support frame may include a support member extending over a back surface of the photovoltaic module. For example, one or more support members may extend laterally from a support hub mounted on the back surface. The distributed support frame may reduce a span length of the photovoltaic module between support locations, and thus, may reduce a likelihood that a module laminate will crack under a design load.


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