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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Brian Wade Mills, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Robert D. Street, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Danny Cam Toan LU, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yacov Elgar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Worthington Weatherley, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dustin Delmar Reede Carver, Windsor, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Ian Mckay Pratt, Ukiah, CA (US);
Brian Wade Mills, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Robert D. Street, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Danny Cam Toan Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yacov Elgar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Worthington Weatherley, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dustin Delmar Reede Carver, Windsor, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Ian McKay Pratt, Ukiah, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Multi-Holding AG, Allshwil, CH;
Abstract
A junction box for a solar panel comprises a housing, a lid, a first connector and a second connector. The housing comprises sidewalls and a top wall defining an interior space. The first coupling comprises a first contact element and the second coupling comprises a second contact element. Said contact elements penetrate at least one of the sidewalls, so that the contact elements provide an electrical contact from external contact elements to internal contact elements, such as solder tails. Internal contact elements are arranged at least partially in said interior space. The top wall comprises an opening extending only partially in said top wall. Said opening is located such in the top wall that access to said solder tails in a substantially perpendicular direction to the surface of a solar panel for connecting the solder tail to the solar panel is provided.