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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Richard Travis West, Ragged Point, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Travis West, Ragged Point, CA (US);
Assignee:
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved method of collecting DC power in solar photovoltaic systems is disclosed where series string overcurrent protection is provided at distributed series string terminus locations and a tap connection is made to higher current conductors carrying the combined currents of a number of series strings. A number of related string combiner methods and embodiments are disclosed.