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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Etters, PA (US);
Stephen Daniel Gherardini, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Henry Otto Herrmann, Jr., Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Etters, PA (US);
Stephen Daniel Gherardini, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Henry Otto Herrmann, Jr., Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A socket assembly includes a photovoltaic package having a substrate with a photovoltaic cell and contact pads electrically connected to the photovoltaic cell. A dielectric housing removably receives the photovoltaic package. The dielectric housing holds contacts in mating engagement with the contact pads. A metal shell receives the housing and the photovoltaic package, and the metal shell has a window providing access to the photovoltaic cell.