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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:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Kohtaroh Kataoka, Osaka, JP;
Kohichiroh Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Masatomi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiji Ohta, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Kohtaroh Kataoka, Osaka, JP;
Kohichiroh Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Masatomi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiji Ohta, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a photovoltaic deviceincluding a plurality of cluster power generation sections G (G, G, G, and G). Each cluster power generation section G includes unitary power generation sections D (D, D) connected in series via connection points CP. The cluster power generation sections G each have at least a predetermined one of the connection points CPdesignated as a specific connection point SP. The specific connection points SPare connected together to link the cluster power generation sections G.