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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Marco A. Marroquin, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen P. Wurmlinger, Scurry, TX (US);
Thomas P. Parker, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert S. Balog, College Station, TX (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronics module docking system includes docking member removably coupled to a photovoltaic module. The docking system includes a first connector port electrically coupled to one or more photovoltaic cells of the photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module is selectively coupleable to the docking member. The docking system includes a housing to enclose an electronics module. The housing may include second connector port that is selectively engageable to the power electronics module. The power electronics module and the photovoltaic cells are electrically coupled to one another upon selective engagement of the connector ports. The inverter housing is receivable by and removably coupleable to the docking member allowing the inverter housing to be removably coupleable to the photovoltaic module.