The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Keith Johnston, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nicholas Ford, Albany, CA (US);
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 5/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 7/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/385 (2013.01); H02M 7/42 (2013.01); Y02E 10/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) system can include strings of PV collection devices. A positive parallel bus can be coupled to positive terminals of first and second strings and a negative parallel bus can be coupled to negative terminals of first and second strings.