Connector system for photovoltaic array
Abstract
A photovoltaic assembly comprising; (a) at least two photovoltaic components that are adjacent to each other in a first direction, each photovoltaic component comprising (i) a partial recess in communication with the partial recess in an adjacent photovoltaic component and (ii) one or more connector receptors aligned in a second direction which is non-parallel to the first direction; (b) a connector located at feast partially in the partial recess of the photovoltaic component and at least partially in the partial recess of the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component, the connector comprising: (i) a flexible housing having a first end and a second end; (ii) one or more connection ports at the first end; (iii) one or more connection ports at the second end; and (iv) one more flexible electrical conductors that extend from the one or more connection ports at the first end to the one or more connection ports at the second end; wherein the connector is flexible so that the first end and the second end are movable relative to each other in a plane, out of the plane, or both; wherein the one or more connectionmore »
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Dow Global Technologies, LLC, Midland, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650910
- Patent Number(s):
- 10651785
- Application Number:
- 14/898,608
- Assignee:
- Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, MI)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005434
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/04/2014
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Keenihan, James R., Lopez, Leonardo C., Langmaid, Joseph A., Washburn, Shane, Eghbal, Darius, Koneru, Vijay Karthik, and Leung, Kelvin L.. Connector system for photovoltaic array. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Keenihan, James R., Lopez, Leonardo C., Langmaid, Joseph A., Washburn, Shane, Eghbal, Darius, Koneru, Vijay Karthik, & Leung, Kelvin L.. Connector system for photovoltaic array. United States.
Keenihan, James R., Lopez, Leonardo C., Langmaid, Joseph A., Washburn, Shane, Eghbal, Darius, Koneru, Vijay Karthik, and Leung, Kelvin L.. Tue .
"Connector system for photovoltaic array". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650910.
@article{osti_1650910,
title = {Connector system for photovoltaic array},
author = {Keenihan, James R. and Lopez, Leonardo C. and Langmaid, Joseph A. and Washburn, Shane and Eghbal, Darius and Koneru, Vijay Karthik and Leung, Kelvin L.},
abstractNote = {A photovoltaic assembly comprising; (a) at least two photovoltaic components that are adjacent to each other in a first direction, each photovoltaic component comprising (i) a partial recess in communication with the partial recess in an adjacent photovoltaic component and (ii) one or more connector receptors aligned in a second direction which is non-parallel to the first direction; (b) a connector located at feast partially in the partial recess of the photovoltaic component and at least partially in the partial recess of the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component, the connector comprising: (i) a flexible housing having a first end and a second end; (ii) one or more connection ports at the first end; (iii) one or more connection ports at the second end; and (iv) one more flexible electrical conductors that extend from the one or more connection ports at the first end to the one or more connection ports at the second end; wherein the connector is flexible so that the first end and the second end are movable relative to each other in a plane, out of the plane, or both; wherein the one or more connection ports at the first end and the one or more connection ports at the second end form a connection with the one or more connector receptors of the photovoltaic component and the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector electrically connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {5}
}
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