US Patent Issued to 5B IP Holdings on Oct. 28 for "Photovoltaic converter and photovoltaic arrays" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,949, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 5B IP Holdings Pty Ltd (Mascot, Australia).

"Photovoltaic converter and photovoltaic arrays" was invented by Simeon Baker-Finch (Mascot, Australia), Christopher McGrath (Mascot, Australia), Rhett Evans (Mascot, Australia) and Adrian Turner (Mascot, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PV array (10) comprising multiple PV modules (11, 12) that each have a first and second pairs of spaced apart terminals (28, 40), with the first pair of spaced apart terminals (28) being in electrical connection with the PV cells of the PV modules (11, 12). A by-pass conductor (30) connects the second pair o...