US Patent Issued to Azur Space Solar Power on Aug. 5 for "Protection of space solar cells in an arrangement in the form of a string" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,729, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Azur Space Solar Power GmbH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Protection of space solar cells in an arrangement in the form of a string" was invented by Ivica Zrinscak (Heilbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protection of space solar cells in an arrangement in the form of a string extending in an X direction, and two directly adjacent space solar cells in the X direction in each case are electrically connected to each other in series with the aid of a metallic connector. The string has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a protection arrangement formed along a Y direction is ...