ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,017, issued on July 1, was assigned to JIANGXI JINKO PV MATERIAL Co. LTD. (Shangrao, China).

"Junction box and method for mounting junction box" was invented by Long Yang (Shangrao, China) and Dequan Zhou (Shangrao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box and a method for mounting a junction box. The junction box includes a housing and an assembly module. The housing is hollow inside to form an accommodation space. The accommodation space passes through two sides of the housing along a thickness direction of the junction box. The assembly module includes a bottom plate and an electronic element. Along the thickness directi...