ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,692, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Photovoltaic module interconnect joints" was invented by Sunny Sethi (San Bruno, Calif.), Michele Guide (San Jose, Calif.), Gabriela Bunea (San Jose, Calif.) and Thierry Nguyen (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photovoltaic (PV) cells that can be interconnected with improved interconnect joints to form PV cell strings and PV modules. The improved interconnect joints comprise at least two types of adhesive bonding regions to maximize both electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of interconnect joints coupling terminals of PV cells. The dis...