ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,331, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Suzhou Maizhan Automation Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Photovoltaic solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Xin Wang (Suzhou, China) and Jing Zheng (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of a photovoltaic solar cell module, and belongs to the technical field of solar photovoltaic device manufacturing. In the present invention, a metal connecting ribbon is adopted for connecting a cell, and front and rear surfaces of the cell are designed by removing PAD dots, so that optical shielding on a surface...