ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,833, issued on March 3, was assigned to MERSINTEL K.K. (Kyoto, Japan) and CEF Co. LTD. (Nemuro, Japan).
"Cable unit" was invented by Hiroyuki Nishimura (Kyoto, Japan) and Toshihiro Yamamoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a cable unit for connecting PV panels that can electrically connect a large number of PV panels to one another safely and quickly without concerns about connection errors and is easy to handle during conveyance and construction. A standardized cable unit is used including a first connector at one end of a pair cable composed of two cables that are negative and positive, and a second co...