ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,627, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Solar cell module" was invented by Yasushi Yoshikawa Funakoshi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell module is provided with a first solar cell string including a plurality of first solar cells and a second solar cell string including a plurality of second solar cells. The first solar cell string and the second solar cell string are connected in parallel to each other. The first solar cell and the second solar cell are split solar cells. The first solar cell string and the second solar cell string are arranged in a first direction of t...