US Patent Issued to Sharp on Sept. 15 for "Output line connection structure for solar cell module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,889, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Output line connection structure for solar cell module" was invented by Yoshiroh Takaba (Sakai City, Japan) and Yasushi Yoshikawa Funakoshi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell module includes a solar cell string sealed between a transparent substrate and a back surface protection member. The solar cell string includes solar cell connection units in each of which a plurality of solar cells adjacent in a first direction is connected in series with each other. Each of the solar cell connection units is provided with an output wiring mem...