US Patent Issued to TONGWEI SOLAR (HEFEI) on April 21 for "Photovoltaic module and preparation method therefor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,626, issued on April 21, was assigned to TONGWEI SOLAR (HEFEI) Co. LTD. (Hefei, China).

"Photovoltaic module and preparation method therefor" was invented by Zhixun Zhang (Hefei, China), Huaming Zhou (Hefei, China) and Gang Shi (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic module includes a cell string, transparent insulated flexible protectors, a front adhesive film, a back adhesive film, a first plate, a second plate. The cell string includes multiple cells. Adjacent cells are connected in series through multiple spaced welding ribbons. The area on the surface of each cell without the welding ribbons is a mounting po...