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US 2021/0344301 A1Published application
Integration of microinverter with photovoltaic module
AssigneeEnphase Energy, Inc.
InventorsPhil Gilchrist, William Morris, Kristine Little, Patrick L. Chapman, William P. Mulligan, Marco A. Marroquin
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Abstract
Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module.
Claims15
An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module comprising:
- a photovoltaic (PV) module, the PV module having a back surface and a light receiving surface;
- a junction box positioned on the back surface of the PV module, the junction box receiving DC voltage from the light receiving surface of the PV module;
- a microinverter positioned on the back surface of the PV module;
- and
- wherein the junction box and the microinverter are connected by a flexible conduit, the flexible conduit comprising DC wires that electrically connect the junction box and the microinverter.
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An assembly comprising:
- a junction box;
- a microinverter;
- and
- a flexible conduit,
- wherein the flexible conduit connects the junction box to the microinverter and contains DC wires,
- wherein the microinverter is configured to receive DC voltage from a photovoltaic (PV) module and convert that DC voltage to an AC voltage, and
- wherein the DC wires are hardwired to the microinverter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.