Combiner box
OwnerChi-Jen Yanginventor
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Abstract
A combiner box includes a combiner module and an electrical connector unit disposed in a casing. The combiner module includes an insulating board, and plural first and second input electrodes disposed on opposite surfaces of the insulating board along a first direction and corresponding respectively to plural first and second input sockets of the casing. The second input sockets are disposed below and alternatingly arranged with the first input sockets along the first direction. The electrical connector unit includes plural first and second input terminals disposed in the first and second input sockets and electrically connected to the first and second input electrodes, respectively.
Claims13
A combiner box, comprising:
- a casing including a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that cooperatively define an accommodating space, said surrounding wall being formed with a plurality of first input sockets, a plurality of second input sockets, a first output socket and a second output socket, said first and second input sockets being spaced apart from each other and being arranged along a first direction parallel to said surrounding wall, said second input sockets being disposed at a level between said first input sockets and said bottom wall and being alternatingly arranged with said first input sockets along the first direction;
- a combiner module disposed in said accommodating space of said casing over said bottom wall, and including
- an electrically insulating board having a first surface, a second surface opposite to said first surface, and a first side connected between said first and second surfaces and extending along the first direction,
- a first electrode set disposed over said first surface of said electrically insulating board, and including a plurality of first input electrodes that are spaced apart from each other, that are arranged along the first direction and that correspond respectively to said first input sockets of said surrounding wall, and a first output electrode that is electrically connected to said first input electrodes and that corresponds to said first output socket of said surrounding wall, and
- a second electrode set disposed on said second surface of said electrically insulating board, and including a plurality of second input electrodes that are spaced apart from each other, that are arranged along and partially cover said first side of said electrically insulating board, that are disposed below said first input electrodes with respect to said electrically insulating board, and that correspond respectively to said second input sockets of said surrounding wall, and a second output electrode that is electrically connected to said second input electrodes and that corresponds to said second output socket of said surrounding wall;
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- an electrical connector unit including
- a plurality of first input terminals disposed in said first input sockets and electrically connected to said first input electrodes, respectively,
- a plurality of second input terminals disposed in said second input sockets and electrically connected to said second input electrodes, respectively,
- a first output component corresponding to said first output socket and electrically connected to said first output electrode, and
- a second output component corresponding to said second output socket and electrically connected to said second output electrode.
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