US 11,855,582 B2
Photovoltaic module having bi-directional couplings
Lee Gorny, Mountain View, CA (US); and Gabriela Elena Bunea, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,064.
Application 17/574,064 is a continuation of application No. 16/984,742, filed on Aug. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,239,791.
Application 16/984,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/006,444, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,763,780, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,142, filed on Jun. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140777 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 30/00 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [H02S 30/00 (2013.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module system comprising:
a first photovoltaic laminate; and
a second photovoltaic laminate;
wherein each of the first and second photovoltaic laminates has a perimeter and a support frame mounted on a back surface of the laminate, the support frame positioned completely within the perimeter of the associated first or second photovoltaic laminate,
wherein each support frame of the first and second photovoltaic laminates comprises a plurality of support frame members,
wherein at least two of the support frame members of the first and second photovoltaic laminates intersect and form cantilevered ends extending past their intersection, the cantilevered ends each having a first distal end, and
wherein the first distal end of the support frame member from the first photovoltaic laminate is coupled to the first distal end of the support frame member from the second photovoltaic laminate with a first mechanical coupling pair from a plurality of mechanical coupling pairs.