US 12,255,261 B2
Solar panel
Taizo Masuda, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,839.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-078681 (JP), filed on May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369523 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0516 (2013.01) [H01L 31/044 (2014.12)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar panel comprising a cell row, the cell row including a plurality of cell groups, each cell group of the plurality of cell groups including:
a plurality of cells, each cell of the plurality of cells having a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction of the cell row;
a second end of a first cell of the plurality of cells overlapping a first end of a second cell of the plurality of cells;
a first connector electrically connecting an anode surface of the first cell and an anode surface of the second cell;
a second connector electrically connecting a cathode surface of the first cell and a cathode surface of the second cell; and
an insulator provided between the first connector and the second connector, wherein
the second connector of a first cell group of the plurality of the cell groups is electrically connected to the first connector of a second cell group of the plurality of the cell groups.