Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1994-12-30
1996-04-02
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
136259, 439700, 439824, H01L 31048
Patent
active
055036848
ABSTRACT:
A termination system for a solar panel of the type in which the photoactive material and a silver terminal pad are covered by a protective layer of an insulative material includes a hole through the protective layer exposing a portion of the silver pad and further includes a terminal body having a base that is bonded to the protective layer and having a bore extending through the terminal body and concentric with the hole in the protective layer, and further including a compression spring inserted into the bore in the terminal body and bearing against the silver pad and urged against the silver pad by a sphere that is moved toward the silver panel through the bore in the terminal body by advancing a set screw. The sphere ensures that as the set screw is turned no torque is imparted to the spring. The resulting termination is inexpensive and easy to make, and it provides a good solderless contact with the silver pad and is mechanically robust and hermetically sealed.
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McKown Daniel C.
Silicon Energy Corporation
Weisstuch Aaron
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