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Casing for concentrator photovoltaic module

Granted 29 Oct 2019 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries · originally Sumitomo Chemical

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Inventors: Yoshiya Abiko, Youichi Nagai, Kenji Saito, Makoto Inagaki +2 · Examiner: Derrick E Holland · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/559,498
filed 29 Mar 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D864853
granted 29 Oct 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a casing for a concentrator photovoltaic module showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a first perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a third perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a fourth perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a partial view taken along line XXXI-XXXI of FIG. 3 , omitting internal structure for ease of illustration;

FIG. 12 is a partial view taken along line XXXII-XXXII of FIG. 3 , omitting internal structure for ease of illustration;

FIG. 13 is a partial view taken along line XXXIII-XXXIII of FIG. 3 , omitting internal structure for ease of illustration;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of XXXIV-XXXIV portion of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of XXXV-b portion of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of XXXVI-b portion of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of XXXVII-XXXVII portion of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of XXXVIII-c portion of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of XXXIX-c portion of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of XL-XL portion of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged view of XLI-XLI portion of FIG. 12 ; and,

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of XLII-XLII portion of FIG. 13 .

The dashed broken lines define the bounds of the enlarged partial views of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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Examiner
Derrick E Holland
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