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Busbar-less solar cell

Granted 22 Jan 2019 · no office action yet

Current assignee: DB TRUSTEES (HONG KONG) LIMITED · originally Flex Ltd.

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Inventors: Lisong Zhou, Huaming Zhou · Examiner: Daniel D Bui · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/622,305
filed 16 Oct 2017
Publication
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US D838667
granted 22 Jan 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the first embodiment of a busbar-less solar cell showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an alternative bottom view of the busbar-less solar cell, according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the design

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a back side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of the second embodiment of a busbar-less solar cell showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a back side elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a front elevation view thereof.

The broken lines shown are included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the busbar-less solar cell that form no part of the claimed design.

Applicant reserves the right to amend the claimed invention by showing in solid lines any and all features or portions thereof originally shown in broken lines and/or by showing in broken lines any and all features or portions thereof originally shown in solid lines.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D838667-SS122 Jan 201916 Oct 2017grantedBusbar-less solar cell
USUS-D909956-SS19 Feb 202127 Dec 2018grantedBusbar-less solar cell
JPJP-1637087-SS22 Jul 201916 Apr 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1637101-SS22 Jul 201916 Apr 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1637250-SS22 Jul 201916 Apr 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1637251-SS22 Jul 201916 Apr 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 10 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201812092-SS20 May 201810 Apr 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
AUAU-201812952-SS19 Jun 201818 May 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
AUAU-201812953-SS19 Jun 201818 May 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
AUAU-201812949-SS20 Jun 201818 May 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
AUAU-201812950-SS20 Jun 201818 May 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
AUAU-201812951-SS20 Jun 201818 May 2018publishedBusbar-Less Solar Cell
TWTW-D198905-SS1 Aug 201916 Apr 2018publishedBusbar-less solar cell
TWTW-D198906-SS1 Aug 201916 Apr 2018publishedBusbar-less solar cell
TWTW-D201828-SS1 Jan 202016 Apr 2018published無柵線太陽能電池zh
TWTW-D201829-SS1 Jan 202016 Apr 2018publishedBusbar-less solar cell

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