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Casing for a concentrator photovoltaic module

Granted 16 Feb 2021 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries · originally Sumitomo Chemical

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Inventors: Kazumasa Toya, Youichi Nagai, Ryusuke Imai, Kenji Saito +1 · Examiner: Catherine S Posthauer · AU 2924 · TC 2900

Application
29/664,072
filed 21 Sep 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D910538
granted 16 Feb 2021

Life of the patent

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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 right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a first perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of portion 9 of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 10 is a right side view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 12 is a second perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 13 is a third perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 14 is a forth perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 15 is a fifth perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 16 is a sixth perspective view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 17 is a top view of the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 9 , shown in an environment of use

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of portion 18 of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of portion 19 of FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of portion 20 of FIG. 6 .

In FIGS. 1-16 and 18-20 , the broken lines represent portions of the article which form no part of the claimed design. In FIG. 17 , the hexagonal broken lines and inner circle broken line represent environmental subject matter and form no part of the claimed design, and the remaining broken lines represent portions of the article which form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash lines represent enlarged fragmentary view indicators and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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Pendency
2.4 y
879 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Examiner
Catherine S Posthauer
art unit 2924 · TC 2900
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