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Clip for electrically connecting planar elements, such as solar cells, and the like, in series

  • US 4,203,646 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1979
  • Issued: 05/20/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A clip for electrically interconnecting adjacent pairs of planar members, such as solar cells and the like, in series, said clip comprising:

  • a metal blank having at least one web of insulative material bonded to one side of said blank covering approximately half the surface area thereof,at least one first arm and at least one second arm formed in said blank, each arm extending in cantilever fashion above a portion of said blank toward an end thereof,said first and said second arms being oppositely directed with said first arm presenting an uninsulated surface to an insulated portion of said blank and said second arm presenting an insulated surface to an uninsulated portion of said blank whereby first and second members received in opposite ends of said clip have a first side of a first member electrically connected to a second side of a second member.

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