MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517066850 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo, on July 14, for 'terminal box, solar cell unit, and solar cell unit connection body.'

Inventor(s) include Asatani Tsuyoshi; Saita Yutaka; and Miyauchi Hiroyuki.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A terminal box (10) according to an embodiment has a terminal box body, first connection terminals (16a, 16b), and second connection terminals (18a, 18b). The terminal box body is mounted on a solar cell element (1) having a monolithic structure. The terminal box body has a connection part electrically connected to the terminals (8a, 8b) of the solar cell element (1). The first connection terminals (16a, 16b) are electrically connected to the connection part. The first connection terminals (16a, 16b) are disposed at the tips of cables (15a, 15b) extending from the terminal box body to the outside. The second connection terminals (18a, 18b) are electrically connected to the connection part. The second connection terminals (18a, 18b) are formed on the outer surface of the terminal box body. The second connection terminals (18a, 18b) are connectable to the first connection terminals (16a, 16b)."

The patent application was internationally filed on May 10, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/017536.

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