Patents by Inventor Carston Thoerner

Carston Thoerner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140311547
    Abstract: The invention proposes: a distributor measuring box (2) designed to be installed on a photovoltaic solar module (40), having a housing with a support section (3) embodied to be supported on the solar module, an encompassing side wall, and a cover, and string line feedthroughs (4a) and/or string line connectors (4b), and having a string current measuring module (1) that includes a measuring component (30, 30a, 30b, 30c) and an evaluation unit (20) for measuring the string current in the distributor measuring box (2); a photovoltaic solar module having a plurality of solar cells, in which a distributor measuring box (2) is mounted to the back of the solar module (40) oriented away from the sun; and a photovoltaic system having a plurality of photovoltaic solar modules (40), having a plurality of string lines (10, 10a, 12), having a generator junction box, and having at least one inverter for supplying the electrical power produced by the photovoltaic generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Carston Thoerner