Patent ID: 9640692
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01L,H02S,Y02E,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A flexible photovoltaic module for converting light into electricity, comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic cells electrically interconnected to form a high-voltage power output including a positive node for supplying current to a load and a negative node for receiving current from the load; a first wiring harness including (a) a plurality of flexible high-voltage electrical conductors and (b) a low-voltage electrical conductor, each of the plurality of flexible high-voltage electrical conductors being electrically isolated within the first wiring harness from each other of the plurality of flexible high-voltage electrical conductors, the low-voltage electrical conductor being electrically isolated within the first wiring harness from each of the plurality of flexible high voltage electrical conductors; a connection subsystem for selectively connecting the positive node to one of the plurality of flexible high-voltage electrical conductors of the first wiring harness; and a low-voltage tap connected to the low-voltage electrical conductor of the first wiring harness and configured to provide a low-voltage power output from the photovoltaic module, the low-voltage power output being separate from the high-voltage power output, a voltage of the low-voltage power output being less than an entire voltage across the positive and negative nodes, the low-voltage tap connected to a first intermediate node of the plurality of photovoltaic cells, the first intermediate node being different from the positive and negative nodes.