Photo-voltaic safety de-energizing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8842397
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13478125

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A safety mechanism for a solar cell group, the safety mechanism constituted of: a signal receiver arranged to assert a permissive signal indicative of reception by the signal receiver of a predetermined signal; an electronically controlled switch arranged to provide in a closed state an effective short circuit across the output of the solar cell group responsive to the absence of the asserted permissive signal of the signal receiver; and a power harvester in communication with the solar cell group and arranged to provide electric power to the signal receiver when the electronically controlled switch is the closed state.

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MICROSEMI CORPORATIONONE ENTERPRISE ALISO VIEJO CA 92656

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cengelci, Ekrem Garden Grove, US 4 66
Fahrenbruch, Shawn Anthony Fresno, US 6 610
Ferguson, Bruce Anaheim, US 20 665

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