Contacts for junction boxes on solar panels

1. A junction box of a solar panel having a plurality of photovoltaic cells to convert light into electricity, the junction box comprising:

a plurality of contact assemblies secured to a bottom part the junction box, each respective contact assembly of the plurality of contact assemblies having:

a receptacle having a folded contact and a flat surface; and

a clip assembly having a flat surface and at least one movable part to clip on a wire ribbon connecting the electricity from the solar panel;

a printed circuit board mounted on a cover part of the junction box; and

a plurality of contact tongues attached to the printed circuit board, wherein when the cover part is attached to the bottom part to close the junction box, the plurality of contact tongues are inserted into the folded contacts of the contact assemblies, and contacts between the contact tongues and the folded contacts providing electrical connection from wire ribbons clipped by the clip assemblies of the contact assemblies to the printed circuit board.

2. The junction box of claim 1 , wherein when the cover part is detached from the bottom part to open the junction box, the plurality of contact tongues are pulled out of the folded contacts of the contact assemblies secured to the bottom part.

3. The junction box of claim 2 , wherein the folded contact has two flat surfaces that contact a contact tongue when the contact tongue is inserted in between.

4. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein the folded contact is compressed between two walls of a holder of the bottom part.

5. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein the flat surface of the receptacle for clipping the wire ribbon is raised from a bottom of the clip assembly.

6. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein the receptacle has a wall with an opening to which a holder of the bottom part snaps in and clips to secure the receptacle to the bottom part.

7. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein one of the flat surfaces of the folded contact is raised to provide additional compression for the folded contact against the contact tongue when the contact tongue is inserted in between the two flat surfaces.

8. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein the clip assembly has two side walls with openings to which holders of the bottom part snap in and clips to secure the clip assembly to the bottom part.

9. The junction box of claim 8 , wherein the at least one movable part includes:

a first movable part having two sections configured to engage the openings of the side walls to keep the clip assembly in a closed position; and

a second movable part disposed between the flat surface of the receptacle and the first movable part and providing the flat surface of the clip assembly for clipping the wire ribbon.

10. The junction box of claim 8 , wherein a bottom portion of the clip assembly has an opening through which the flat surface of receptacle is raised above from the bottom to clip against the flat surface provided by the second movable part.

11. The junction box of claim 3 , wherein the folded contact is configured to provide flat on flat compression contact with the contact tongue inserted into the folded contact.

12. The junction box of claim 11 , wherein when the cover part is secured to the bottom part to close the junction box, and electrical circuits from the wire ribbons to the printed circuit board are closed simultaneously.

13. The junction box of claim 12 , further comprising:

a circuitry installed on the printed circuit board, the circuitry is one of:

a passive electrical circuitry;

a diode or active bypass circuitry;

a maximum power point tracking controller;

an anti-theft circuitry; and

a sync optimizer that is controllable to perform a forward buck operation to power an inverter and a reverse boost operation to discharge input a capacitor of the inverter.

14. A junction box of a solar panel having a plurality of photovoltaic cells to convert light into electricity, the junction box comprising:

a plurality of contact assemblies secured to a bottom part of the junction box, each respective contact assembly of the plurality of contact assemblies having:

a receptacle having a folded contact and a flat surface; and

a clip assembly having a flat surface and at least one movable part to clip on a wire ribbon connecting the electricity from the solar panel;

wherein the bottom part is configured to receive a cover part attachable to the bottom part;

wherein the cover part has a printed circuit board and a plurality of contact tongues attached to the printed circuit board; and

wherein when the cover part is attached to the bottom part to close the junction box, the plurality of contact tongues are inserted into the folded contacts of the contact assemblies secured to the bottom part, and contacts between the contact tongues and the folded contacts providing electrical connection from wire ribbons clipped by the clip assemblies of the contact assemblies to a circuit on the printed circuit board.

15. The junction box of claim 14 , wherein the folded contact has two flat surfaces that contact a contact tongue when the contact tongue is inserted in between.

16. The junction box of claim 15 , wherein the clip assembly has two side walls with openings to which holders of the bottom part snap in and clips to secure the clip assembly to the bottom part; the receptacle has a wall with an opening to which a holder of the bottom part snaps in and clips to secure the receptacle to the bottom part; and a bottom portion of the clip assembly has an opening through which the flat surface of receptacle is raised above from the bottom to clip against the flat surface provided by the clip assembly for clipping the wire ribbon.

17. The junction box of claim 16 , wherein the at least one movable part includes:

a first movable part having two sections configured to engage the openings of the side walls to keep the clip assembly in a closed position; and

a second movable part disposed between the flat surface of the receptacle and the first movable part and providing the flat surface of the clip assembly for clipping the wire ribbon.

18. A contact assembly of a junction box of a solar panel, the contact assembly comprising:

a receptacle having a folded contact and a flat surface;

a clip assembly having a flat surface and at least one movable part to clip on a wire ribbon connecting electricity from the solar panel;

a contact tongue having at least one pin to be soldered on to a printed circuit board, wherein:

when the contact tongue is inserted into the folded contact, the contact assembly provides a connection from the wire ribbon to the printed circuit board; and

when the contact tongue is pulled away from the folded contact, the contact assembly disconnect the connection.

19. The contact assembly of claim 18 , wherein the folded contact has two flat surfaces that provides flat on flat compression contact with the contact tongue when the contact tongue is inserted in the folded contact.

20. The contact assembly of claim 19 , wherein:

the clip assembly has two side walls with openings to which holders of a bottom part snap in and clips to secure the clip assembly to the bottom part;

the receptacle has a wall with an opening to which a holder of the bottom part snaps in and clips to secure the receptacle to the bottom part;

a bottom portion of the clip assembly has an opening through which the flat surface of receptacle is raised above from the bottom to clip against the flat surface provided by the clip assembly for clipping the wire ribbon; and

the at least one movable part includes:

a first movable part having two sections configured to engage the openings of the side walls to keep the clip assembly in a closed position and apply pressure on the wire ribbon clipped in the clip assembly; and

a second movable part disposed between the flat surface of the receptacle and the first movable part and providing the flat surface of the clip assembly for clipping the wire ribbon.