Shoals Technologies Accuses Solar Rival of Patent Infringement

Shoals Technologies Group is suing a competing company for allegedly violating a patent on environmentally protected connectors for solar power.

Shoals, in a complaint filed at the US District Court for the Southern District of California, alleges that Hikam America and its parent company Hirakawa Hewtech sell wire harnesses and replacement in-line fuse kits that violate its patent on photovoltaic connectors, the ‘739 Patent.

Shoals says it uses the connectors patent in products that help lower the costs of solar installation.

The complaint, filed Thursday, includes comparisons between Hikam’s products and details of the patent as exhibits. Shoals alleged willful ...