Solar cell array

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9813014-B2
Application number	US-201415033053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A holding member of a solar cell array according to the present invention includes a first holding portion that holds a first side portion of a solar cell module and that extends along the first side portion, and a second holding portion that holds a second side portion and that extends along the second side portion. The first holding portion includes a covering portion, a first supporting portion, and a first side wall portion. The second holding portion includes a second supporting portion, a second side wall portion, an extending portion, and a pressing member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solar cell array comprising:
a first solar cell module and a second solar cell module that each include, at external peripheral edge portions in plan view, a first side portion and a second side portion that is opposite to the first side portion,
the first solar cell module and the second solar cell module being arranged side by side in an inclination direction at an inclined surface in such a manner that the first solar cell module is tilted and disposed at a lower side of the inclined surface and the second solar cell module is tilted and disposed at an upper side of the inclined surface to cause the first side portion of the first solar cell module to face the second side portion of the second solar cell module;
a holding member that is interposed between the first side portion of the first solar cell module and the second side portion of the second solar cell module,
wherein the holding member includes:
a first holding portion that holds the first side portion of the first solar cell module and that extends along the first side portion, and
a second holding portion that holds the second side portion of the second solar cell module and that extends along the second side portion,
wherein the first holding portion includes:
a covering portion that covers an upper end portion of the first side portion of the first solar cell module,
a first supporting portion that sandwiches, together with the covering portion, the first side portion and supports a lower end portion of the first side portion, and
a first side wall portion that is positioned between the covering portion and the first supporting portion and that faces the first side portion, and

wherein the second holding portion includes:
a second supporting portion that supports a lower end portion of the second side portion of the second solar cell module,
a second side wall portion that faces the second side portion, and
a third supporting portion that is provided between the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion and that is provided below an upper end surface of the second side portion of the second solar cell module, and

a pressing member which is supported by the third supporting portion and includes a securing portion and a stopper,
wherein the stopper is mounted on the third supporting portion by using the securing portion, extends along the second side portion through a length that is less than a length of the second side portion in a longitudinal direction, sandwiches the second side portion together with the second supporting portion of the second holding portion, and presses the upper end surface of the second side portion.

2. The solar cell array according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper contacts and presses the first holding portion.

3. The solar cell array according to claim 1 , wherein the covering portion of the holding member presses an upper end surface of the first side portion of the first solar cell module.

4. The solar cell array according to claim 1 , wherein the second side portion of the second solar cell module is provided with a frame member including a notch in an upper surface thereof, and the stopper sandwiches a portion of the frame member other than the notch together with the second supporting portion of the second holding portion.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Nishio Yuta
• Yasuno Yusuke
• Hirayama Kitae

Classifications

• F24J2/5258

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H01G9/2068

  Panels or arrays of photoelectrochemical cells, e.g. photovoltaic modules based on photoelectrochemical cells · CPC title

• Y02E10/542

  Dye sensitized solar cells · CPC title

• F24J2/5207

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• Y02E10/47

  Mountings or tracking · CPC title